I Got One! | 2021 Gibson 1958 Collector's Edition Brazilian Rosewood Korina Explorer Review + Demo
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📚 Description: In late 2021, Gibson released a collector's edition of Korina Flying Vs and Explorers that used scans from the originals to create them like they've never been reissued before. The Murphy Labs division aged them and they used Brazilian Rosewood fretboards. Set to be collector's items from day one - the Flying Vs retailed at $20,000 with only 81 made which only lasted in stores for one week. The Explorers - were limited to only 19 in production and had a suggested price of $30,000. None of them were ever listed for public sale though. You would have to be one of the lucky few who called the Gibson Garage to secure one - or have an "in" with a dealer that decided not to keep theirs or be a Gibson endorsed Artist. I was lucky to get one of these for review and demo! Please enjoy this video on the 2021 Gibson Collector's Edition Murphy Labs Aged 1958 Replica Korina Explorer with Brazilian Rosewood fretboard review and demo video!
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0:00 - Intro - Check Links in the Description
0:49 - About the Korina Explorer
1:58 - Unboxing / First Impressions
4:34 - More Info About Explorers
10:36 - Inside Look / Specs
21:01 - Tone Demo (Clean)
24:36 - Tone Demo (Dirty)
31:10 - Final Thoughts
32:32 - Ending / Montage
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Honestly Trog, I'd rather pay for a nice R6 goldtop than to get one of these free. As I said before, it's two pieces of wood and some wire. I do enjoy your videos.
It's your best guitar yet on your show. Korina . Nothing like it
@Wendy Black Wake up toddler. In 20 years very few will even know what these are and certainly will care nothing about it. These will be for sale very shortly for a fraction. What world are you living in?
@@scottykingdavid I have been building with Korina for 25 years, some one piece. Not a big deal. You are just brainwashed by the marketing of mainstream corporations. You cannot see through the BS regarding anything around you, guitars and everything else.
@@zacharyhandcraftedguitars you may be building them but I've been playing them for 45 years now I can tell you Korina wood has a great mid-range.... Now go build me something
I understand relicing as an aesthetic choice and I fully support it as a playing comfort choice (sanded necks are amazing) but trying to retroactively place a guitar into history just so collectors can blow their load pretending they have the real thing, is kinda pathetic honestly. This run would have been cooler as a complete reissue run, make them like they would have looked back in '58
Thank you.
I hate the direction Gibson has been going in recently. I agree with you 100%
Yeah agree they can extra sand the neck and fingerboard just for playability but it would have been 10 times cooler if it was not relic
Agreed
Yeah but then the boomers wouldn't be as nostalgic for them and that's mostly who are buying these.
I have an Epiphone korina built last october. $913 w taxes. I love it!
I know it's just me, but for $30k USD and not just NZD, I'd want it to look brandnew and on top of that to be built absolutely flawlessly. Very cool guitar otherwise! I too love Explorers 🙂
I'll beat it up myself, thank you very much!
@@atakdragonfly1675 - Exactly!
Totally agree! All this artificial aging.. I don't get it...Too much money is asked for this aspect of a guitar and it adds nothing to the sound. Leave it new and spent money and time on the PU's for example or something else that can be heard when the guitar is played.
But that's the whole thing, isn't it? These guitars are not meant to be played, just to be kept as an investment so the sound and finish is basically irrelevant..
Not sure whether Austin is 100% behind this guitar, I hear some disappointment every now and then.. and rightfully so...
my feeling is I can get between 5 and 20 super good guitars for that (depending on price obviously) so does this feel and sound between 5 and 20 times better than a normal high end guitar? i'd doubt it. but i'm not a collecter and dont see the "collecter" value
@@cheebsgod I can get a few good ones with just the markup they get for these relic jobs I'm sure.
When I started watching your channel, I thought spending $2k on a guitar was insane. Now, it seems almost affordable. Lol!
Funny how things like that work haha
That was because all manufacturing was outsourced to Asia third word and it falsely made you believe that the real price of a guitar should be $300, not $3000.
