🟢My Website: www.troglysguitarshow.com 🔴Reverb: reverb.com/shop/troglys?_aid=growsumo&gs_partner=Trogly ❓Private Help Sessions: troglysguitarshow.com/help-appraisals/ 0:24 - About the 2007 Gibson Guitar of the Week Series 1:28 - GOTW #1 - SG Supreme Bass Natural 2:04 - GOTW #2 - LP Classic Antique Fireburst 2:51 - GOTW #3 - SG Standard Silverburst 3:13 - GOTW #4 - Explorer Pro Sunburst 3:49 - GOTW #5 - LP Classic Antique Tom Morgan Lava 4:48 - GOTW #6 - SG '61 Reissue 5:20 - GOTW #7 - LP Money Bass Blue 6:12 - GOTW #8 - LP Antique Deluxe 6:47 - GOTW #9 - LP Supreme Autumn Burst w/ special spec Curly Ebony Fretboard 7:52 - GOTW #10 - SG Standard w/ 3 Single Coils 8:22 - GOTW #11 - Thunderbird IV Zebra Wood 9:02 - GOTW #12 - Firebird V Zebra Wood 9:28 - GOTW #13 - Explorer Pro Cherry 10:01 - GOTW #14 - LP Classic Antique 10:34 - GOTW #15 - LP GT Classic Antique 11:08 - GOTW #16 - LP Classic Custom Silverburst 11:34 - GOTW #17 - SG Special Jazz 12:14 - GOTW #18 - SG Supreme Bass 12:38 - GOTW #19 - LP Classic Antique Zebra Wood 13:30 - GOTW #20 - LP Studio EMG 14:15 - GOTW #21 - SG3 Fireburst 15:00 - GOTW #22 - LP Supreme Goldtop 16:04 - GOTW #23 - LP Money Bass Natural 16:29 - GOTW #24 - Firebird V Flamed 17:20 - GOTW #25 - LP BFG Black Gloss 18:24 - GOTW #26 - SG '61 Reissue 18:52 - GOTW #27 - LP Classic Antique Faded 19:29 - GOTW #28 LP Classic Custom 20:26 - GOTW #29 Reverse Flying V 21:56 - GOTW #30 SG Special 22:28 - GOTW #31 Flying V New Century Carbon Fiber 22:58 - GOTW #32 SG Special EMG 23:22 - GOTW #33 LP Classic 24:33 - GOTW #34 LP Standard Antique Vintage Sunburst 25:08 - GOTW #35 SG '61 Reissue Faded 25:56 - GOTW #36 Explorer New Century Carbon Fiber 26:31 - GOTW #37 '67 SG Special 27:00 - GOTW #38 SG Classic Custom 27:39 - GOTW #39 LP Classic Custom 28:13 - GOTW #40 '84 Flying V Reissue 28:57 - GOTW #41 Nashville LP Junior 29:48 - GOTW #42 LP Classic Custom 30:42 - GOTW #43 Explorer w/ Vibrola 31:14 - GOTW #44 LP Standard Unburst 31:50 - GOTW #45 Nothing - this week was rumored to have been skipped over since it later became the Joan Jett Signature Melody Maker 31:54 - GOTW #46 LP Classic Custom 3-Humbucker 32:26 - GOTW #47 '84 Explorer 33:02 - GOTW #48 RD Standard Silverburst 33:35 - Conclusion

I was manager at a large music store when these came. It was a really fun time to be selling Gibson! Now the news some collectors probably don't want to hear, I saw Gibson's shipping numbers on every model and popular models weren't limited to 400 they shipped over 1,500 of the reverse "V". Some of the models that weren't selling ( the money bass for one) had a run as small as 200 so the "limited run" was limited to how many they could sell. I know people will argue about this, I'm only passing on what I saw.

Week #45, the missing one was slotted to be the Joan Jett Melody Maker. There were some contract things that needed to be sorted out, but the JJMM was released on its own later on.

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

I believe you are indeed correct.

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

@@Maniak206 it would seem it was planned but they ran into issues and didn’t have a “Plan B” ready.

@MrJohnnyDistortion

Жыл бұрын

@@Maniak206 Was

@KphilbinNashville

Жыл бұрын

No, this is not accurate. We would have never put Joan's guitar into a limited run like this. It was always intended for Joan's MM to stand on its own. It would have been an insult otherwise.

