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@vinceq1036

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly Trog, I'd rather pay for a nice R6 goldtop than to get one of these free. As I said before, it's two pieces of wood and some wire. I do enjoy your videos.

@scottykingdavid

2 жыл бұрын

It's your best guitar yet on your show. Korina . Nothing like it

@zacharyhandcraftedguitars

2 жыл бұрын

@Wendy Black Wake up toddler. In 20 years very few will even know what these are and certainly will care nothing about it. These will be for sale very shortly for a fraction. What world are you living in?

@zacharyhandcraftedguitars

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottykingdavid I have been building with Korina for 25 years, some one piece. Not a big deal. You are just brainwashed by the marketing of mainstream corporations. You cannot see through the BS regarding anything around you, guitars and everything else.

@scottykingdavid

2 жыл бұрын

@@zacharyhandcraftedguitars you may be building them but I've been playing them for 45 years now I can tell you Korina wood has a great mid-range.... Now go build me something

I understand relicing as an aesthetic choice and I fully support it as a playing comfort choice (sanded necks are amazing) but trying to retroactively place a guitar into history just so collectors can blow their load pretending they have the real thing, is kinda pathetic honestly. This run would have been cooler as a complete reissue run, make them like they would have looked back in '58

@JohnnyArtPavlou

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@gabewilliams7462

2 жыл бұрын

I hate the direction Gibson has been going in recently. I agree with you 100%

@KakuraZenom

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah agree they can extra sand the neck and fingerboard just for playability but it would have been 10 times cooler if it was not relic

@Wargasm644

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@MrTokyoJunkie

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but then the boomers wouldn't be as nostalgic for them and that's mostly who are buying these.

I know it's just me, but for $30k USD and not just NZD, I'd want it to look brandnew and on top of that to be built absolutely flawlessly. Very cool guitar otherwise! I too love Explorers 🙂

@atakdragonfly1675

2 жыл бұрын

I'll beat it up myself, thank you very much!

@mightyV444

2 жыл бұрын

@@atakdragonfly1675 - Exactly!

@the_fleeing_dutchman

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree! All this artificial aging.. I don't get it...Too much money is asked for this aspect of a guitar and it adds nothing to the sound. Leave it new and spent money and time on the PU's for example or something else that can be heard when the guitar is played. But that's the whole thing, isn't it? These guitars are not meant to be played, just to be kept as an investment so the sound and finish is basically irrelevant.. Not sure whether Austin is 100% behind this guitar, I hear some disappointment every now and then.. and rightfully so...

@cheebsgod

2 жыл бұрын

my feeling is I can get between 5 and 20 super good guitars for that (depending on price obviously) so does this feel and sound between 5 and 20 times better than a normal high end guitar? i'd doubt it. but i'm not a collecter and dont see the "collecter" value

@atakdragonfly1675

2 жыл бұрын

@@cheebsgod I can get a few good ones with just the markup they get for these relic jobs I'm sure.

When I started watching your channel, I thought spending $2k on a guitar was insane. Now, it seems almost affordable. Lol!

@Trog

2 жыл бұрын

Funny how things like that work haha

@zacharyhandcraftedguitars

2 жыл бұрын

That was because all manufacturing was outsourced to Asia third word and it falsely made you believe that the real price of a guitar should be $300, not $3000. This is why you are working for minimum wage in a service industry (with a diper on your face).

@zacharyhandcraftedguitars

2 жыл бұрын

@@ToTheMaxGaming1 Your intelligence is low to even figure it out. I have absolutely no respect for the toddlers. This is a toddler channel, hosted by a cringey toddler. I worked my entire life to repel you toddlers, so I certainly hope that I have been successful. Its not a guitar you need. You are getting exactly what you need right now. Its wonderful to see.

@zacharyhandcraftedguitars

2 жыл бұрын

@@ToTheMaxGaming1 Yah, you only wish you could do it toddler. Let's see what you can do. Any time you are ready. First start by showing your face and exposing who you are. Don't hide.

@looking_33

Жыл бұрын

@@zacharyhandcraftedguitars lol just found this thread. his guitars really are ugly 😂

See you all in 30 years when we get Custom Shop Moderne reissues.

