Explorer bass on ePay

[Chris P.]

What Dave says. A Warwick Stryker.

[uwe]

Credit where credit's due: Along wiff ze Vämpyre, this is no doubt one of ze bäst-lööking Wärwick Bässe ever.

Now if only Herr Dekker didn't look so perfectly indie rock ...  Showing up with that "Wacken-wick Zerstörer" bass at his gigs is bound to raise some nervous looks among other participants.

[Chris P.]

A lot of my friends hated me for bringing that bass and not playing the Thunderbird or, in that period, a P. I guess that was one of the reasons I did play it;)

[uwe]

Against the grain!

[ilan]

It seems like so long ago that I had one, I kind of wish that I'd kept it........
Only shot I have of it.

That bass is so pretty I almost failed to notice the gorgeous babe in the pic

[Highlander]

You shameless hussy...

[uwe]

But you two have the same hair, Ilan! Sameness attracts rather than opposites? 

[TBird1958]

I was junkie skinny........Dang!

[ilan]

But you two have the same hair, Ilan!

Never had bangs, never will!

[uwe]

Now what's wrong with bangs I cry?



"On a guy? Everything." my wife says today, it's her feigned excuse for ignoring me in my youth.

[uwe]

Bought it.

http://www.epiphone.com/Products/Bass/Ltd-Ed-Korina-Explorer-Bass.aspx



Recommended. It's surprisingly light (lighter than the previous Epi Explorers), looks better in real life than on the picture, great fret job and what's in those traditionally looking Epi humbucker casings is not what you heard on the Epi TBs and Explorers of yore, they have actually audibly changed the pup design: Where there used to be mostly mushy mids and little else, you now have transparent mids that leave treble and even presence as well as bass ample room to breathe, yet have just the right amount of ferocious mid-growl. I was really pleasantly surprised. Not that I expected crap, but under the merciless scrutiny of a Glockenklang amp in the sound booth, the bass held up astonishingly well and sounded more remarkable than the Gibson EB 5er 2017 T which I bought as well.

Really nothing to complain about for the money, so nurture that Lynyrd Skynyrd beast lurking within you ...

[TBird1958]

I think it's a great looking bass, I'm tempted! 

[OldManC]

Bought it.

Very nice!

[gearHed289]

Great, Rob's book has got me GAS-sing for Gibsons (LP BFG!), and now this glowing review. I need to play more gigs...

[uwe]

I'm generally not a great fan of natural look bass fins, but a natural korina Explorer has always been the exception.  Maybe because when Explorer guitars became more visible in the mid-seventies for the first time (only very few were produced in the late 50ies - much fewer than, say, Flying Vs which also stemmed from Ted McCarty's initially failed "Modernistic Guitar" series), the natural ones were the most prevalent - with the natural wood look and the radical shape making an unusual, yet iconic combination. Allen Collins (who had a penchant for asymetric guitars, he also played a Firebird) of Lynyrd Skynyrd was really the first guy I took notice of who played an Explorer guitar.



On bass, it was Martin Turner of Wishbone Ash with his black Hamer Explorer a little later. Given how incessantly WA toured the States (even taking up residence there) in the mid-seventies, their paths must have crossed with Lynyrd Skynyrd quite a few times and I wouldn't be surprised if Martin saw Allen's Explorer and decided to have one made for him as a bass.