This is the series that got me into Gibson. Just a 17 year old boy, completely awestruck by the brand

@drzecelectric4302

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah Gibson rules

@dfygdrfc8378

Жыл бұрын

Yes but there are more rulers the one you can afford just hook it up to nice stompbox and a old from a real school pa tube amp,and dont you dare to stop! Hi5

As a bass player, I appreciate the inclusion of the basses here. Thanks.

@texasviking1

2 жыл бұрын

What basses do you play? I’m a bass player as well 👍🏻

@MrSparks54

2 жыл бұрын

@@texasviking1 Rickenbacker 4001, Jazz Ultra, G&L L2000 and Fallout, Aerodyne, '08 MIJ Mustang.

@texasviking1

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrSparks54 fantastic

Bravo, Austin! This was clearly the result of a LOT of hard work. Terrifically informative, and thoroughly entertaining! Many thanks 👊🙂

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

Ditto

These “history” lessons are great.

@EXSENTRIX

2 жыл бұрын

Right! Totally dig this channel man.

I bought a New Century X-plorer with the carbon fiber pickguard back in 2008 from Best Buy when they had their instruments section. I remember they had this marked as a standard explorer so it was just under $1000. Didnt realize at the time how limited it was.

@tonydrozdjek

Жыл бұрын

Is that guitar a black 2007 #36 with a "carbon" top?

I read that the Week #45 guitar was pulled and turned into the Joan Jett signature model Melody Maker?

@Trog

2 жыл бұрын

Now that you mention it - I do vaguely remember that story too

Trogly’s in the HOUSE!

@nathanielvargas3863

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome Ramiro!!

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

Greetings Ramiro

@sgt.grinch3299

2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy your bronze medal. You made the podium today. Well done.

Austin is in His House 🏠 of Great Guitars

Trogly's in the HOUSE!!!

@nathanielvargas3863

2 жыл бұрын

Greg’s in the HOUSE!!!

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

Greg and Nathaniel, Greetings

@sgt.grinch3299

2 жыл бұрын

Greg in the house. Good evening brother.

@ManOrWomanIDK

2 жыл бұрын

Greg gang

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

@@ManOrWomanIDK I like!

It should be noted that GOTW #9 Les Paul Supreme Autumn Burst was specified with a flamed/figured Ebony Fingerboard. To date this is the only guitar I've ever seen with Figured Ebony.

@Trog

2 жыл бұрын

I did mean to throw that in there, but forgot

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

@@Trog Have you ever seen Figured Ebony on another Gibson? Just an FYI, my all-time favorite is week #28 LP Classic Custom. Some day I will own a Custom R4. Austin, Thank You again for producing this episode, this was really fantastic.

@qwertpoiuy430

2 жыл бұрын

@@hkguitar1984 yeah, you can find it, but it’s not something desired so usually not promoted. You want ebony to be as black as possible. That’s why Taylor gets away with putting ebony in a lot of stuff, they use ebony with the brown streaks.

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

@@qwertpoiuy430 I understand about the streaked Ebony. The one photo I saw of the GOTW #9 had a jet black ebony fingerboard with jet black flame that was only visible when the light or viewing angle changed. It was amazing looking. Back to what you said about the streaked ebony, I'm not really a fan. I did see a Gibson M2M with a blond ebony fingerboard that was so light it looked like a maple fingerboard! I look at and read about guitars constantly, I need to get a real life! LOL

@qwertpoiuy430

2 жыл бұрын

@@hkguitar1984 I just saw a few pictures, and I will say I am surprised. I’ve had multiple ebony guitars, both Gibson and not gibson, and the Gibson ebony is completely smooth, shaved to an almost MOP feel. It seems like the ebony on this one is not as polished, allowing for it to have more wood figuring. I also saw them advertised as curly ebony, so I am at a loss at what they meant. But I can tell you for sure that it is a beauty, I love guitars with no inlays. It allows to show that ebony board even more

Definitely have to go with that #43 Explorer because of how much it resembles that Allen Collins Custom. The AC custom goes for $15,000+ whenever they DO get listed for sale, so that GOTW model is absolutely a “close enough” steal.

Cool show.i dig the fireburst

I'd love a collection of all of them.

