I Looked Away Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Hoping for some help. I found a cream colored Made in Korea Epiphone Explorer for $169 at a pawnshop. It may have been white when new, I can't tell. I can not find this guitar anywhere on the internet. The unusual things being, that it has uncovered humbuckers, the front of the headstock is the same color as the body. it has no dents or scratches and it does not have a pickguard and appears that it never did. Also it has a tremelo bar much in the style of a Fender Strat. I have never seen one on an explorer with a color matched headstock in the cream color. The rosewood fretboard is not very dark either. I have found a 1989 cream color MIK Epiphone Tele and it has the cream "Explorer" headstock. I also remember seeing the old Epiphone Strats with the cream "Explorer" headstocks. BTW, it has a bolt-on neck. Any ideas? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Looked Away Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 Hoping for some help. I found a cream colored Made in Korea Epiphone Explorer for $169 at a pawnshop. It may have been white when new, I can't tell. I can not find this guitar anywhere on the internet. The unusual things being, that it has uncovered humbuckers, the front of the headstock is the same color as the body. it has no dents or scratches and it does not have a pickguard and appears that it never did. Also it has a tremelo bar much in the style of a Fender Strat. I have never seen one on an explorer with a color matched headstock in the cream color. The rosewood fretboard is not very dark either. I have found a 1989 cream color MIK Epiphone Tele and it has the cream "Explorer" headstock. I also remember seeing the old Epiphone Strats with the cream "Explorer" headstocks. BTW, it has a bolt-on neck. Any ideas? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJB Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Something like this 84 EX90? http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1984-Epiphone-by-Gibson-Explorer-EX90-with-Floyd-Rose-/151396272244 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyg Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Try this link to the Epiphone Wiki Explorer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Looked Away Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 Yes, it looks like the EX90 except it does not have a Floyd rose tremelo. it has a simple tremelo like a Fender Strat. Also the body is the same color as that headstock. It is a cream body with cream headstock. Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crust Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 If you can, post a couple of pictures, thanks...Sounds like a cool guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Looked Away Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 I bought it today for $100, It is Made in Korea and has a letter S + 8 digits for the serial # -S93080041 . I think that makes it a guitar made in August of 1993. The S stands for Samick. I cleaned up the volume pot and it sounds fine and plays good. Not a clear pic but here it is: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJB Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 If you look at the wiki (above) it fits the profile for a 93 (bolt on neck and vintage trem) the only thing that doesn't is the colour - I guess they may have played with colour schemes at the end of the run to sell them before the updated (set neck) model came out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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