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    in 1963. In 1976, Gibson began reissuing the Explorer after competitor Hamer Guitars had success selling similar designs. The Explorer became especially...
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    discontinued on-and-off again in the 2010s, along with the Gibson Explorer. For 2015, Gibson did not have a production Flying V available so a limited...
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    variety of Gibson models including a 1961 SG and a 1957 Les Paul.[citation needed] Matt Bigland (Dinosaur Pile-Up) uses a black Explorer. Ritchie Blackmore...
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    some of Gibson's famous guitars, the Gibson Les Paul, the Gibson Flying V, the Gibson Explorer, and the Gibson SG. On December 21, 2010, Gibson was granted...
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    pickup and used almost exclusively until 1984 when he switched to the Gibson Explorer model. During the mid-1990s, ESP produced the first of his signature...
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    The Gibson Futura was an electric guitar that was the precursor of the model introduced as the Explorer. These prototypes, christened "Futura" many years...
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    The Gibson Moderne is an electric guitar model prototyped by Gibson in 1957. It was designed alongside the Flying V and Explorer-"Futura" as part of a...
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    guitar was his 1976 Gibson Explorer Limited Edition, which became a signature of the group. However, he found the sound of the Explorer's bass strings unsatisfactory...
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    designed guitar-shaped controller, based on either a Gibson SG for the PlayStation 2 version, a Gibson Explorer for the Xbox 360 version, or else a standard console...
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  • vibrato arm. In 1976 he switched to a natural-finished korina 1958 Gibson Explorer that he had bought for about $3,000 and used that guitar throughout...
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    (Believe) PRS Mark Tremonti (Believe) Gibson Les Paul Standards (The Sickness) Gibson SGs (The Sickness) Gibson Explorer (used in the early days with Brawl)...
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    Rickey Medlocke Medlocke performing live in 2009 (with a Gibson Explorer) Background information Born (1950-02-17) February 17, 1950 (age 74) Jacksonville...
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  • This is a list of Gibson brand of stringed musical instruments, mainly guitars, manufactured by Gibson, alphabetically by category then alphabetically...
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    band's 2009 tour with Dethklok. He has also used several Gibson Explorers, including a vintage Explorer CMT in tobacco burst. Kelliher has also used two custom...
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  • ESP EX (redirect from ESP Explorer)
    the mid to late 1980s, firstly producing a MX 220 based on a 1970s Gibson Explorer Body with the ‘famed’ banana headstock, then later with the MX 250...
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  • Records, who reissued it in 1985. The cover art depicts a cruciform Gibson Explorer hidden in shadows and smoke. All lyrics are written by Kurdt Vanderhoof...
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    some features of the Gibson Flying V and Gibson Explorer, both of them much older designs. Eddie Van Halen hacked his explorer-shaped Ibanez Destroyer...
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    next album. As of 2014, Bell solely uses Gibson Guitars, his current main instrument being a 2001 Gibson Explorer in limited edition diamond sparkle finish...
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    Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson AO (born January 3, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his action hero roles, particularly his breakout...
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    V-shaped tailpiece. The body shape is similar to the body design of a Gibson Explorer. The Dean Z, like its counterpart the Dean ML, was designed with the...
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    Gibson had made forays into radical body shapes — the Flying V and Explorer in the 1950s — which met limited initial success. The president of Gibson...
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  • cherry red Gibson SG guitar controller. The Xbox 360 version of the game is offered in a bundle that packages the game with a white Gibson Explorer guitar...
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    guitar designs based on the Gibson Explorer (The Standard) and Gibson Flying V (Vector), before adding more traditional Gibson-inspired designs such as the...
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    The Jackson Kelly or KE is a heavily modified version of the Gibson Explorer produced by Jackson Guitars. The guitar has been in production since the...
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    he used a Gibson Explorer and a Jackson Soloist. He used these guitars for The More Things Change..., after which he switched to a Gibson SG. His Dimebolt...
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    Influence (2007) Shaw mainly uses Fender and Gibson guitars including: Gibson Les Paul Gibson SG Gibson Explorer Gibson ES-335 Fender Stratocaster Taylor SolidBody...
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    Epiphone signature John Connolly Les Paul guitar Gibson Les Paul Customs (78' and 79') Gibson Explorer Gibson Les Paul Studios (83', 91') Not Sure 12 string...
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    blue 2016 Gibson Flying V T soaring rock tones 2018 Epiphone Limited Edition Flying V Custom Gibson Explorer custom black/white 1976 Gibson L6-S 1974/75/79...
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    their Gibson Explorer-inspired "Blitz" model during the High 'n' Dry and Pyromania albums from 1982 to 1985 and Hamer's modernistic take on the Explorer shape...
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    band Onion Trump. For playing live with Stone Gods, Edwards uses Gibson Explorer and Gibson Les Paul guitars into a Diezel VH4 Amplifier with Marshall 1960...
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