@gieljannoe6404

2 жыл бұрын

Hey man how are you doing, backpack’s a little bit better today. Thanks for caring!

@Trog

2 жыл бұрын

I've always thought that'd be a cool idea too. Guitar of the Month would be a lot easier to pull off though!

@gieljannoe6404

2 жыл бұрын

@@Trog guitar history lessons?

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

@@gieljannoe6404 Good to hear. Back aches and tooth aches, both can be debilitating! So far so good today. Every episode I Trogly's has me wanting another guitar!

Thank you for this.

Very interesting episode

I enjoy your videos as I am a Les Paul User Myself, Thanks For The Videos Keep Them Coming.

I own the #36 Explorer since 2008. They advertised them with "carbon fiber" body pickguard but in reality it is not, it's just transparent plastic with something painted on the back that emulates the carbon fiber. Very disapointed when I found out, but still one of my favorites!

@daveyboy8907

2 жыл бұрын

It’s probably a vinyl carbon fiber print sticker behind the clear pick guard..Looks cool though.

I love that fireburst 🔥🔥😍😍

Oh boy. This is going to be a good one

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

You got that right

@sgt.grinch3299

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. Good to see you brother.

We Troglodytes desperately need something similar done for 2004! I just bought a 2004 Les Paul Standard Limited in Amber which apparently they made 275 of. There’s so much conflicting info on whether these were just made for GC or not, some have GC on the serial though most do not (mine is a lower serial and yet has not GC on it) , and the list goes on. The classic antique headstock and ebony fretboard sold me on it and was the first year of the burst bucker pros as I recall. Gibson apparently sold so many they just kept on making them and stopped handwriting the out of 275 on the back of the headstock. Definitely a cool period for Gibson and need clarity!!!

J Mascis toured with a Reverse V for a year or so thats how I found out about them. I still think they are one of the coolest Gibson guitars out there.

I have the golden goose. Week #41, Nashville LP Junior. Bought used in 2008 from Ishibashi Japan. Had it shipped to Beijing where I was living at the time. It was my first Gibson after being a long time Fender guy. I still have the guitar but rarely take it out of the case because I'm afraid of strumming those prairie flowers off the pick guard! Other than a little bit of wear on one of the flowers it's mint.

Thanks Trogly now I know my RD is GOTW #48 always wonderd what week it was 👍👏

Thank you Austin for a fantastic video! Your knowledge of Gibson guitars is unparalleled! You obviously put a lot of work into this presentation! Thanks again!

That zebra wood thunderbird was my favorite for sure.

The Nashville double cut has haunted me for years. I need that in my life.

This is a great Trogly episode

I don't coment much but I think I should do it more to let you guys know how much we enjoy your channel. I know this is no cake walk and you spend lots of your free time putting it together. I think it's pretty cool that I can see guitars that I would never see outherwise. Again thank you for all your efforts and the kind and considerate way you do this channel. Rock on Brother!

@daveyboy8907

2 жыл бұрын

This was a great video..Gibson history and if someone doesn’t tell it it will be gone forever..Thanks Trogley.

The 61 SG and Zebra wood Firebird caught my eye.

The amount of history in this episode is amazing! This should have been sponsored by Gibson! Maybe they will work with you and make it a feature on their socials?

Great vid! I was researching about #6 and tried to use wayback machine but had a hard time. This makes it a lot easier. #37 is a funny one. On top of being a tune-o-matic/stopbar setup, it has the 'incorrect' pickguard when compared to an actual 67 Special - by 67 they were all batwings. As Reissue, this guitar is a big fail (historically speaking). It looks very nice though. As for the 61 RI Satin, they also made some later in 2012 or so.

@AntmanFelix

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah though it looks like the Faded in the guitar of the week have gloss Headstock veneers where the 2012 Fadeds have a satin headstock veneer. The 2012s have more colors though and I think a baked maple fretboard if I am not mistaken, but could be very well rosewood boards.

Awesome video, really enjoyed seeing the complete lineup, as for my favorite, there is just no way to pick just one. I loved several of them! Thanks for taking the time to put this all together for us! 👍

My guy is uploading so fast I can't keep up with him

@nathanielvargas3863

2 жыл бұрын

That’s the best part of this channel. We get a daily dose of guitar information

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

+1

I have one of the Jazz White SGs - it was my first Gibson. I'd definitely call it a New Century variant - it has the exact same specs including the 490/498 pickups. Just a different finish and pickguard (I love that goofy pickguard, but I can see how some may not like it). The satin white finish is really nice as far as feel goes, and my heavily modded Flying V will be getting the same finish eventually. But that was the guitar that started my love affair with low-end Gibsons.

