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Heavy Guitars

Gibson 80s Explorer Ebony

4.4 out of 5 stars from 11 customer ratings ()
Gibson
Gibson 80s Explorer Ebony
Gibson 80s Explorer Ebony
Gibson 80s Explorer Ebony
Gibson 80s Explorer Ebony
Gibson 80s Explorer Ebony
Gibson 80s Explorer Ebony
Gibson 80s Explorer Ebony

Electric Guitar

  • Body: Mahogany
  • Neck: Mahogany
  • Fingerboard: Rosewood
  • Scale: 628 mm
  • Neck profile: Slim Taper
  • 22 Frets
  • Pickups: 2 80s Tribute humbuckers
  • 2 Volume and 1 tone control
  • Orange drop capacitors
  • Aluminum Tune-O-Matic bridge and stop bar
  • Chrome hardware
  • Colour: Black
  • Incl. case
  • Made in USA
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
3-Year Thomann Warranty
  • Available since May 2023
  • Item number 561980
  • Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
  • Shape X-Style
  • Colour Ebony
  • Body Mahogany
  • Top None
  • Neck Mahogany
  • Fretboard Rosewood
  • Frets 22
  • Scale 628 mm
  • Pickups HH
  • Active Pickups No
  • Tremolo None
  • Including Case Yes
  • Incl. Bag No
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11 Customer ratings

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Not worth it, unfortunately
llnkv 04.06.2025
The guitar is good overall, it plays nicely and I liked the pickups. However, it had visual, although small, but unacceptable imperfections such as bad fretwork in some places, visible glue and tool marks. At this price rate, it’s absolutely not acceptable. I’ve returned the guitar back.
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Great guitar, but not a good reissue.
LP27 21.04.2026
I've bought this guitar back in January and have been playing gigs with it consistently. It's surprisingly light weight, extremely resonant and in general a beast of a guitar, truly a roadworthy axe!
I was lucky enough that the guitar came nicely set-up out of the box, only thing I did when it first arrived was oil the fretboard and change the strings.
However, if you're looking for a 1:1 reissue of the OG '80s explorer, sadly thus isn't it, you'd be better off going for the cheaper option and more faithfully recreated Epiphone version of this guitar.
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Nice sound, QC could be better
M._I. 20.04.2025
Nice sound both plugged and unplugged. Very resonant instrument. Wider neck the average Gibson neck (at least the one I tried). But the one I tried had some QC issues: high action from factory set up, fa bit of rett buz (probably due to high action), finish (paint/surface) not even/level, laquer on the side of fretboard (unacceptable at this price point and brand).
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What is this quality control?!
Mythjourneys 24.02.2026
I’ve already purchased a couple of these guitars, but I had to return all of them due to serious craftsmanship issues. The one I kept from Thomann was the best one, but it still wasn’t flawless.
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