Gibson Explorer - Matthias Jabs Refinish

[ulijdavid]

Here is a Gibson Explorer that was originally natural mahogany. The customer wanted the guitar refinished like Matthias Jabs guitar from the Scorpions.

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[simon34652]

Nice.

[Larz]

fire up some big city nights.............. that looks good.

[Mr.Shreddy]

Right on, classic scheme there.

[Hellbat]

Looks like you did a great job on that one!

[Nimitz]

Super smooth and Sexy... Kinda gives me a tingle in my pantaloons

[daisp]

Sweet...

[Radiohead]

I have always wanted a cream coloured Explorer. Dam I have the GAS badddddddddd

[sully]

Came out great, man!

[DonP]

That looks fabulous. I'd love one of those and a Flying V.

[Johnnyryche]

Love it! That looks awesome.

[ulijdavid]

Thank for the compliments everyone.

I just got done playing this for a while. I love older Gibsons because I have not been too impressed with the attention to detail lately. BUT.......This thing sounds awesome. Straight into a Marshall TSL60 and I was in Gary Moore tone heaven. I have always liked the Gibson pickups and this thing is just a monster. I might have to look for an explorer - or better yet maybe a Kelly.

[quadperson]

Killer paint! I went through a Scorpions kick in the eighties and I would've killed for that guitar. I couldn't afford one so I bought a Flying V instead. I never could figure out the $600 price difference for essentially the same guitar. Maybe it was just the dealer being a douche.

[javert]

Very nice! I seem to recall Matthias explaining that he didn't want his two explorers to look the same, so he put the tape on one of them so people would realize he had two That must have been in the early days when he and Rudolf had less than a hundred guitars

[tgreensl1]

I remember the original one being sold on eBay. It was featured in a guitar magazine column one month