tmtstillrockin@51 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Picked up a pretty nice 1990 Gibson explorer tobacco burst today, from what I can tell the only modification is original tuners were replaced with Grovers. Do any of you know where I can find out how many were made in this finish? The guitar shows very little wear, has a few minor dings considering it's 24 years old. Haven't checked the pot codes yet. I will try to post some pics as soon as I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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the dog Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Nice collection..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesh Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Nice collection..... Nice collection you've got, too. What is the one in the middle, with the binding and p/u covers? tmtstillrockin@51 - nice guitar mate, good find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 This is a beautiful catch, HNGD, congrats on your nice buy! Nice Explorer collection, I also love the Bill Kelliher "Golden Axe" your Tobacco Burst looks so pretty pictured together with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmtstillrockin@51 Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 Thanls guys, I'm pretty happy with the newest edition. Not sure if its the difference in age but the pickups in the tobacco burst are not near as hot as the lace or the seymour duncans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Thanls guys, I'm pretty happy with the newest edition. Not sure if its the difference in age but the pickups in the tobacco burst are not near as hot as the lace or the seymour duncans. Probably these are 496R and 500T stock. They provide less midrange bite and offer a "jazzy" clean and a "metal" high gain tone to my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmtstillrockin@51 Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 I believe you are correct cap, this is the first time for me with these pickups. Haven't really had time to see what they will do, but definately less feedback Which is not a bad thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 I believe you are correct cap, this is the first time for me with these pickups. Haven't really had time to see what they will do, but definately less feedback Which is not a bad thing! Absolutely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeybo89 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Golden axe is awesome. I should have got one !!! Damb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGsteve Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 very nice! op Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notrohnhoj Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 I have this same guitar! Good question about how many are out there. Mine is actually dated to December '89. On mine, the stock pickups are (I should say were, swapped 'em out for Antiquities) those Bill Lawrence designed Original pickups. I didn't care for them, sounded great at high volume, but anything less than that was grainy and too dark. It also seems that the neck is a little more designed for the "shredder" of the time. Thinner and much more of that '60 SG/LP kind of neck profile, than later ones which seem to have more shoulder. Pretty sure the mini-Grovers are stock, that's what mine came with as well, was dead stock when I got it. It's one my favorite favorite guitars, it's a lot more versatile sounding with the SDs than one would be led to believe by the looks of the thing. It's on the heavy side, easily LP 9.5-10 pound range. I could also swear it's a one piece body. Could be wrong, but for the life of me, can't find ANY seam lines in the wood grain. The grain goes through front/back for as much of the wood grain as I can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dleake Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Damn bro! Nice score! I want a early 90's Explorer like that so bad to go with my '89 Flying V in the same finish! There's one on eBay right now but I'm in Canada! Dang! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsn716 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Picked up a pretty nice 1990 Gibson explorer tobacco burst today, from what I can tell the only modification is original tuners were replaced with Grovers. Do any of you know where I can find out how many were made in this finish? The guitar shows very little wear, has a few minor dings considering it's 24 years old. Haven't checked the pot codes yet. I will try to post some pics as soon as I can. Nice score. I had that exact same guitar, but mine was a 1991. I bought it brand new in '91. To this day, I still feel like punching myself in the face for letting it go when I was much younger and dumber. The Vintage Sunburst, as it was referred to back then, was a standard finish option from 1990 to around 1998 (I think) on the explorer. They aren't easy to find, but they did make quite a few of them. And, Grover tuners were stock on the '76 reissue explorer back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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