Wow, I can't even imagine how much work went into this. This was great, Austin ! My favorite was #4, the Explorer Pro Sunburst.

Great content!

Oh man, that black Les Paul Classic Custom is absolutely the LP I would get. Beauty in simplicity

My favorite is the custom SG with two pickups. Also love the fire burst LP

The Tom Morgan Art is probably my favorite just for the fact that it reminds me of the album cover to "Songs In The Key Of Life".

@RC-fc6fo

3 ай бұрын

I own one, pics don’t do it justice. Plays like a dream and turns heads every time I open the case

Incredible, thank you so much for taking the time to chronicle the series. Man, that's a lot of research and hard work. Bravo!

Nice job with this one! I have a week 7 midnight blue Money Bass and I love it, but they do have a very dodgy truss rod and I have to hope mine doesn't move much now as it's no longer adjustable without being replaced. The T-Bird+ pickups in it (and other Les Paul and ES-335 basses) are really hot but they do sound really big though a good bass tube amp.

on number 48, it really looked like the photo was black & white or grayscale. seeing it in the case where there was other colors, I finally realized it wasn't. that said, it's an amazing color scheme. it could easily be used as a b&w/grayscale item in a movie or some such, where everything else is in color--like a character from an old movie/show steps into "the real world" - kind of like pleasantville

Reverse flying V’s can be so comfortable you could sleep with it , but it’s not the comfort everyone is worried about , it’s the look of it. It’s an arrow more than a reverse Flying V , and it’s ugly. That’s just my opinion on it anyway. They could be cheaper than an IYV guitar and I wouldn’t buy one LOL. That’s the Amazon guitar everyone thinks says IVY LOL. 👍👍👍✌️✌️✌️

@wrenchhead4378

2 жыл бұрын

They live on because of the contraversy…. Mission accomplished

@PC85X

2 жыл бұрын

Most disgusting guitar ever. Followed by anything with ESP flag inlays 🤮

@brandonjackson5865

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah part of the allure of playing guitar is they look cool and therefore make you cooler the reverse Vs are not cool. I agree ugly . If the neck pick up position does something incredibly special keep the thing in the studio lol . I do like the headstock on it though .

@dfygdrfc8378

Жыл бұрын

Well the rev V sits like a classical guitar quite perfect and less wrist, underarm friction

I have the week 6 Ebony SG. I love it and it looks amazing in person.

I own a Week #25, and you are correct - compared to the other GOTW this is at the bottom of the barrel as far as resale goes BUT have You ever played one?? Whomever decided to pair a P90 with a Ceramic T500 was a GENIUS. The tones from crystal cleans to heavy rock are amazing. My wife bought mine about 10 yrs ago for $700 with Gibson OHSC and all the case candy - Today I see them selling for about $1,400. Doesn't matter - it was gift from my wife, and I wouldn't sell it. And as I said LOVE THE TONE!!

I currently own week#33 lp classic antique. I bought it as a back up classic. Thank God I barely used it. Thank you Austin for educating us on this series

The gold top or double cold top custom is already amazing but a gold top supreme?!‽! Thats crazy awesome. Especially gold with a customer appointments like the Gold hardware with the black plastics looks so much better to me than normal gold tops with the Chrome and cream color. Think it could use just a tiny bit more black like maybe black out the knobs and keep the rest of the hardware gold so black pickup rooms and black knobs would be so dope on that I love it

You are making me a Gibson historian.

#5, which you call lavaburst, reminds me of the cover of Stevie Wonder's "Songs in the Key of Life." Love it.

Just got an awesome 2005 Epiphone custom shop SG today! I love it so much. Traded an Ibanez RG for it. Dude wanted the RG so bad he drove an hr in a snow storm here in Ohio. I'm sure glad he did. What a trooper!

I’m very fortunate enough to have the #28 Les Paul Classic Custom, but it came with double humbuckers instead of P-90’s which I’ve found was an option and not a modification. It is the best out of the few GOTW’s I’ve been fortunate enough to play. Awesome video man!

