£1,199
Gibson’s 1958 Korina Explorer is perhaps the brand’s rarest guitar ever. Not only do you have to contend with astronomical auction prices, you’ll have to find one first: only a handful were made in the initial run. Reissues haven’t made it any more accessible, either. Nowadays, models list for nearly £10,000.
In a bid to make this Holy Grail available to the masses, Epiphone released its own ’58 Korina Explorer. At £1,199, it’s not a budget offering, but in comparison to its Gibson counterparts, it’s basically a steal. Plus, it’s a really great guitar. Made in collaboration with the Gibson Custom Shop, this Explorer pays homage to the original – with a few cost-cutting measures, naturally – but with the result being a guitar that looks and feels like the real deal.
This story is from the June 2023 edition of Total Guitar.
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