I own a black explorer' date=' the headstock says "Epiphone by Gibson", I bought the guitar second hand back in the very early 90`s sometime, so my guess is thats its built at least a few years ahead of that. Its fitted with black hardware, and a locking tremolo, the humbuckers are split half white and half black, the serial # on a sticker on the headstock reads 880400161, I just played it end never thought of it really, but owning it for nearly 20 years now, it would be fun to know if this is a genuine thing or just some fake thing, as I have never really seen one like it, tnx in advance for any help![/quote']
I just happened to be searching the internet today for info on one of my old guitars and saw your post.
I bought an Epiphone by Gibson Explorer new around 1986/87 and it was a sparkly black finish, metallic black.
Two humbuckers, though I can't recall if they were split black/white (rings a bell though), and I can't recall if there was a tremolo - though I think there was. Two (?) black knobs - tone and volume.
The headstock logo was mother of pearl style on a black headstock. No case or gigbag, just the guitar when new.
It was a good guitar as I recall, solidly made, but at the time I was hankering after a Les Paul and soon moved on to a Les Paul copy - kind of wish I still the Explorer now as it was my first new guitar.
So yes, they did exist and I'm pretty sure they're genuine. I think I've seen them in red too.
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