I was so ecstatic to buy the RD when it came out from musicians friend. However it weighed a ton and due to a work related injury I had to get rid of it a few years later. It came with dirty fingers pickups which were absolutely horrible. All low end, and not very clear. I ended up swapping them out for 57 classics and it became my main live guitar for 5 years. I have tried to look for another since having back surgery and they're now selling for over 4k on reverb! Really kicking myself for that one.

Thanks Trogly, another fantastic video. Great information as usual!!! The black LP with P-90s was nice, looked like it could rip!!!🤘🎸

Nice job on this video, it was very cool to see all of those and hear about them.

A lot of good info here. Thanks for the effort you put into this!

love this series! got the maple bird and then traded a lp classic for the zebra one..both satin finishes really nice.. wood is amazing in both of them..banjo tuners kinda junky tho. i also manage to wrangle a mahghany explorer pro from that year..tho finish on mine is more of a lighter burnt orange..the smaller body really makes it easy for a dude my stature to rock out lol. def one best sounding fiddles ive got. one my students had a burl maple top exp pro round the same time wow that was sweet..i guess those came out the following year maybe?

I had been waiting for this video for years, thanks Austin, great job :) I still have here with me the #37 (‘67 SG Special), exchanged at the time for a ‘79 “The SG”... I don’t know if it was a deal or nonsense that thought about it, but I still love this particular Reissue model a little revisited :) A friend of mine instead managed to get the #41 (Nashville LP Junior) really very interesting, fabulous ebony keyboard, but unfortunately a very delicate finish... He ruined after a very short time and my friend, dissatisfied, sold it... I regret not having bought it back from him!!! My unfulfilled dream though was #8 (LP Antique Deluxe), it will remain forever a dream :)

Holy smoke, this video must have been a huge amount of work. Thanks for bringing us so much quality content. And yes, I love that SG bass from the beginning.

Love your channel man! I saw your other video and your collection is absolutely beautiful! These are some beautiful guitars you're showing us pictures of as well! I love how you go through all the specs and take the guitars apart to show us the guts of them on your normal videos. Cool videos man! I'm a fan for sure! -Stephen

I own week #34 Antique Vintage Sunburst LP Standard. Love the resonant sound. Feels great. My #1.

GOTW #6 has been used by Joel O'keeffe from Airbourne! on a few of their live performances, that's how I found out years ago that it existed. Very cool and classy guitar.

HECK YEAH

Bro I follow you almost daily for almost a year now and have always respected your take on guitars and also industry insights pour from you and I hope everyone catches the information because it's what forms the industry we all love...I may have commented before but generally I have a CPL guys I regularly chat with that are also great channels but usually just consume content...lol..just wanted to tell you that I'm pretty sure this is my favorite so far from your channel... incredible research and hands on information... world class channel presented in world class manner...awesome job man...you will continue to survive my periodic channel purges...🤘😜🎸🎶🔥

Week #33 is my baby. Still mint, not selling it. I got it from Guitar Center in Hollywood, CA. For my birthday in 2008. It was the last one they had and negotiated a good price cut. Very happy with it.

17:35 I love the finish on that!!!🤩

The two I liked best were the aged white LP and the white LP jr with the cool pick guard. Great video Trogly!

This is great work! Thank you for documenting this.

I had a week 14 les paul. It was a good paul. Kind of a slim neck not to heavy all around a great guitar. But they have went up in value over the years. I purchased mine fore 1400$ several years ago but there more like 2200$ and up just depending on what the seller is asking. Brought back memories seeing those pictures again. Thanks Austin

To this day I still want a week #16 LP, week #47 explorer (a friend of mine has one and he won't sell it xD) and a week #48 RD (I just love silverbursts). Recently one week 16 popped up on reverb but got sold right away. Also, I still have my week #40 silverburst V which I got for like $850 about 10 years ago. It's absolutely gorgeous and it has the chunkiest neck on any Gibson that I've ever played or owned and it's quite heavy for being a V, it's even heavier than my thunderhorse explorer. I only changed the pickups for ones with chrome covers and the knobs for chrome ones, but man, such a nice guitar.

This is a perfect example of why I love this channel, great information on the things I love, thanks.