@eduardo0796

2 жыл бұрын

Or the 100th Anniversary Edition in 2058.

@townshendshean

2 жыл бұрын

I've had Explorers, Flying V's and Modernes. The only one of the three I still have is the Moderne...it's a far superior guitar to the other two!

@charlesrense5199

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, but I'm saving that money for the Custom Shop 2017 Les Paul reissue with vintage accurate robo-tuners.

@216trixie

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@zacharyhandcraftedguitars

2 жыл бұрын

Most of you toddlers will be gone in the next 6 months to 3 years but the new "Americans" I hear have a huge appreciation for your culture. LOL Keep your masks on white boys. Stay Safe!

Hetfield has a real 58 that he some times brings out on stage. I think even Kirk used it a few times live. Killer guitar. Only thing that would bug me is the weight. You said it's super light. I have a bunch of ESP MXII-CTM's and a JH-2 and love how heavy they are. Great review dude!

@IcedFIame

2 жыл бұрын

Both Kirk and James have a '58 'pair of korinas', Explorer and V. I've read about it in some interview with James.

@paulcrosby7419

2 жыл бұрын

@@IcedFIame kirk confirmed on his instagram about his V saying that it wasnt even a production model, it was a prototype. It doesnt have a serial number and Gibson even confirmed its authenticity

@paulcrosby7419

2 жыл бұрын

Basically, Kirk has the rarest possible korina flying v

@c1ph3rpunk

2 жыл бұрын

Korina is a super freaky wood to work with, it’s a hardwood but is almost as light as balsa. It’s super smooth to work as a result and doesn’t tend to splinter when worked with hand tools. But, given the weight you expect it to work like balsa yet it doesn’t, reminds me a little of Padauk the way it works.

@IcedFIame

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulcrosby7419 I remember he mentioned in the same interview that his '58 V is hand routed and it might be a prototype. Nice catch!

I have an Epiphone korina built last october. $913 w taxes. I love it!

Typically, the tone demos aren't really too thrilling. This thing sounds amazing. Nice score!

This is my favorite guitar video on the entire internet! Especially all the closeup footage inside and outside of the guitar. I am obsessed with 1958 Explorers, and this is probably the only opportunity to get an intimate experience like this. Thank you Trogly's👊and congratulations on maybe the best purchase I've ever seen on your channel.

I have a 76 Les Paul custom on the bench. Very yellowed and worn. Many hours on the fretboard. Really worn on sides with nail gouges in the rosewood. Real wear. It doesn't look anything like what you have. Some people like relicing a guitar, but, to me, it's like wearing a bad toupee...looks sort of real, but you can tell.

@shichen4805

2 жыл бұрын

so true. And you will know you are playing a guitar with stories or a guitar with extra money paid for faking, feels different.

Such a treat to see those two guitars together! Thanks for the commitment needed to bring these to your audience!

All others bow down to the GREATEST GUITAR ever made....The 1958 Gibson Korina Explorer! Well done Trogly!

@MadRiverMoCo

2 жыл бұрын

He’s right…

@townshendshean

2 жыл бұрын

Smoke crack much?

@stratsteveo106

2 жыл бұрын

Its ugly.

Austin, Thank You for this review (even though we didn't hit 10K Likes).

This is by far one of my favorite videos you've done, Trogly! I love all of your videos, but this one is special. The way you geek out over this Explorer (and rightfully so) is evident in how you talk about it and it comes out in your playing also in this one. Very cool! Keep rockin', dude!

The next step would be getting hands on Hetfield's ESP MX-220 custom. I would love to see it dissected Trogly's style 😎

@tacoconch7678

2 жыл бұрын

There's a dude that has had one for sell on Ebay and Reverb for years now. When I first saw it, he was selling it for $30,000. No one would buy it so he increased the price to $35,000 and now it's $40,000. He's obviously trolling and doesn't need the money. lol

@IcedFIame

2 жыл бұрын

@@tacoconch7678 There's a rich dude from Turkey who has/had several mx220 and mx250's. He is a fan and a guitarist, and he obviously took the opportunity and flipped some money on these rare pieces.

