Heavy Guitars - EPIPHONE EXPLORER GT

A Rock Icon Gets Scaled Up, and Trimmed Down

Providing the sizzle and snarl that you can only get from humbuckers, a 650R (neck) and 700T (bridge) pickup both carry high-output magnets, and provide more highs with increased definition and no muddiness. Slightly over-wound, the hotter 700T bridge pickup is smooth but can give you all the wailing lead tones you need, while never losing its rich combination of enhanced lows and crystal-clear highs. Making the most of all this firepower is a totally new, yet deceptively simple control set up. Always an innovator, Epiphone has equipped the Explorer GT with a patent-applied-for combination Master Tone and Kill Switch. This control operates just like an ordinary tone pot, but when you push or “tap” it down, it acts as a KILL switch, muting all output signal for cool sonic effects (think Buckethead!), which are especially powerful when combined with distortion.

In addition, the Explorer GT includes Epiphone’s patent-applied-for LockTone™ Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece combination for re-stringing ease and increased sustain, and a rosewood fingerboard upgraded with pearloid parallelogram inlays and 22 medium-jumbo frets, all easily accessible thanks to the Explorer GT’s deep cutaway and contoured, recessed bolt-on neck. Add to that a SlimTaper™ neck profile that makes this guitar supremely fast and comfortable to play, and wrap it up in a thin “Worn Black” finish that feels vintage from the start – all at a price tag that any guitarist can afford – and you’ve got a NEW Epiphone classic made just for you! The fact that it’s covered by the company’s famed Limited Lifetime Warranty with 24/7/365 Customer Service is just icing on the cake!

Body and Finish

Like many classic Epiphone and Gibson tone machines, the Explorer GT is made from a solid slab of resonant mahogany. It is completed with a Worn Black finish to give it an aged look and feel, and to allow its full tone to ring true.

Neck, Fingerboard and Headstock

The Explorer GT carries a bolt-on maple neck with a 1960s-era SlimTaper™ profile, tilted Explorer “arrow” headstock, and rich brown rosewood fingerboard, all important components in its feel and tone. It is built to a longer 25.5” scale length for added resonance and firm, solid lows.

Pickups and Electronics

The Explorer GT carries a pair of high-output, U.S.A.-designed humbucking pickups and a no-nonsense control array of three-way switch and Master Volume and Tone controls, which nevertheless hides a secret weapon in a push-button “Kill Switch” built into the latter.

Hardware

The Explorer GT is equipped with a hotrodded hardware set, including premium enclosed tuners and Epiphone’s rock-solid LockTone™ Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece. This bridge locks firmly to its mounting studs, keeping it in place when you change strings, and increasing resonance and sustain. All hardware is plated in black chrome to enhance the guitar’s Worn Black finish.