Gibson Korina V and Explorer clones with Braz boards, $50k and all sold out?

fretfinder

Strictly limited editions, 81 Vs and 19 Explorers. Dunno if the price I was told is right but I bet you wouldn’t lose money long term if you invested in one of these. 

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/guitar.com/news/gear-news/dive-into-design-gibsons-super-limited-korina-v-explorer-new-video/%3famp

Kittyfrisk

Clones my arse.
The scan would give you dimensions, but have bugger all else to do with the qualities of the wood as it is a natural non reproduceable material (as if that really matters... ooh err, heresy too).
Damn, I need to get laid more :-D

tomajoha

Peak guitar 

danishbacon

Kittyfrisk said:

Damn, I need to get laid more :-D

imagine the sex appeal of owning a 50k Murphy labs 

Philly_Q

I'm not particularly interested in vintage guitars, but if I had a money-no-object opportunity to buy a couple it would be a '58 V and a '58 Explorer.  You can keep your Bursts.

I think these reissues look great - despite reservations about Murphy Labs - but they'll be crazy money.

Kittyfrisk

danishbacon said:

Kittyfrisk said:

Damn, I need to get laid more.

imagine the sex appeal of owning a 50k Murphy labs 

Do you honestly think that women (or for that matter, members of any sexual persuasion) really care about such things?
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Stevepage

Kittyfrisk said:

danishbacon said:

Kittyfrisk said:

Damn, I need to get laid more.

imagine the sex appeal of owning a 50k Murphy labs 

Do you honestly think that women (or for that matter, members of any sexual persuasion) really care about such things?
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There’s plenty of guys on here who would happily go gay for 5 minutes play time on a Murphy labs Les Paul 

Teyeplayer

Murphy labs… I wonder what the finish will look like after 12 months. 

stickyfiddle

Do these come with the flaky finish at that price?? 

WezV

a digital scan is only ever going to be as good as the tool you use to turn that scan back into a real object

I'm sure things have moved on a bit at Gibson since this video was made



At 18 mins they digitally scan they neck.
At 20 mins they physically measure and trace everything.
At 27 mins they make a physical mold of the neck.
At 30 mins they hand it to a guy on the production line to roll the neck shape on a big sander, by feel


The only added value from the digital scan is that it sounds fancy in marketing, at least for this example.

danishbacon

WezV said:

a digital scan is only ever going to be as good as the tool you use to turn that scan back into a real object

I'm sure things have moved on a bit at Gibson since this video was made



At 18 mins they digitally scan they neck.
At 20 mins they physically measure and trace everything.
At 27 mins they make a physical mold of the neck.
At 30 mins they hand it to a guy on the production line to roll the neck shape on a big sander, by feel


The only added value from the digital scan is that it sounds fancy in marketing, at least for this example.

Vid link broke on edit @WezV ;

WezV

fixed

WezV

and the vid for these guitar - a lot less process detail though

Brize

I'd buy an Explorer if it was regular VOS and not Murphy aged.

Reverend

Kittyfrisk said:

danishbacon said:

Kittyfrisk said:

Damn, I need to get laid more.

imagine the sex appeal of owning a 50k Murphy labs 

Do you honestly think that women (or for that matter, members of any sexual persuasion) really care about such things?
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I'm not sure the facepalm would be for danishbacon here. 

RaymondLin

Technically Serial No.2 of the one made in the 50's is a clone of Serial No.1 which is a clone of the prototype.

It's just a Gibson Guitar, how accurate it is to the original is only a part of how good it sounds and the people who buy these would not care less how good these sound or plays.  That's not why they buy these guitars, so it's all PR.

Cirrus

I'm morally offended that Flying Vs and Explorers are lumped together. The former only looks right if the Kurgan needs a guitar to match the gimp suit he's decided to wear, the latter is a thing of beauty. 

Kittyfrisk

Reverend said:

Kittyfrisk said:

danishbacon said:

Kittyfrisk said:

Damn, I need to get laid more.

imagine the sex appeal of owning a 50k Murphy labs 

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I'm not sure the facepalm would be for danishbacon here. 

True, definitely not my intent. Sorry Fred.

tomajoha

I personally think these look great and am a fan of the Murphy Lab changes(discounting the ones with the cherry backs where the finish fell off which I believe has been addressed). It just the price of these, sheesh! shameless 'halo' marketing..

I'm a bit rusty on the history, but I presume the collectability of original 50's V's and Ex's is down to their scarcity as nobody wanted to buy them at the time? Now they are doing the same thing through purposefully limiting production runs...

RaymondLin

tomajoha said:

I personally think these look great and am a fan of the Murphy Lab changes(discounting the ones with the cherry backs where the finish fell off which I believe has been addressed). It just the price of these, sheesh! shameless 'halo' marketing..

I'm a bit rusty on the history, but I presume the collectability of original 50's V's and Ex's is down to their scarcity as nobody wanted to buy them at the time? Now they are doing the same thing through purposefully limiting production runs...

Pretty much, they are desirable because they sold so few in the first place.  So people buying these are not because they play great but because they are limited.  FOMO in action in a big way.

stonevibe

I'll stick to my cheapo Epiphone 2016 '58 'Korina' reissue Flying V, as l know I'd totally fuck up an expensive one gigging it.