@tacoconch7678

2 жыл бұрын

@@IcedFIame That's the same guy I'm talking about. lol

@lepermessiyah5823

2 жыл бұрын

@@tacoconch7678 pretty sure its still up on reverb lol

I'd love to see you demo some of those 70s lawsuit guitars as a side-by-side comparison. An old bandmate had one of the Ibanez Destroyers and that thing sounded and played great.

@ErickC

2 жыл бұрын

Man I'd love to have a Destroyer or a Rocket Roll Sr. as a complement to my Gibson V. I hear those 70s Japanese humbuckers are really good pickups (Bob Mould said it was the reason he played a Rocket Roll instead of a Flying V).

Congrats Trogly on the Explorer!!!! Absolutely beautiful guitar 🎸

6:13 - That’s an actual photo of my 1986 Gibson Explorer 🤘🏼

Killer Explorer! Gotta love a Korina guitar. Always wanted one.

18:16 Correct me if I'm wrong but... $30,000 and they can't get the control route right? I could do a better job most of the time. Shameful.

@Madchris8828

2 жыл бұрын

I think they are just about overpriced on every guitar they sell. Ffs the other day he got a 3k guitar without a functional jack

@bazitube390

2 жыл бұрын

Stop making a clown out of yourself man. these are 1:1 replicas of the original and are made to look and feel like the pre c&c hand made guitars that's why they have little imperfections. you want perfect go get yourself a prs privet stock.

@davismiller3769

2 жыл бұрын

@@bazitube390 I can't believe I'm going to grace this with a reply, but here goes: I don't have a C+C machine. I could do a better job by hand, and I am... let's put it generously... a fast improving novice. There are luthiers and woodworkers around the world that can hand craft things to within millimeter tolerances, and you would think for over $10,000 a pop, Gibson would be able to hire some of those people to make flawless instruments. Were the originals flawless? By no means, absolutely not, but something like this would have been considered a minor defect even in the 50s. However, these guitars are worth a staggering amount of money compared to the inflation adjusted original prices, and as such, should be a reproduction of the IDEAL 59 explorer, not some could-have-been-B-stock one. The only reason they're valuable is the limited edition rarity/novelty factor and the name brand, and in that sense, Gibson really is becoming the Supreme of boomer guitarists.

Beautiful guitar great sound too, a young 17 year old Irishman on holidays in New York in 1978 walked into a guitar store while on holidays. He had 250 dollars planning to buy a Gibson les Paul, a lot of money back then but saw the newly released 1978 Gibson explorer and bought it for around his budget. His name is the edge of U2 there was only 118 made, he sold it in a charity auction for the victims of Katrina for 300,000 dollars, I think he and his guitar tech bought a replacement

@bohdankhmelnytsky9369

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad that money went to corrupt politicians and not the victims.

I agree, the single ring Kluson Tuners look great (Rad). It also looks like Gibson even used a Historically correct MOP logo on the headstock judging by the shape of the "G". The aging/relic job looks pretty convincing too (as near as I can tell). LOL, most the '50s Gibson's I've played was back in the 1970s and none of them had aged that much!

This guitar truly sings in all ways. All clean settings as well as distortion. This one's a keeper!!

I could feel your enjoyment of this great guitar in your playing demo. It really does have a wonderful tone clean or overdriven. Thanks for documenting it. ☺

The gold height adjustment screws are at the very least period correct flat head type screws. Wouldn't have noticed that without the zoom in. For the price of this though, you could acquire all the tools for guitar building, and build like 15 - 20 of these things.

The grail is an original 50s Moderne or Futura…. If they exist at all outside of the patent drawings. (Norm’s Rare Guitars had an 80s Moderne in Korina that Orithani grabbed (thanks to a fan buying it for her). She really loved that example and played it like only she can.)

@ZaneDalton

2 жыл бұрын

*Futura

@ryanfulldark2775

2 жыл бұрын

The fan bought her a different guitar, not the Moderne. It was that huge old jazz box.

@joermnyc

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZaneDalton ahh, autocorrect got me on that, fixed

@charlesrense5199

2 жыл бұрын

An original 50s Moderne is a grail because it might not actually exist.

@bluekoi455

11 ай бұрын

I've read that they brought a handful of Modernes to NAMM(?) I think Rick Nielsen has a Futura ( or was it a 58 with a forked headstock)

It's cool that they come with a cover to protect the case that's for protecting the guitar, but how are you supposed to protect the cover that protects the case that protects the guitar? For that kind of money I think they ought to solve this very important problem.