This is why you are working for minimum wage in a service industry (with a diper on your face).
@@ToTheMaxGaming1 Your intelligence is low to even figure it out. I have absolutely no respect for the toddlers. This is a toddler channel, hosted by a cringey toddler. I worked my entire life to repel you toddlers, so I certainly hope that I have been successful. Its not a guitar you need. You are getting exactly what you need right now. Its wonderful to see.
@@ToTheMaxGaming1 Yah, you only wish you could do it toddler. Let's see what you can do. Any time you are ready. First start by showing your face and exposing who you are. Don't hide.
@@zacharyhandcraftedguitars lol just found this thread. his guitars really are ugly 😂
This is my favorite guitar video on the entire internet! Especially all the closeup footage inside and outside of the guitar. I am obsessed with 1958 Explorers, and this is probably the only opportunity to get an intimate experience like this. Thank you Trogly's👊and congratulations on maybe the best purchase I've ever seen on your channel.
See you all in 30 years when we get Custom Shop Moderne reissues.
Or the 100th Anniversary Edition in 2058.
I've had Explorers, Flying V's and Modernes. The only one of the three I still have is the Moderne...it's a far superior guitar to the other two!
Sorry, but I'm saving that money for the Custom Shop 2017 Les Paul reissue with vintage accurate robo-tuners.
Lol
Most of you toddlers will be gone in the next 6 months to 3 years but the new "Americans" I hear have a huge appreciation for your culture. LOL
Keep your masks on white boys. Stay Safe!
I have a 76 Les Paul custom on the bench. Very yellowed and worn. Many hours on the fretboard. Really worn on sides with nail gouges in the rosewood. Real wear. It doesn't look anything like what you have. Some people like relicing a guitar, but, to me, it's like wearing a bad toupee...looks sort of real, but you can tell.
so true. And you will know you are playing a guitar with stories or a guitar with extra money paid for faking, feels different.
6:13 - That’s an actual photo of my 1986 Gibson Explorer 🤘🏼
Such a treat to see those two guitars together! Thanks for the commitment needed to bring these to your audience!
Typically, the tone demos aren't really too thrilling. This thing sounds amazing. Nice score!
This is by far one of my favorite videos you've done, Trogly! I love all of your videos, but this one is special. The way you geek out over this Explorer (and rightfully so) is evident in how you talk about it and it comes out in your playing also in this one. Very cool! Keep rockin', dude!
Austin, Thank You for this review (even though we didn't hit 10K Likes).
Congrats Trogly on the Explorer!!!! Absolutely beautiful guitar 🎸
I'd love to see you demo some of those 70s lawsuit guitars as a side-by-side comparison. An old bandmate had one of the Ibanez Destroyers and that thing sounded and played great.
Man I'd love to have a Destroyer or a Rocket Roll Sr. as a complement to my Gibson V. I hear those 70s Japanese humbuckers are really good pickups (Bob Mould said it was the reason he played a Rocket Roll instead of a Flying V).
I could feel your enjoyment of this great guitar in your playing demo. It really does have a wonderful tone clean or overdriven. Thanks for documenting it. ☺
The next step would be getting hands on Hetfield's ESP MX-220 custom. I would love to see it dissected Trogly's style 😎
There's a dude that has had one for sell on Ebay and Reverb for years now. When I first saw it, he was selling it for $30,000. No one would buy it so he increased the price to $35,000 and now it's $40,000. He's obviously trolling and doesn't need the money. lol
@@tacoconch7678 There's a rich dude from Turkey who has/had several mx220 and mx250's. He is a fan and a guitarist, and he obviously took the opportunity and flipped some money on these rare pieces.
@@IcedFIame That's the same guy I'm talking about. lol
@@tacoconch7678 pretty sure its still up on reverb lol
All others bow down to the GREATEST GUITAR ever made....The 1958 Gibson Korina Explorer! Well done Trogly!
He’s right…
Smoke crack much?
Its ugly.
