Gibson 70’s Explorer Adam Jones Relic Custom 2022 - Ebony

Gibson 70’s Explorer Ebony - Adam Jones Relic Custom

This is a 2022 Gibson 70’s Explorer in Ebony that’s a Gibson Exclusive model, and has been customized to sound like Adam Jones’s Gibson Les Paul Custom.  We’re huge Tool fans and we wanted to see what it would sound like if Adam Jones played a Gibson Explorer.  Being that Adam Jones’s go to guitar is a ‘79 Gibson Les Paul Custom, we figured that a Ebony Gibson 70’s Explorer would be the perfect fit, because Silverburst Explorer’s didn’t exist in the 70’s.  Adam Jones also prefers heavy guitars and this one fits the bill because it weighs in at approximately 9 pounds on the nose.  This Explorer has been customized and relic’d to give you an amazing looking guitar that has the high gain sound that Adam Jones is known for..

It features an Aged Nickel Gibson Custombucker that’s unpotted and installed backwards in the neck position and a Seymour Duncan Custom Shop DDJ SH-6 Distortion in the bridge position.  This Gibson Explorer was customized to have all the bells and whistles that you would expect with a Custom Shop quality guitar, and it’s been fully shielded with conductive shielding paint, copper shielding tape, and wired with vintage style Gavitt shielded wire.  We also used DiMarzio Custom Taper volume pots, Switchcraft input jack and selector switch, and paired them with a CTS 450G tone pot with a .047uf/MF Orange Drop Capacitor.  This combination of pickups and electronics is the same setup that is used in his Gibson Les Paul Custom.

For the all hardware we wanted everything that was originally chrome to be in an Aged Nickel finish, so we got a relic’d Gibson Aluminum ABR-1 non-wire bridge, with a aged nickel plated aluminum stop bar tailpiece from Vintage Voltage Guitars; and then we finished it off by aging the rest of the hardware and this Explorer also features: Grover Mini Rotomatic tuners in aged nickel finish, solid brass aged nickel plated jack plate, aged nickel plated stainless steel screws; and aged nickel Dunlop StrapLok system, so this sweet axe doesn’t end up on the floor.

What’s great is these guitars are PLEK’d at the Gibson factory, but still need a full setup and some fine tune adjustments.  We did a full setup with a brand new set of D’Addario 10-52 strings.  It’s got a really fast playing Slim Taper neck profile and rosewood fretboard with white binding. We bought this Explorer brand new and we’ve relic’d it so the overall condition is similar to a Light Aged Relic that the Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab does, and it has some marks/scratches in various spots and due to it being a black guitar some of them are hard to see in the pictures (See Photos).  It comes with the original birth picture, warranty card, owners manual, and Gibson USA Case with keys.  

Please remember that this is a custom built guitar and we‘ve spent a good deal of time building it; and also significant amount money using the highest quality parts that are either Gibson branded or Custom made that exceed the quality the original Gibson parts.

This guitar will be fully insured and shipped using Reverb Safe Shipping, and unfortunately due to rising fuel costs, shipping costs have increased significantly.  If you’re an international buyer interested In this guitar please message us for a shipping quote.

Here’s the Specs:

Weight - 9 Pounds 

3-Piece Select Mahogany Body

1-Piece Select Mahogany Neck - Slim Taper Profile (1st .81” - 12th .91”)

Indian Rosewood Board With Acrylic Dot Inlays (12” Radius)

Graph Tech TUSQ Nut 1.695”

Seymour Duncan Custom Shop DDJ SH-6 Distortion - Black (Bridge Pickup) 16.7 Ohms

Gibson Custom Shop Aged Nickel Custombucker (Neck Pickup) 8.0 Ohms

.047uf/MF Orange Drop Capacitor 

Gavitt 22 Gauge Cloth & Shielded Wire 

2 - DiMarzio EP1201 Custom Taper (Volume Pot) 

1 - CTS 500K - 450G (Tone Pot) 

1 - Switchcraft Right-angle L-Type 3-Way Toggle With Black Switchcraft Tip

1 - Switchcraft 1/4 Mono Jack Input Jack #11 

Aged Nickel ABR-1 non wire bridge (Vintage Voltage Guitars)

Aged Nickel Gibson Advanced Plating Aluminum Tailpiece (Vintage Voltage Guitars)

Aged Nickel Gibson Tailpiece studs (Vintage Voltage Guitars)

Aged Nickel Grover 205N6 Mini Rotomatic Tuning Machines

Aged Nickel Plated Brass Gibson Explorer Jack Plate

Aged Nickel Jim Dunlop StrapLok System

Aged Nickel Plated Stainless #3 3/8 Screws (Pickguard, Back Plate & Jack Plate)

Aged Nickel Plated Stainless #3 1/4 Screws (Truss Rod Cover)

Aged Nickel Plated Stainless Philips Head Pickup Height Screws

Conductive Shielding Paint in Routed Cavities 

Copper Shielding Tape With Conductive Adhesive for Control Cavity Cover & Pickguard 

D’Adarrio 10-52 Top Heavy Bottom Light Strings

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