Badly damaged Gibson Explorer

redrighthand

It's always such a shame to see a nice guitar ruined - and this one has been damaged particularly badly.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2012-Gibson-Explorer-1968-Re-Issue-Special-Signature-Edition-In-Cherry-Red-/221321401558?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3387c894d6

jd0272

There's a few hundred quid for a refinish right there. Reasonable bargaining point.

swiftyball

Big lols!!!

ICBM

What is that, a Chinese fake? I can't see enough detail in the pics to tell.

Gibson never made any Explorers in 1968 - in any colour - so you'd think it couldn't be real... except that they made that Hendrix Strat abortion, so who knows!

DeeTee

Such artless graffiti should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.

John_P

lol  I clicked on it looking for a bargain to refinish... 

Fully agree - it definitely needs a refinish ;-)

mike_l

jd0272 said:

There's a few hundred quid for a refinish right there. Reasonable bargaining point.

Somewhere around £1000 to get rid of the stickleback sigs............

ESchap

ICBM said:

What is that, a Chinese fake? I can't see enough detail in the pics to tell.

Gibson never made any Explorers in 1968 - in any colour - so you'd think it couldn't be real... except that they made that Hendrix Strat abortion, so who knows!

Was it not 1976 they were brought out again? 

However, if you Google "1968 explorer" it does seem to be a genuine, recent Gibson guitar.  Perhaps they thought if they picked a year that the guitar was never produced they could avoid all the "you got it all wrong" comment's about their reissues ... bizarre! 

B-)

ICBM

ESchap said:

However, if you Google "1968 explorer" it does seem to be a genuine, recent Gibson guitar.  Perhaps they thought if they picked a year that the guitar was never produced they could avoid all the "you got it all wrong" comment's about their reissues ...

lol

Anyway, that black scribble should clean off with a bit of solvent and the rest of the evidence should burn nicely, so if you fancy a reissue of a guitar they never made in a colour they never used then it probably isn't too overpriced.

redrighthand

I dunno, even if you get the signature off, someone could still find out.

Needs a whole new body.

randomhandclaps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w_3TU-hFjg

Cirrus

Looks a lot like my #1 axe, but a bit brighter red and obviously mine doesn't have that shit scrawled on it.

mike_l

randomhandclaps said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w_3TU-hFjg

Brilliant.

Rox

To get rid of permanent marker, all you need is a Whiteboard marker... write over the top of the permanent marker with the whiteboard marker and wipe off immediately.

But, whilst it will get rid of the ink on the defaced areas, it won't do anything about the Nickelback stench.  Perhaps some acid of some sort?  Not sure Febreze can sort that, sadly.

mike_l

Rox said:

But, whilst it will get rid of the ink on the defaced areas, it won't do anything about the Nickelback stench.  Perhaps some acid of some sort? 

Are you suggesting we take acid to listen to stickleback, or pour acid over them?

usedtobe

Didn't realise there was this much hate for the nicleback..