Hetfield has a real 58 that he some times brings out on stage. I think even Kirk used it a few times live. Killer guitar. Only thing that would bug me is the weight. You said it's super light. I have a bunch of ESP MXII-CTM's and a JH-2 and love how heavy they are. Great review dude!
Both Kirk and James have a '58 'pair of korinas', Explorer and V. I've read about it in some interview with James.
@@IcedFIame kirk confirmed on his instagram about his V saying that it wasnt even a production model, it was a prototype. It doesnt have a serial number and Gibson even confirmed its authenticity
Basically, Kirk has the rarest possible korina flying v
Korina is a super freaky wood to work with, it’s a hardwood but is almost as light as balsa. It’s super smooth to work as a result and doesn’t tend to splinter when worked with hand tools. But, given the weight you expect it to work like balsa yet it doesn’t, reminds me a little of Padauk the way it works.
@@paulcrosby7419 I remember he mentioned in the same interview that his '58 V is hand routed and it might be a prototype. Nice catch!
Killer Explorer! Gotta love a Korina guitar. Always wanted one.
Holy crap, that looks way better than even in the photos!
The gold height adjustment screws are at the very least period correct flat head type screws. Wouldn't have noticed that without the zoom in. For the price of this though, you could acquire all the tools for guitar building, and build like 15 - 20 of these things.
Beautiful guitar great sound too, a young 17 year old Irishman on holidays in New York in 1978 walked into a guitar store while on holidays. He had 250 dollars planning to buy a Gibson les Paul, a lot of money back then but saw the newly released 1978 Gibson explorer and bought it for around his budget. His name is the edge of U2 there was only 118 made, he sold it in a charity auction for the victims of Katrina for 300,000 dollars, I think he and his guitar tech bought a replacement
Too bad that money went to corrupt politicians and not the victims.
I agree, the single ring Kluson Tuners look great (Rad). It also looks like Gibson even used a Historically correct MOP logo on the headstock judging by the shape of the "G". The aging/relic job looks pretty convincing too (as near as I can tell).
LOL, most the '50s Gibson's I've played was back in the 1970s and none of them had aged that much!
Damnit UA-cam, not giving me notifications again 😅 I've been waiting extra hard for this one!
Greetings and well wishes from Utah man!
This guitar truly sings in all ways. All clean settings as well as distortion. This one's a keeper!!
Nice job...your playing is even getting better
Nice job! Playing was awesome!!
Yes
Way to go Trogly. Congratulations, that is one fine guitar, plays and sounds sweet. Really really a great guitar.
That's a beautiful explorer with a cool Brazilian fingerboard.sounds fantastic!
The first explorer I ever played was a legit 58, owned by a friends father. I'll never forget it
I got to hear one of these in person for the first time at the Gibson Garage, there's something special about these
Your guitar playing for the demos has really improved quite a lot Trogly, that thing sounds great.
Fantastic review as always!
Wow! Just amazing! Thank you💚
The natural clean tones sound awesome.
The strap button on the bottom of my Explorer is much lower than yours. I also have my strap the same as Allen Collins. Helps for balance.
I normally don't like the odd shaped guitars but this explorer is nice and it sounds really good.
These Murphy Labs 58 recreations remind me of old school desks. Same color, same kind of staining on the knicks and dings.
Needs old chewing gum on the back!
Holy crap, you're right! I knew it reminded me of something familiar.
Man, really happy for you, most of us dream it, you have it, big congrats!
So happy for you Austin - to be a guy who owns and has owned such a variety of quality guitars but is still visibly and audibly excited and overjoyed to have the opportunity to be the owner of his ‘dream guitar’. Just goes to prove that it’s all about quality, not quantity. Rock on brother 🤘🏻
Beautiful guitar, sounds great too. I have just managed to get the new Epiphone edition and am very happy with it.
I don't know if I could let go of that back panel not fitting perfectly unless it was intentional. That is the best I've ever heard you play by the way brother!
Aw man, 5th of June is my birthday as well, a birthday or birthyear guitar is the ultimate end goal for me, enjoy the explorer man!
