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Epiphone 1958 Korina Explorer Electric Guitar

Get classic looks and tone at an affordable price. This guitar features a Korina body that sounds great and creates a tight, grain pattern. 57 People rated this product:

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Hailed by many as the ultimate guitar tonewood, Korina (or Limba) has a tone similar to mahogany and a beautiful, tight grain pattern. This '58 Explorer adds beautiful Gold hardware to the radically classic body shape for a knockout guitar. zZounds is an authorized dealer of Epiphone products.

Pickups: 2 humbuckers

Hardware: Gold

Scale: 24.75 in.

Nut Width: 1.68 in.

Neck: Set

Neck Material: Maple

Fretboard: Rosewood

Inlay: Dot

Body Material: Korina

Dimensions and Weight in Packaging: Shipping Weight: 12 lbs; Shipping Dimensions: 47 x 22 x 4 in

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Sound: I play the Explorer through a 25W Fender amp, you can go from clear as a bell tones to that ZZ Top growl. Very pleased overall with the sustain, rings forever. Feature: Two volume and one tone with a 3 way switch, can't get any easier. Ease of Use: Out of the box and all I had to do was tune it and plug it in. If you can't get the tones you want from this guitar you don't need to be playing. Quality: Mine is Natural Korina, color is not too vibrant (good thing). Frets all feel excellent and don't shred your fingers. Gold plated mechanics are nicely done, not overly flashy. Value: Beats my 72 Fender Tele Squire reissue. Best $500 I have spent. Manufacturer Support: Not had to use support The Wow Factor: I'm 50 and thought it would look out of place. Nothing further from the truth it fits and feels great. Weight is nice balance on the strap is comfortable. Overall: I don't plan on getting rid of the Explorer any time soon. Looked at a Dean Z-X which was very light but did not feel right. Peavey Rotor EX lines were a little to sharp and squared for my liking. I have played guitar on and off since I was 16 and now I'm 50. I am still just a beginner. If you are a parent and thinking of buying a guitar for your kid, don't buy a cheap guitar and don't buy one that's overly expensive. This guitar fits in a perfect niche for the beginner on up.

Style of Music: Rock, Country

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"Best guitar i own, and it'll stay that way."

Sound: Ok... definatly like the best sound i've heard and guitar play, or atleast any guitar i have. My main guitar that i used before this is a fender stratocaster. Sure the strat sounds beautiful but this guitar is soring high right when you play the first time. It works well with distortion and w/o. The difference between this and my strat is that my strat has single coil pick-ups and my explorer has humbuckers. Humbuckers are just 2 single coil pick-ups put together basically, hence the name; hum Bucker. Feature: It came with everything BUT a whammy bar. Personally i like this guitar with out the whammy anyways though because sometimes the whammy gets in the way or cramps the style of the guitar. Ease of Use: WAYYYYY easier then most guitars i know of. It may be just as good as my strat. I tried this out in a store and i fell in love. I tried almost every single guitar in the freaking store and hell.. this is the easiest. (hint hint, buy it its good.) =) Quality: No problems with anything falling off or breaking yet lol. I think this guitar is one of the best made epiphones out there and the wood that they used for it is just beautiful. ( i got natural color) This guitar is very durable but the only downside is that when you turn around, you're very liable to bump something with the huge explorer wingy thingy lol. Definatly tourable. you could easily take this on tour with you. Value: very good value. price is great for whAT you get. Manufacturer Support: Haven't delt with this yet. The Wow Factor: very sexy.... hehe the girls would be all over you with this baby. Of course because it is an explorer, it will rock out loud. Overall: i expect to get a les paul in a year and if it would be any better than this i would tell you. I plan to keep this baby for ever and ever. My whole family is impressed with the guitar. =)

Style of Music: rock, meatal, alternative, and some hardcore.

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