rsrelic
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I'm trying to find build details on the 58-63 korina Explorers. Does any one know of a site, or have any details they can share?
steelknuckle said:What exactly do you want to know? I'm having a '58 explorer custom built from the original drawings at a non-Gibson shop.
STREET SURVIVOR said:allen collins of lynyrd skynyrd played a "scimitar" head 58 korina, as well as eric clapton. in fact, i believe that the 58 korina that collins played is in fact the one clapton played very briefly in 1969-70.
allen was a HUGE clapton fan, and by the time he switched to the explorer as his main axe over his trade mark firebirds in late 1976, he could afford to own his heros guitar. [ i can not prove it is the same guitar though]
allen put a maestro vibrolo on his and grover tuners. but you have to remember, these guitars had not hit the huge collector numbers they have today. and in 1976, gibson had just put out the re-issues.
hope some of this helps.
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What leftover, shipped in '62 Explorers? I heard that about Vs but are there substantiated Explorers shipped in the 60s?Cody said:The info Street Survivor quotes is for the leftover ones shipped in '62 or thereabouts, with '60s nickel parts.
The ones shipped in the '50s are as Mofinco said: gold hardware, gold bonnet knobs, PAFs.
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mofinco said:What leftover, shipped in '62 Explorers? I heard that about Vs but are there substantiated Explorers shipped in the 60s?
STREET SURVIVOR said:ZEPGUY wrote......
"I am sure that Allen Collins didn't buy Claptons because Claptons is the one that has the bottom sawn off. Also Allens is a 63, where I believe the vibrola was an option on it so it my be original. All this is on the Collins Explorer. Oh and another thing the Firebird is more linked to Clapton than the Explorer. Allen bought the Firebird after seeing Cream perform while Clapton was playing his I...
CUT off at the bottom? i have about tem pics from various books with clapton and his 50's EXPLORER, no cut off bottom.
allen collins explorer IS A 58, it is not a 63. and he did have the vibrola installed. his firebird [1 of them] did have the factory vibrola.
his daughter amy owns the guitar and regularly shows the 58 korina at guitar events. does she own it right this minute? don't know.
yes, clapton owned firebirds and a explorer, both of which he played for about 3 minutes. the sg, 335 and the strats were all much more identified with clapton by the mid 70's than the explorer and firebird.
yes, allen did get his bird after seeing eric. but a year later, clapton was playing the explorer. and allen saw that two. allen couldn't own 2 models of the guitars his hero played?
again, i never said i had proof that they were the same guitar, but, i have had a person or two on the skynyrd official site who new allen personally said that was indeed claptons! for what thats worth..........
the 60's explorers were leftover 58's that didn't get shipped. no difference. the only difference in the first original batch is the V headstocks. those were the first ones.
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"i'm gonna sell the bitch's car and buy myself a cool guitar"
jimmy thackery