SteveFord Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 But maybe I can get away with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle fester Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 My Hero - so cool! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx-ogre Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Very nice. Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 That is Edge-tastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 We'll let it go this time Steve. Deb gets on me every time I do it. Love the Firebird. It's a beauty. I have a Riviera still out there somewhere. Should have gotten it a few weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) I'm looking forward to getting it, probably next Wednesday or Thursday. Many years ago someone here had a bunch of Explorers and was raving about them and said and then there's that GOTW one, well... That always stuck with me but the only Explorer I'm familiar with is the GOTW one. Had one, sold it, lucked into another one. I wondered what the other ones were like but I wanted pick up covers and a natural finish and here we are. The GOTW one was such a struggle to get the hang of due to both the weird body shape and the neck: monster 50s profile, non-plekked frets, really dried out ebony fret board and a sticky finish on the back of the neck. I finally hit that with Virtuoso Cleaner and then Virtuoso Polish which made a massive improvement. We'll see if relief is temporary, hope not. It was also seldom played and it felt it. Another 50 hours of playing the thing and it should have that comfortable guitar feel to it. It was just a bear to play when I got it but it's almost there. From what little I've seen I think the new management really upped the quality of their guitars so I took a gamble on this used 2019 one. It wasn't very expensive and it looks so similar to the other one that my wife probably won't notice unless I point out the differences in the pointy guitars. Hey, check out this ICONIC feature... Her take on Explorers: they make me look like a square! Yeah, I prefer Firebirds but I'm pretty much trapped working at home so I'll buy guitars, sit on my butt playing the guitar and try to wait out the plague. Edited July 3, 2020 by SteveFord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 Leon Russell's guitarist back in the early 70s had an Explorer, that's where I first saw one. What kind of guitar is that? That is really different looking... Then Clapton played one for a little bit but he cut the back end down so it wasn't knocking everything over when he turned around and, of course, my all time favorite band, Three Dog Night, I mean, U2. They're different enough that they make me want to get up and play the guitar again. When I got my Martin I couldn't wait to get up and play it first thing before work and then get home and play it some more. I just need to work at it some more and I'll get the hang of it. Same deal with the Explorer. The bug was just lying dormant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Congratulations Steve..nice guitar..enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Congrats there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) Eric bought the guitar and the cut off part was already off. https://www.groundguitar.com/eric-clapton-gear/eric-claptons-1958-gibson-korina-explorer/#:~:text=Electric Guitar Strings-,Eric Clapton's 1958 Gibson Korina Explorer,the early to mid-70s.&text=The photo was taken so,is mostly just a guess. Edited July 3, 2020 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 Thanks for posting that. I had to laugh, it went to Japan. Soon that country is going to sink into the ocean under the weight of all of those guitars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 35 minutes ago, SteveFord said: Thanks for posting that. I had to laugh, it went to Japan. Soon that country is going to sink into the ocean under the weight of all of those guitars. I was stationed there when I was in the Navy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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