@laj043

2 жыл бұрын

You protect the soft case with the cardboard box that it was shipped in. You protect the cardboard box with a special edition titanium case. The titanium case then goes into a specially designed vault, which in turn goes into a specially designed guarded building

@Jerac-X

2 жыл бұрын

@@laj043 and that building is protected by goblins and a kick-arse Dragon!

@sunshipcpt3869

2 жыл бұрын

They went through great length to make the guitar look like it wasnt protected at all… just sayin

@charlesrense5199

2 жыл бұрын

@@sunshipcpt3869 if I order a Murphy Lab LP and it has ONE scratch or ding that wasn't artisan crafted, I'm sending it back!

So happy for you Austin - to be a guy who owns and has owned such a variety of quality guitars but is still visibly and audibly excited and overjoyed to have the opportunity to be the owner of his ‘dream guitar’. Just goes to prove that it’s all about quality, not quantity. Rock on brother 🤘🏻

Damnit KZread, not giving me notifications again 😅 I've been waiting extra hard for this one! Greetings and well wishes from Utah man!

The strap button on the bottom of my Explorer is much lower than yours. I also have my strap the same as Allen Collins. Helps for balance.

One possible but trivial reason I can speculate as to why Gibson used both black pick guards originally (& didn't include both for the Explorer) is maybe bc they thought if they did em in white, they'd have to match the anti-slip leg rest on the treble side of the V as well & if that were white it may get dirtier more quickly compared to a black version of it. Just a thought

@av.punk.801

2 жыл бұрын

IIRC, even on the original (like ORIGINAL original) white guard ones, the leg strip was still black. I think its because there were SO many players on the OG V that swapped for a blackguard, whereas the most notable players of Explorers (The Edge comes to mind) tend to keep em white. Marketing above all. Just speculation though

Aw man, 5th of June is my birthday as well, a birthday or birthyear guitar is the ultimate end goal for me, enjoy the explorer man!

Holy crap, that looks way better than even in the photos!

You’ve come a long way from a produce clerk, man. Just getting to jam out on one of these has got to be an amazing feeling! Thanks for showing us this thing!

@charlesrense5199

2 жыл бұрын

He was a produce clerk? I'm a produce clerk! We should talk produce some time!

@zacharyhandcraftedguitars

Жыл бұрын

You live in a fantasy world and totally brainwashed by the propaganda. I do hope you are fully medicated up to date against the plague.

I normally don't like the odd shaped guitars but this explorer is nice and it sounds really good.

Re: Control Cavity Cover fit ... Gibson could have made a template for the cover that fit tightly in to the routed ledge surrounding the cavity, but remember they were trying to minimize small, inconsequential handwork items, so making the cover slightly smaller than the rout eliminated any potential fit issues and allowed them to quickly install the cover without any handwork involved. Just one small thing that they did to boost productivity and control production costs.

The first explorer I ever played was a legit 58, owned by a friends father. I'll never forget it

I'll never understand why people want Kluson tuners. In the 70s if we could afford it, we ripped off the Klusons and installed Grover Rotomatics or Schallers, because the Klusons were always getting bent and were not very smooth.

@jubei7259

2 жыл бұрын

And don't forget the backs popping off lol. I think it's about aesthetics more than functionality, I guess.

Way to go Trogly. Congratulations, that is one fine guitar, plays and sounds sweet. Really really a great guitar.

Your guitar playing for the demos has really improved quite a lot Trogly, that thing sounds great.

It's one of my "dream guitar", the korina Explorer is just an iconic guitar... Even the Ibanez one from the late 70's are gorgeous! Hope Epiphone release this one as well!

When I saw Ricky Medlock playing this for the first time , I was hooked . Just love this guitar, great job on the demo

@88_TROUBLE_88

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah Ricky's signature axe was an Explorer and Allen Collins too.. I'm guessing one turned the other on to em

@samright4661

2 жыл бұрын

Allan Collins played a 76 first in Skynard

@darrylcole5575

2 жыл бұрын

Ricky used a 70s Ibanez destroyer when he was in Blackfoot.

