Thunderhorse71 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I'll start with my beautiful purple burst made from a thoroughly junked "Gothic" that had lost most of it's finish but was structurally very sound. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtim Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 That puppy looks sweet!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderhorse71 Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 Does Prince know you have his guitar? Seriously it's nice. I waited until he left us at least! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelDeVille Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 That is beautiful! I wish I could find any explorer for sale! They are super rare around these parts! A Goth would be nice to have as is or to modify. A local shop has a WAY overpriced beat to **** Goth V, but no explorer..... like thrown down several flights of stairs beat to ****... I had to drown my sorrows in a Destroyer for now... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Bill 212 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 (edited) HOLY $#!T, ICB I was finally able to post a picture on this web-site.....Thanks to Bro w/the AVATAR of the Li'l Dude in Ozzy's Band showing me 'HOW TO'... So, my EXPLORER is not a CUSTOM......I couldn't resist ! HA ! its still BAD-A$, the Mini-Grover's are THE $#!T and the Granadillo Fret-Board makes it a li'l brigther than I had expected, BB 2 & BB3 instead of the usual 'Dirty Fingers'...... is why I pulled the trigger..... [/url]IMG Edited January 5, 2019 by Wild Bill 212 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihcmac Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 (edited) My Explorer still under going mods...... Edited January 5, 2019 by mihcmac 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihcmac Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I'll start with my beautiful purple burst made from a thoroughly junked "Gothic" that had lost most of it's finish but was structurally very sound. Good job, nice way to save a goth... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtim Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Hey what about un-modding one? Does that count? Here is a 1991 explorer I "UN-MODDED". I got it in Houston Texas back in 2011 off of craigslist for 400.00 and it came with the case too. Someone took a can of black spray paint and painted it. You can see how nasty it looked by the picture of the rear of the neck. It was originally a heritage cherry finish. Anyways, I stripped it down to bare wood. I had one of my dad's buddies who was a woodworker do it for me. It was perfect under all of that ugly paint. It also had a butt ugly broken pick guard on it that was not original. I made a plexiglass one and spray painted it antique white from the inside. I stained the guitar a gunstock color and I hand rubbed about 4 coats of tung oil into it. It had EMG pick ups in it that sounded good so I kept them. It looked like a factory job when I was done. I traded it for my first gibson SG. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderhorse71 Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 Hey what about un-modding one? Does that count? Here is a 1991 explorer I "UN-MODDED". I got it in Houston Texas back in 2011 off of craigslist for 400.00 and it came with the case too. Someone took a can of black spray paint and painted it. You can see how nasty it looked by the picture of the rear of the neck. It was originally a heritage cherry finish. Anyways, I stripped it down to bare wood. I had one of my dad's buddies who was a woodworker do it for me. It was perfect under all of that ugly paint. It also had a butt ugly broken pick guard on it that was not original. I made a plexiglass one and spray painted it antique white from the inside. I stained the guitar a gunstock color and I hand rubbed about 4 coats of tung oil into it. It had EMG pick ups in it that sounded good so I kept them. It looked like a factory job when I was done. I traded it for my first gibson SG. LOVE IT! That was the direction I was going to head with the Goth but the ebony fretboard just wouldn't look right with bare wood. I'm looking to rescue something with a pretty rosewood board and do exactly what you did there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtim Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 No way man.........Ebony would have looked great with the natural finish. Even more so with a lighter wood stain with all of that natural wood grain popping out it would have been sexy man! But you did a great job on that purple beast you created. It looks very good! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Hey what about un-modding one? Does that count? Here is a 1991 explorer I "UN-MODDED". I got it in Houston Texas back in 2011 off of craigslist for 400.00 and it came with the case too. Someone took a can of black spray paint and painted it. You can see how nasty it looked by the picture of the rear of the neck. It was originally a heritage cherry finish. Anyways, I stripped it down to bare wood. I had one of my dad's buddies who was a woodworker do it for me. It was perfect under all of that ugly paint. It also had a butt ugly broken pick guard on it that was not original. I made a plexiglass one and spray painted it antique white from the inside. I stained the guitar a gunstock color and I hand rubbed about 4 coats of tung oil into it. It had EMG pick ups in it that sounded good so I kept them. It looked like a factory job when I was done. I traded it for my first gibson SG. Nice un-mod. The less said about the "modded" pickguard, the better. Yikes! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtim Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Thank you. I really enjoyed doing it too and it really was not all that hard to achieve. Now that purple one up top was very well done and looks so nice and shiny too. I am very impressed with the Gibson silver logo. It looks awesome! Nice un-mod. The less said about the "modded" pickguard, the better. Yikes! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihcmac Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) My latest mod... GFS Dream 90's and a Towner Down Tension Bar that AngelDeville helped me find..... Edited January 10, 2019 by mihcmac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmachine Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 I recently bought this '79 Explorer E2. There are lots of anomalies here, and I'm in the process of trying to determine what's what. There is more than meets the eye here and some pretty strong evidence that it started life as a Kalamazoo special order. Special Order or customized, it is a well done rock machine! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01GT eibach Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 ... it is a well done rock machine! Agreed -- sweet guitar, bro! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighthawkChris Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 I recently bought this '79 Explorer E2. There are lots of anomalies here, and I'm in the process of trying to determine what's what. There is more than meets the eye here and some pretty strong evidence that it started life as a Kalamazoo special order. Special Order or customized, it is a well done rock machine! I really like this Explorer! Looks fantastic man! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmachine Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 I recently bought this '79 Explorer E2. There are lots of anomalies here, and I'm in the process of trying to determine what's what. There is more than meets the eye here and some pretty strong evidence that it started life as a Kalamazoo special order. Special Order or customized, it is a well done rock machine! I have a thread started here with details and pics. Feedback welcomed. 1979 Gibson Explorer E2.....custom or customized......or both? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilgrave Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 You're making me want to recreate that @Thunderhorse71!? Did you do the paint yourself?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfa Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 On 1/5/2019 at 12:37 PM, Wild Bill 212 said: HOLY $#!T, ICB I was finally able to post a picture on this web-site.....Thanks to Bro w/the AVATAR of the Li'l Dude in Ozzy's Band showing me 'HOW TO'... So, my EXPLORER is not a CUSTOM......I couldn't resist ! HA ! its still BAD-A$, the Mini-Grover's are THE $#!T and the Granadillo Fret-Board makes it a li'l brigther than I had expected, BB 2 & BB3 instead of the usual 'Dirty Fingers'...... is why I pulled the trigger..... [/url]IMG Very nice, Ebony and Gold is always an awesome combo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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