New Chapman ghost fret explorer is available for pre order.

Hertz32

http://www.andertons.co.uk/solid-body-electric-guitars/pid39613/cid671/chapman-ghost-fret-in-flame-blue.asp £699 

 Or, £616 if you buy it from Thomann and import it  :-S http://www.thomann.de/gb/chapman_ghost_fret_sat_blue.htm

That said, I do like it I do... 

Hertz32

http://content.andertons.co.uk/2/1/images/catalog/i/xxld_76831-Ghostfret-1.JPG

Hertz32

Looks like its getting a proper hipshot bridge too

Moss

Nice flame on that - could be a good guitar

Hertz32

I dont understand why its not 24 fret though :-S

DrBob

To my (admittedly bleary) eye the treble cutaway/horn looks a bit too bloated & meaty which maybe wouldn't have been the case had it been 24fret.

Other than that looks quite sharp

blueskunk

@Hertz32

How much from Dawson's ?

Zodiac51

and topic descending into chaos in 3..2..1...

stickyfiddle

Looks alright in a metal kinda way. I'd rather have a proper '76 but I'm not the target market. 

Reminds me of the Jackson curvy explorer-ish thing

Jez6345789

Will still hate the reverse headstock a case of style over function.

mart

Jez6345789 said:

Will still hate the reverse headstock a case of style over function.

Isn't there an argument that a reverse headstock makes bending easier on the treble strings and harder on the bass strings, thus suiting the way that many people play. I will agree it makes tuning a tiny bit more awkward, but sacrificing tuning convenience over playing convenience makes sense to me, as I'd hope to play a guitar much more than I tune it.

RaymondLin

It's okay, I quite like it actually. But then I looked around, a Gibson for £600, probably £750 after tax.

https://reverb.com/item/686656-gibson-explorer-2004-black-with-gibson-hard-shell-case

Hertz32

That doesnt have a flame cap, is set neck rather than neck through and isnt carved top.

Hertz32

The two are different guitars the chapman is better VFM imo

DrJazzTap

You can't deny that a Gibson will hold it's money better though.

Dalefty

What makes this a 'ghost fret' Chappers guitar? Seriously it that's the exact same fretboard down to the inlay on the 12th fret that every model of his guitars do, not to mention you can see the nice shiny frets a mile off, it's not like they have even boo There'd to try and blend the frets in with the rest of the fretboard. DaLefty

Hertz32

@Dalefty it's named in honour of the first explorer style guitar that Jaden rose built him which he wanted to do some kind of wacky fretboard with. It's not actually fretless, or partly fretless itself. Just named after a guitar that was intended to be... I think...

notonlybutalso

Hertz32 said:

@Dalefty it's named in honour of the first explorer style guitar that Jaden rose built him which he wanted to do some kind of wacky fretboard with. It's not actually fretless, or partly fretless itself. Just named after a guitar that was intended to be... I think...

correctamundo

Loobs

That's bloody horrible

DiscoStu

The body is reduced, like an Explorer Pro (which I don't like).

Just get an Explorer!

Drew_TNBD

It looks like someone drank blue paint and then sicked it up on a piece of wood, then drank a whole bottle of rum, and THEN cut the wood up into a guitar shape.