@samright4661

2 жыл бұрын

@@darrylcole5575 And a black Les Paul custom

@EPstroker

2 жыл бұрын

@@samright4661 Allen may have had a 76 but his original one is a real 58 he started stage playing mid to late 76.

Im currently rebuilding a 70s Explorer into an Allen Collins tribute. Love this episode.

I don't know if I could let go of that back panel not fitting perfectly unless it was intentional. That is the best I've ever heard you play by the way brother!

These Murphy Labs 58 recreations remind me of old school desks. Same color, same kind of staining on the knicks and dings.

@gregw988

2 жыл бұрын

Needs old chewing gum on the back!

@ErickC

2 жыл бұрын

Holy crap, you're right! I knew it reminded me of something familiar.

Had a chance to pick up an Epiphone Korina Explorer but went for the regular Gibson iteration instead. It's a standard one, black with white pickguard, 2 or 3 piece mahogany body and regular everything else. Still...love it to bits!! Thanks to Trogly for bringing us the ultimate reissue 😍

That's a beautiful explorer with a cool Brazilian fingerboard.sounds fantastic!

Beautiful guitar, sounds great too. I have just managed to get the new Epiphone edition and am very happy with it.

"Guitar wear should come honesty" Some old guy

@gavin4848

2 жыл бұрын

Guitar wear is earned, not bought. This old guy.

@Russell_Optics

2 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%. I cringe when I dent one of my guitars, these guys do it on purpose. Just another old guy.

@notthebannerboys

2 жыл бұрын

If you bought a Les Paul new in 1959 and played it in smokey bars and clubs for the past 60+ years, then your guitar has "honest" aging. But if you bought a real '59 in 2029 you had nothing more to DO with the aging on your guitar than the guy with the relic.

@ErickC

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, most of my guitars have visible "relicing" after about 6 months of actual playing, but that's what happens when you're always wearing a guitar when you go from room to room.

@twillbanks

2 ай бұрын

I am that old guy. Own it 1,000%.

Damn! You could get a very good 50s gold top for that kind of money

@Hehehehhehehehehehehehhe78

2 жыл бұрын

You could get a 64 gibson sg and still have some money left over

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

You could get a nice vintage guitar and amp for $30K.

I got to hear one of these in person for the first time at the Gibson Garage, there's something special about these

Great review! I'm trying to decide on taking the leap into either a '58 Korina Flying V or Explorer Reissue. Between this Explorer review and your review of the Flying V, it's really not making my decision any easier. I love them both. Many years ago I had an Ibanez Destroyer 2 which between it and my Ibanez Lawsuit LP were my 2 main gigging guitars in the 80's. Sold the Destroyer and still have the LP. Any way, I know how well-balanced an explorer-shaped guitar can be and being a LP-guy, the Explorer-style is more similar to a LP than is a V. I had also heard that Explorers generally tend to be bigger and thicker-sounding than Flying V's, i.e. more like a LP and Flying V's have a hybrid LP/SG/Strat-like quality. What do you think?

I have been a fan of explorers ever since I was a kid and saw The Scorpions Matthias Jabs play one...the white one with black stripes...that guitar was so badass!!!

@bikerjon8934

2 жыл бұрын

🤘

@mightyV444

2 жыл бұрын

@larry dickman - Ohhh! Yes, me too! Thank you for reminding me, Larry! 😀 I was trying to figure out only a moment ago where I'd seen an Explorer for the first time, and I was sure it must've been waaay before The Edge's in '83! Indeed, the Scorpions! I had a poster on my wall from one of my big sister's teenie mags, in which Matthias had that exact same Explorer! 😀

@holgermartinius2521

2 жыл бұрын

That's true for me too. Matthias sold his second Explorer, the white one without the iconic black stripes (a design even cooler than the Van Halen striping) some years ago and I still hate myself for not bying. Stupid!

@mightyV444

2 жыл бұрын

@@holgermartinius2521 - Are you referring to EVH's modified Ibanez Explorer copy here, which had originally looked a lot like the one in this video, before it was first refinished all-white and eventually got the VH-typical paint job plus the 'shark' cutout at the back of the body? 😀

Nice job...your playing is even getting better

Nice job! Playing was awesome!!

wow thanks for showing us that Beauty.. You have no idea how much i enjoy this stuff... and im learning alot too lol. Thanks again and hopefully we will be in touch soon, im about to start looking for my first Gibson les Paul.

