Explorer Shaped Guitars
These guitars are not for sale. They are guitars that I've shot over the course of a number of years. These are examples of Explorer shaped guitars built by various manufacturers.
Gibson Explorer Guitar
This is a stock Gibson image of the guitar shape that started it all. The Explorer was copied in one form or another by every manufacturer below.
Washburn A-20 Explorere Style Guitar
This is Wasburn's entry into the Explorer syle guitar market. This guitar features an offset design that pays tribute to the Explorer style without ripping it off completely.
Ibanez Explorer Guitar
This is one of the lawsuit era Ibanez Explorer copies.
Moonstone Exploder Guitar
The Moonstone Exploder is a neck-through version of the Explorer, built with exotic tone woods. Steve Helgeson was among the first in the industry to utilize unusual and exotic tone woods in his guitar construction.
Moonstone Exploder Guitar
Another Moonstone Exploder sports a burled Maple top and neck-through-body construction.
Jackson Firebird Guitar
The Jackson Firebird was almost an exact copy of the gibson firebird except for the bolt-on neck.
Ibanez Destroyer Guitar
This Ibanez Destroyer was designed differently enough from the Gibson Explorer to keep it safe from lawsuits.
Dean Z Time Capsule
The Dean Z skewed the explorer shape just enough to make it legal.
Dean Z in Classic Blueburst
This Z is fully bound and painted in the classic blueburst finish was poularized by Dean.
BC Rich Wanderer
BC Rich at least paid tribute to the Explorer in the naming of their version of this iconic guitar.
Hamer Blitz Bass
The Hamer Blitz Bass sports the Red, White and Blue.
Jackson Kelly Guitar
Jackson Kelly is an explorer shaped guitar that throws neck-through-body construction and some complicated beveling into the mix to create a unique Explorer.
Headless Custom Explorer Shaped Guitar
This is a custom build using a Steinberger tailpiece and a Moses neck.
Gibson Firebird Bass
The Gibson Firebird is like the chubby cousin of the Gibson Explorer.
