Epiphone Explorer

Ger the man

Hi folks,
Anyone ever owned an epiphone explorer? What are your opinions?

Cheers

feylya

If you're going to get a Epiphone brand new in this country, save your money and get a better Explorer second hand from Japan. The Gibson Explorers are damn nice though.

Ger the man

Yeah I was looking at the 'real thing' over the w/end. They are going for 1,200 in the sound shop, just want to see some alternatives first.

Doctor J

Edwards do some explorers too, MIJ, you'd get em off Ishibashi. Definitely a step or two up from Epiphone level.

https://www.ishibashi.co.jp/webshop/guitar/esp/edwards/eex105e.htm

feylya

The best alternative is don't buy a guitar in Drogheda!

http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/webshop/guitar/esp/edwards/eex105e.htm should cost about €850 shipped and will more than likely be a much better instrument given Gibson's quality control. You should be able to find a second hand one fairly easily too.

Don1

Played one before. (think) There was no lock nut fitted and the high e popped out across my fingers and cut me. Other than that, impossible to play comfortably sitting down. Japan is a spiffing idea though if you really want one.

Ger the man

Thanks, everyone seems to play either strats or lp's, you dont here much about explorers for some reason.

feylya

Cos most people look wrong playing Explorers Even though they're huge, they're surprising comfortable to play.

Ger the man

feylya wrote:

Cos most people look wrong playing Explorers Even though they're huge, they're surprising comfortable to play.

Yeah but they are much cheaper than an LP and possibly very under rated.

feylya

An LP is much harder to make than an explorer though.

emoKILLER

Don1 wrote:

Played one before. (think) There was no lock nut fitted and the high e popped out across my fingers and cut me. Other than that, impossible to play comfortably sitting down. Japan is a spiffing idea though if you really want one.

i didnt find it to hard to play sitting down, then again i was playing a flying v a dew minutes before i played the explorer!!
played an epie explorer last april, suprised me, i didnt think it sould sound as good as it did, i would consider one the next time i buy a guitar. I own an epie LP, the explorer has much better fret coverage

Ger the man

emoKILLER wrote:

i didnt find it to hard to play sitting down, then again i was playing a flying v a dew minutes before i played the explorer!!
played an epie explorer last april, suprised me, i didnt think it sould sound as good as it did, i would consider one the next time i buy a guitar. I own an epie LP, the explorer has much better fret coverage

Cheers Emo

Karl Hungus

I'm going to agree with what's been said already, and say to go Japanese.

Don1 wrote:

Played one before. (think) There was no lock nut fitted and the high e popped out across my fingers and cut me. Other than that, impossible to play comfortably sitting down. Japan is a spiffing idea though if you really want one.

That's the second person I've heard of having their high E not fitting in the nut.

DeadSkin

Dunno what your budget is but check out;
http://www.coda-music.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=tokai+ex
Also on the www.tokai.co.uk I see the EX55 model is £399.

feylya wrote:

http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/webshop/guitar/esp/edwards/eex105e.htm should cost about €850 shipped and will more than likely be a much better instrument given Gibson's quality control. You should be able to find a second hand one fairly easily too.

Damn you feylya I've been droolin' over that for the past week

Ger the man

DeadSkin wrote:

Dunno what your budget is but check out;
http://www.coda-music.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=tokai+ex
Also on the www.tokai.co.uk I see the EX55 model is £399.


Damn you feylya I've been droolin' over that for the past week

Cheers, I checked the conversion rate for the one on coda music for 749 sterling, after converting to euro its about 90 euro cheaper than the gibson?

Thanks Anyway

Creamy Goodness

Ger the man wrote:

Cheers, I checked the conversion rate for the one on coda music for 749 sterling, after converting to euro its about 90 euro cheaper than the gibson?

Thanks Anyway

you're converting the RRP price, coda actual price is £569

DeadSkin

I emailed coda about that Tokai a couple of months ago and they said delivery to Ireland is £29, so overall it would cost 888 Euros.

I played an epi explorer yesterday and found it very comfortable to play, so much in fact I think I found a cure for my recent GAS attack.

Ger the man, I don't wanna hijack your thread dude, but an explorer is definitely my next purchase.
I'll be keepin' one eye on Ishi for those Edwards and the other eye on those Tokais.

Ger the man

DeadSkin wrote:

I emailed coda about that Tokai a couple of months ago and they said delivery to Ireland is £29, so overall it would cost 888 Euros.

I played an epi explorer yesterday and found it very comfortable to play, so much in fact I think I found a cure for my recent GAS attack.

Ger the man, I don't wanna hijack your thread dude, but an explorer is definitely my next purchase.
I'll be keepin' one eye on Ishi for those Edwards and the other eye on those Tokais.

No worries deadskin, let me know how you get on. All posts are welcome.