Yesterday a Electric Guitar Review reader caught in the Gibson site what could be the Guitar of the Week number 36. Although we don’t know if the guitar has a wrong number or they really showed the 36th week model in advance, the guitar, a Gibson Explorer New Century, is a very good looking guitar that reminds me a lot of the guitars used by James Hetfield.
The Gibson Explorer New Century features mahogany body and neck, ebony fingerboard, carbon fiber pickguard, 22 frets, 24.75″ scale length, Tune-o-matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece, 496R Ceramic magnet (neck) and 500T Ceramic magnet (bridge) humbucker pickups, 3-way pickup switch, two volume and one tone controls.
This accidentally unveiled guitar comes with satin ebony finish and maybe some more features that will be announced when the right time come. As ll the previous models from the Guitar of the Week Series, the Gibson Explorer New Century production will be limited to 400 units.
- From Electric Guitar Review
- Official site (I don’t know how long it will last)
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