V's and Explorers

[strictlylespaul]

V's and Explorers - hardware options?

I've got a bonus coming end of next month, some of which I can spend on myself:lol2

The Historic V's and Explorers are lookin' pretty good - 'specially the split headstock models - those are the s**t:dude

One problem: do they all come with that fugly *gold* hardware?
:dead:

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[RICH]

I have a few of each, once you play them, you won't give a f**k about the gold hardware. They are evil guitars, my spit headstock explorer sounds like it has a 500T in it, and its only a 57 classic.spin

 

[strictlylespaul]

Cool - just what I wanted to hear
How do they run, weight-wise? I'm leaning toward the V.

Oh, I'm not a metal player (not that fast, or talented) mostly classic rock and blues - will the lack of maple darken the tone noticably?

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[Marshallhead]

V'S are the s**t man,you dont need to be metal head to jam on one-look at albert king or lonnie mack-they are a bit darker sounding but very crisp and smooth at the same time-I have a usa production 67 v ri that I swapped 57 classics into and it still kills for metal but allows me to use it for blues-usually they are feather light and very responsive.
like RICH says,once you start rippin' you wont care about the gold hardware-:dude

 

[Aggie]

"EC" Eric Clapton Explorer is Tres Cool

These are currently in limited Custom Shop production & are awesome. The one I played was well balanced, lightweight & screamed ala Johnny Winter.

All mahagony. No flame however!

These are beautiful guitars if you like the Explorer look. Personally I prefer the EC to the split headstock only because that model just looks plain wierd & is heavier. The EC Explorer is also not grossly priced up for the limited run. I intend to buy one ASAP.

V's are nice also, but I am sold on the Eric Clapton Explorer just a wee bit more than the new Custom Shop V's.