I have an original '76, it's my absolute favorite guitar. When I got it the tuners were already replaced with Schaller minis, and the pickups were changed to early 90s Gibson Custom Shop '59 PAF reissues. . I also have an '84 alder one with 3 P90s 😋 Oh, didn't Epiphone do a korina Explorer?

The natural clean tones sound awesome.

Man, really happy for you, most of us dream it, you have it, big congrats!

Explorers and Vs look so good in Korina! Always loved the styling and looks on both of these guitars. Both so radical for their time amd still look great today. Loved the whole entire video, this is a beautiful guitar. Loved the Metallica tribute too, sounded great Trogly! 👍

Wow! Just amazing! Thank you💚

I’ve always dreamed of owning a korina explorer, even though it’s likely I’ll never come close to owning one. Nice video.

@srh361

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing special about korina, Epiphone makes korina Vs and explorers.

@masonmensch1159

2 жыл бұрын

@@srh361 Yes, although the early Gibson models always intrigued me. There isn’t anything bad about the epiphone ones, especially considering that epiphone is owned by Gibson. I just think it would be hard to get my hands on a Gibson korina explorer, considering the price point and quantity of the new model.

@krazyaxe69

2 жыл бұрын

I have an Epiphone korina not the same but you can pretend just don't look at the headstock lol

@bohdankhmelnytsky9369

2 жыл бұрын

People recently voted for chapman guitars to make a new model with korina bodies and ebony fretboards. We may soon see what they can do

@srh361

2 жыл бұрын

@@krazyaxe69 it's definitely not the same guitar wise but there's nothing special about korina.

21:43 glad to see play the doobie brothers, long train running Beautiful guitar, it’s awesome how much you enjoy these guitars!!! Keep rocking

A real vintage guitar with its wear,bumps , and dings, all tell a story. Not into the reliced guitars. But everybody’s different.

@lomoholga

2 жыл бұрын

I thought I would like a relic guitar. Went in to local guitar store and played some fender relic teles and strats. Sounded great, but wow I was surprised at how much I hated the relic look in person- the guitars seemed just ‘dirty’ and not something id want to spend money on Felt like picking up a dirty pawnshop guitar lol

Yes

The Edge (U2) uses a nice explorer

Hello Hello!!! I think those guitars are beautiful so thanks very much for sharing them with us. Please help me to understand something, if there is a rational explanation. I have worked with some amazing woods, exotic woods and some of the rarest woods, but I don't understand what the big deal is about Brazilian Rosewood fretboard?? Is the tree extinct or really hard to find or is it just hard to get out of Brazil? I hope they make some really exciting customized releases of both the guitars.

It's great you get and demo these guitars as most of us would never get to see them otherwise.

Man that is such a cool piece of gibson history. I would love to see you do a review on one of the murphy lab ultra heavy aged guitars to see how the aging looks on those.

15 seconds. I had an 84 Explorer, it was super Heavy

That’s just the Coolest Mr.T! Thanks for your hard work and countless hours to bring us such an Amazing Demo, we wouldn’t otherwise ever get to See, Hear or Experience!

I wonder what Trog would have to do to be classified a dealer...he would be on the cutting edge of new guitars and special runs. I think he's the best of the unboxing/reviewing blogs.

I got a red 82 reissue and a black 2017. I love them both

Even with the kind of rough recording tone you can tell the guitar has got a great sound. Body relic looks pretty great, but typical with all of the other Murphy Lab stuff including the heavy aged R0 I recently reviewed they only half do the hardware. Jack screws looked shiny, switch looks shiny, thumbwheels look Shiney, etc. At least they aged the strap buttons, regular Murphy Lab's don't get that. The pickup aging looks quite bad and the tail piece aging looks real bad. Tuners actually look pretty good, and the checking seems a little overly spiderweb-y but not too bad. That back plate routing is insanely bad though, no doubt they messed up but didn't have enough korina blanks that size to redo it so they just hoped the owner wouldn't care. Thanks for sharing, nice to see them up close.