Had a chance to pick up an Epiphone Korina Explorer but went for the regular Gibson iteration instead. It's a standard one, black with white pickguard, 2 or 3 piece mahogany body and regular everything else. Still...love it to bits!! Thanks to Trogly for bringing us the ultimate reissue 😍
It's one of my "dream guitar", the korina Explorer is just an iconic guitar... Even the Ibanez one from the late 70's are gorgeous! Hope Epiphone release this one as well!
wow thanks for showing us that Beauty.. You have no idea how much i enjoy this stuff... and im learning alot too lol. Thanks again and hopefully we will be in touch soon, im about to start looking for my first Gibson les Paul.
That last Strat was a 'leaf foil', gold or copper glued to the body then sprayed over
Im currently rebuilding a 70s Explorer into an Allen Collins tribute. Love this episode.
18:16
Correct me if I'm wrong but...
$30,000 and they can't get the control route right? I could do a better job most of the time. Shameful.
I think they are just about overpriced on every guitar they sell. Ffs the other day he got a 3k guitar without a functional jack
Stop making a clown out of yourself man. these are 1:1 replicas of the original and are made to look and feel like the pre c&c hand made guitars that's why they have little imperfections. you want perfect go get yourself a prs privet stock.
@@bazitube390 I can't believe I'm going to grace this with a reply, but here goes:
I don't have a C+C machine. I could do a better job by hand, and I am... let's put it generously... a fast improving novice. There are luthiers and woodworkers around the world that can hand craft things to within millimeter tolerances, and you would think for over $10,000 a pop, Gibson would be able to hire some of those people to make flawless instruments. Were the originals flawless? By no means, absolutely not, but something like this would have been considered a minor defect even in the 50s. However, these guitars are worth a staggering amount of money compared to the inflation adjusted original prices, and as such, should be a reproduction of the IDEAL 59 explorer, not some could-have-been-B-stock one. The only reason they're valuable is the limited edition rarity/novelty factor and the name brand, and in that sense, Gibson really is becoming the Supreme of boomer guitarists.
It's cool that they come with a cover to protect the case that's for protecting the guitar, but how are you supposed to protect the cover that protects the case that protects the guitar? For that kind of money I think they ought to solve this very important problem.
You protect the soft case with the cardboard box that it was shipped in. You protect the cardboard box with a special edition titanium case. The titanium case then goes into a specially designed vault, which in turn goes into a specially designed guarded building
@@laj043 and that building is protected by goblins and a kick-arse Dragon!
They went through great length to make the guitar look like it wasnt protected at all… just sayin
@@sunshipcpt3869 if I order a Murphy Lab LP and it has ONE scratch or ding that wasn't artisan crafted, I'm sending it back!
The Edge (U2) uses a nice explorer
When I saw Ricky Medlock playing this for the first time , I was hooked . Just love this guitar, great job on the demo
Yeah Ricky's signature axe was an Explorer and Allen Collins too.. I'm guessing one turned the other on to em
Allan Collins played a 76 first in Skynard
Ricky used a 70s Ibanez destroyer when he was in Blackfoot.
@@darrylcole5575 And a black Les Paul custom
@@samright4661 Allen may have had a 76 but his original one is a real 58 he started stage playing mid to late 76.
I got a red 82 reissue and a black 2017. I love them both
That thing sounds awesome
One possible but trivial reason I can speculate as to why Gibson used both black pick guards originally (& didn't include both for the Explorer) is maybe bc they thought if they did em in white, they'd have to match the anti-slip leg rest on the treble side of the V as well & if that were white it may get dirtier more quickly compared to a black version of it. Just a thought
IIRC, even on the original (like ORIGINAL original) white guard ones, the leg strip was still black. I think its because there were SO many players on the OG V that swapped for a blackguard, whereas the most notable players of Explorers (The Edge comes to mind) tend to keep em white. Marketing above all. Just speculation though
This is my dream guitar...They look great and sound great.
I'll never understand why people want Kluson tuners. In the 70s if we could afford it, we ripped off the Klusons and installed Grover Rotomatics or Schallers, because the Klusons were always getting bent and were not very smooth.
