The 1963 Gibson Explorer from the '50s

Guitar Player. Graded secondary. Open the original.

Not archived. Via summarising fetch: Explorer and Flying V released 1958, poor sales, abandoned the following year; leftover parts assembled later (this 1963 example). Wikipedia says discontinued 1963 (community). Added 2026-10-15 by llm:claude-sonnet-5-5.

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Fact	Years	Records	Passage
Gibson Explorer (original run)^[1]	introduced 1958	Gibson	No passage captured

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The 1963 Gibson Explorer from the '50sgraded secondary

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