I really like and want a Flying V, a Korina would be the bomb. Epiphone still makes a Korina Explorer and Flying V last time I checked. I may go that route. Thanks for the review and opportunity to drool ! 🤤

@holgermartinius2521

2 жыл бұрын

The Epiphone Explorer might not be 'vintage correct' according to vintage police requirements, but it is a really nice guitar that plays fantastic.

@benallmark9671

2 жыл бұрын

Ain’t nothing wrong with those Epiphone’s and don’t let anybody tell ya otherwise.

Now that is a perfect guitar. I love it. Great tone. You should of played the Freebird solo for Allen. I’m a VEE guy but that is an outrageous instrument.

Huh, I wonder why Murphy Labs hasn't done a neck break?

@joermnyc

2 жыл бұрын

That must be the “heavy” relic job, 😂 (fake headstock repair, fake SG heel separation repair)

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

They have. There are a few Artist model ‘59 Relic Les Pauls that clearly show a neck repair. I have no idea if it I only cosmetic or a real break, but they have already done that.

I have an '18 Explorer with Duncan Antiquity pickups and it's a perfect guitar. This one is fantastic. I can tell you're excited to see, touch and play this magnificent guitar. I'm also convinced that you must be made of money 🤣. Great video and review as usual Austin. God bless and Explorer on 👍😎🎸

That’s the Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd) guitar, minus his tremolo system.

Insane

@The Trogly's Guitar Show - suggestion for your tone demo, it would be great to include just some mic'd acoustic strums of the guitar, no amps - you can tell a lot about a guitar that way. Love that explorer, it looks ace.

Fantastic review as always!

Certainly one of thee nicest sounding axes I've ever heard 👂👍

As far as I'm aware, James Hetfield never really played Gibson Explorer's outside of a few live shows and I believe one or two tracks from St. Anger. He mostly used ESP MX220's and MX250's, until they stopped making them after Gibson sued them. In fact, it was ESP's take on the Explorer that lead to the Gibson '84 reissues that had a different control layout and no pick guard just like the ESP, despite the fact that Gibson had never actually made an Explorer in that configuration. It is kind of funny how James Hetfield essentially popularised the Gibson Explorer in the metal community, without actually playing one. Also, according to Ron McGovney (the original bassist), Hetfields Flying V from Kill 'em All was allegedly an Epiphone with a Gibson truss rod cover on it as well.

I’d love Trogly to reach out to someone with vintage originals and compare these super high end to an original!

The large amount of Metallica stuff really pleased me as a Hetfield fanboy. Really makes me wanna pick up my Explorer and just jam.

@jordanpratt9384

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed.Soon as this vid is over I'm going to play mine.(with headphones of course,getn kinda late)

@mightyV444

2 жыл бұрын

@Kaze - Do it! 😀

it sounds amazing

I believe that Allen Collins’ explorer was an original ‘58, but I could be mistaken because he started using it in 1976 which coincides with Gibson releasing it again.

This is my dream guitar

Just beautiful. I love that you covered so much of Metallica for the review. Greetings from Berlin

@roinerwonkler8754

2 жыл бұрын

Deitschland Fuhrer Bratwurst

I love the tuners on my Epiphone explorer too,hard to explain

Im just gonna say my 2014 gibson custom explorer historic benchmark standard flame. Puts this bad boy to shame and it was 27k cheaper.

I’m really picky with headstocks but I love these.

That thing sounds awesome

I have a 69 SG Special. The pickup height adjustment screws are still shiny and clean, all the pickguard screws are completely rusted. I suppose the height adjustment screws have better quality plating. It does indeed look a little funny.

Trogly you should work on getting a Allen Collins explorer so go head to head because those were aged by Murphy too!!!!!!!!!!!!!🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

I was wondering if you would mention Allen Collins and his Korina. Well done!

I hope you continue to get views, likes and more subscribers Austin!! Because you go above and beyond to make these impossible reviews!!!

How can it be large and comfortable at a time ? Is it for huge guys aka J.Hatfield ? Comfort is headless lightweight guitar or am I getting smth wrong ?

Got to see a real one. In a museum on guitars, it was Clapton’s. They are really quite beautiful to see in person, especially given their rarity