And don't forget the backs popping off lol. I think it's about aesthetics more than functionality, I guess.
It's great you get and demo these guitars as most of us would never get to see them otherwise.
You’ve come a long way from a produce clerk, man. Just getting to jam out on one of these has got to be an amazing feeling! Thanks for showing us this thing!
He was a produce clerk? I'm a produce clerk! We should talk produce some time!
You live in a fantasy world and totally brainwashed by the propaganda. I do hope you are fully medicated up to date against the plague.
That’s just the Coolest Mr.T! Thanks for your hard work and countless hours to bring us such an Amazing Demo, we wouldn’t otherwise ever get to See, Hear or Experience!
Re: Control Cavity Cover fit ... Gibson could have made a template for the cover that fit tightly in to the routed ledge surrounding the cavity, but remember they were trying to minimize small, inconsequential handwork items, so making the cover slightly smaller than the rout eliminated any potential fit issues and allowed them to quickly install the cover without any handwork involved. Just one small thing that they did to boost productivity and control production costs.
I have an original '76, it's my absolute favorite guitar. When I got it the tuners were already replaced with Schaller minis, and the pickups were changed to early 90s Gibson Custom Shop '59 PAF reissues. . I also have an '84 alder one with 3 P90s 😋
Oh, didn't Epiphone do a korina Explorer?
it sounds amazing
Explorers and Vs look so good in Korina! Always loved the styling and looks on both of these guitars. Both so radical for their time amd still look great today. Loved the whole entire video, this is a beautiful guitar. Loved the Metallica tribute too, sounded great Trogly! 👍
I love your channel so much! I wish more people would watch you
Now that is a perfect guitar. I love it. Great tone. You should of played the Freebird solo for Allen. I’m a VEE guy but that is an outrageous instrument.
I have been a fan of explorers ever since I was a kid and saw The Scorpions Matthias Jabs play one...the white one with black stripes...that guitar was so badass!!!
🤘
@larry dickman - Ohhh! Yes, me too! Thank you for reminding me, Larry! 😀 I was trying to figure out only a moment ago where I'd seen an Explorer for the first time, and I was sure it must've been waaay before The Edge's in '83! Indeed, the Scorpions! I had a poster on my wall from one of my big sister's teenie mags, in which Matthias had that exact same Explorer! 😀
That's true for me too.
Matthias sold his second Explorer, the white one without the iconic black stripes (a design even cooler than the Van Halen striping) some years ago and I still hate myself for not bying. Stupid!
@@holgermartinius2521 - Are you referring to EVH's modified Ibanez Explorer copy here, which had originally looked a lot like the one in this video, before it was first refinished all-white and eventually got the VH-typical paint job plus the 'shark' cutout at the back of the body? 😀
I wonder what Trog would have to do to be classified a dealer...he would be on the cutting edge of new guitars and special runs. I think he's the best of the unboxing/reviewing blogs.
Certainly one of thee nicest sounding axes I've ever heard 👂👍
I agree about the headstock. It's killer !
I love the tuners on my Epiphone explorer too,hard to explain
I have an '18 Explorer with Duncan Antiquity pickups and it's a perfect guitar. This one is fantastic. I can tell you're excited to see, touch and play this magnificent guitar. I'm also convinced that you must be made of money 🤣. Great video and review as usual Austin. God bless and Explorer on 👍😎🎸
That’s a beautiful guitar. Definitely a keeper.
Man that is such a cool piece of gibson history. I would love to see you do a review on one of the murphy lab ultra heavy aged guitars to see how the aging looks on those.
That’s the Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd) guitar, minus his tremolo system.
The grail is an original 50s Moderne or Futura…. If they exist at all outside of the patent drawings. (Norm’s Rare Guitars had an 80s Moderne in Korina that Orithani grabbed (thanks to a fan buying it for her). She really loved that example and played it like only she can.)
*Futura
The fan bought her a different guitar, not the Moderne. It was that huge old jazz box.
