The Gibson Explorer: A Short History

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This is the sister video to our video to "The Flying V: A Short History". The great story of the Explorer is driven by how very few were made back in the '50's.

First and foremost, I need to thank Dave Rogers from Dave's Guitars. Dave owns an original 1959 Explorer, one of only three guitars built that year. He sent me endless pictures of that amazing guitar and he quite literally made this video possible as images, particularly detailed images of original Explorers, are almost more rare than the guitars themselves.

I also need to specifically thank Dave's photographer, Tim Mullally, who worked with me to grab images of the key features of the guitar. Everyone at Dave's was incredibly helpful. It's funny, but the week prior to calling Dave I'd bought a left over PRS Mira S2 Semi-hollow from the shop online. Beautiful photography and amazing customer service. I can personally recommend doing business with them.
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I need to thank Dave Onorato who shared his knowledge of the guitars and specifically shared pics and history on his Max Baranet guitar. Dave grew up tagging along with his dad, Joe Onorato, who was a well known vintage guitar dealer back when that was just becoming a thing. Dave's merch store for Dojo Guitar Repair is here:
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Clearly I owe a debt of gratitude to Phil Jones, who shared with me his knowledge of the "Korina guitars". I met Phil through the owner of the V prototype from that video and so now I owe that guy twice as well. Phil has been a tremendous source of information and has proven to be a great editor as well (my bad spelling is always a problem.). And on top of all that, he's a very funny guy.

As always I need to thank the real experts that wrote the books I used in my research. Tony Bacon at the front of that list with his book, "Flying V, Explorer, Firebird". I highly recommend everything Tony's written.

Finally, I need to thank the guys from Wildwood Guitars for the use of the clip of the Gristle-master, Greg Koch wielding a modern Explorer in the intro and outro for the video. I often find myself, hat in hand, asking a favor for images or music and they are always great collaborators.
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https://www.gregkoch.com/

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Thanks for watching. Until next time, thanks for being a part of the five watt world.
Keith

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