Awesome video, so many cool and interesting guitars!! For my $$ the two Black Beauty Classic Customs are the cream of this crop!

great Video, My favorite is week 2 the LP Classic in Antique Fire Burst. The FireBurst on the SG Base was awesome as well. If they put that on a regular SG I would buy it.

You got to admire Troglys singular focus an every little differnt detail about Each Gibson! There needs to be a stratocaster channel like this channel! His information has brought me to appreciate the Blueberry burst Gibson!

@raytorvalds3699

2 жыл бұрын

And a Telecaster one.

I love the Les Paul Classic Antique Fireburst. The colors are awesome❣

out of alllll those guitars, the allen collin explorer, 84’ explorer, and the silver burst rd are my favorite and definitely the ones i feel you should find and review!

Welcome fellow troglodytes!!

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

So Glad to Be Here

@nathanielvargas3863

2 жыл бұрын

@@hkguitar1984 woohoo!! Welcome HK!! This was a great video

@sgt.grinch3299

2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on climbing to the summit of the mole hill.

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

@@nathanielvargas3863 Yes indeed. I'm double checking the specs on Week #9, the LP Supreme is supposed to have a figured Ebony Fingerboard (per the published specs). I've never seen figured ebony!

@nathanielvargas3863

2 жыл бұрын

@@sgt.grinch3299 thank you!! It’s truly an honor!!

Awesome rundown, really enjoyable

Like someone said before the Guitar of the Week series by Gibson made me fall in love with Gibson when I was getting into guitars. I loved the Week 38 SG Custom Classic and would love to find one. Saw them for a bit about 2 to 3 years ago but haven't seen one since. It would go well with my 92 SG Custom that is based off the same 68 Custom specs the 2007 Week 38 SG was made for.

Had a chance to buy a week 4 explorer a few years ago, but just bought my LP. Wish I had could have grabbed it. It was awesome.

Beautiful guitars and I would love to own them all.

the fact that so many of these guitars came with ebony fretboards is a tremendous selling point. change the pickups, change the hardware, but an sg standard, explorer, and rd silver burst with ebony fretboard? get me in.

It would be great a video on the guitars of the month of 2008, I really loved the LP-295!

I love the LP Classic Antique . You think they'll ever do a reissue?is that gold binding on that 61 reissue SG or just heavily aged yellowed . Love a good trip burst and that antique is awsome. Knew one person who had a reverse Flying V. He loved it. I always thought that Gibson should've also reversed the headstock to kind of emulate the X wing fighter. I like the last one . I believe you called it a RD. Kind of has the explorer vibe but carved down a d different look.

@clarkbabin9799

2 жыл бұрын

The reason I've never been much of an explorer fan is all that real estate. Maybe I'd like the pro if I tried it.

I have the cherry explorer pro, week 13. Plays and sounds awesome along with being very comfortable as well.

Dang. As a bass player you got my craving a new bass with that first one mentioned. That SG bass with the quilted maple top looks killer.

I love that autumn burst les

I really loved the finish on the Les Paul Classic, also I'm digging the headstock with the crown logo. 🎸👍🎸

FANTASTIC Episode Trogly!!

My explorer pro is probably one of the best metal machines ever created, smart scale, low weight, not over punched in bass frequency like other explorers but amazing medium ranges. I'm really love it!

The thin striped zebrawood is the quartersawn stuff. Technically it's probably the more stable stronger wood but the better looking pieces are going to be plainsawn where you see that nice cathedral grain. Or a combo of the two like riftsawn.

Excellent work Trogly!

I own a week #2 and love it. Frank Novinec of Hatebreed also as a #2 and after a Hatebreed show in 2009-2010. I needed to have one... took 6 years to find one locally as a "reasonable" price.

Thanks Trogly. This video was usefull when I was reseaching about #36 The Explorer, I got it for a nice price. Thank you!

3 pup black beauty custom classic is really cool too

I think they should bring this back. But only limited mods like special finishes and pickups or something like the explorer with the vibrola. I would love to see the new standards with some old gibson finishes like blueberry burst and honey burst

Thanks for doing this video - as a "regular" Classic Antique owner, it bugs me when you see them for sale claiming to be GOTW models when they're not, and I can't always get to the right snapshot of the 2007 Gibson website on the web archive that has the right pages on it.

Just starting the video super stoked!