@@ZaneDalton ahh, autocorrect got me on that, fixed
An original 50s Moderne is a grail because it might not actually exist.
I've read that they brought a handful of Modernes to NAMM(?) I think Rick Nielsen has a Futura ( or was it a 58 with a forked headstock)
This is my dream guitar
15 seconds. I had an 84 Explorer, it was super Heavy
Congratulations trogly. It's really great when people are so happy to get something and you got it lol. I hope that you enjoy it and it gives you great joy apparently it does and that's really great good for you bro. I wonder if they would make that guitar you know the way it came out new and 57. New one and that's how you got it. I think that would be pretty cool too. But seeing how I'm like Mr Magoo on steroids and I'm virtually blind severely legally blind I couldn't tell the difference anyway. Well that's not true I suppose I could tell you know how shiny something is and I can have my fingertips to feel things so I tell that way but yeah really great man explorer is probably one of the next guitars I get after the Epiphone 59 limited edition Les Paul and then I'm probably going to hopefully if things work out all right in the near future buy a used Gibson explorer. My favorite guitar was always the firebird and I achieved that in 2017 and it's still one of my favorite guitars. Is it one of my best playing guitars no actually probably the cheapest guitar around is probably one of my best playing guitars. And that's an old electromatic ratchet 5435 project. It's free the 2016 and 17 upgrade where they change the correct logo and put on the metal tips and all that I'm sorry the metal knobs and made it more a period correct. But yeah I'm not going to go at the phone on my explorer when I get it. It'll most likely have to be a used one. And I've come off my crazy high horse worrying about what condition a paint job is on the guitar because I can't tell the difference anyway lol crazy right a blind guy worrying about how shiny and perfect to finish on a guitarist. I suppose if it's a collection or collectible that would be an issue but otherwise it's just something that goes through my head or went through my head that I finally realize that what am I what am I doing I can't see it anyway LOL anyway enjoy probably considered us Bob the blind bedroom guitarist
21:43
glad to see play the doobie brothers, long train running
Beautiful guitar, it’s awesome how much you enjoy these guitars!!!
Keep rocking
@The Trogly's Guitar Show - suggestion for your tone demo, it would be great to include just some mic'd acoustic strums of the guitar, no amps - you can tell a lot about a guitar that way. Love that explorer, it looks ace.
the relic job is amazing
Thanks for sharing.
Explorers are my favorite Gibson models… as much as I am against ridiculous sticker prices on any instrument, I can see why these have that special allure. 👍🏻👍🏻
I’d love Trogly to reach out to someone with vintage originals and compare these super high end to an original!
I really like and want a Flying V, a Korina would be the bomb.
Epiphone still makes a Korina Explorer and Flying V last time I checked. I may go that route. Thanks for the review and opportunity to drool ! 🤤
The Epiphone Explorer might not be 'vintage correct' according to vintage police requirements, but it is a really nice guitar that plays fantastic.
Ain’t nothing wrong with those Epiphone’s and don’t let anybody tell ya otherwise.
I still want one of the early 90’s Korina SG’s.
It sure is cool!!! Wow! Great review!
I believe that Allen Collins’ explorer was an original ‘58, but I could be mistaken because he started using it in 1976 which coincides with Gibson releasing it again.
The Explorer sounds killer! Glad you were able to get one!
Even with the kind of rough recording tone you can tell the guitar has got a great sound. Body relic looks pretty great, but typical with all of the other Murphy Lab stuff including the heavy aged R0 I recently reviewed they only half do the hardware. Jack screws looked shiny, switch looks shiny, thumbwheels look Shiney, etc. At least they aged the strap buttons, regular Murphy Lab's don't get that. The pickup aging looks quite bad and the tail piece aging looks real bad. Tuners actually look pretty good, and the checking seems a little overly spiderweb-y but not too bad. That back plate routing is insanely bad though, no doubt they messed up but didn't have enough korina blanks that size to redo it so they just hoped the owner wouldn't care.
Thanks for sharing, nice to see them up close.
Got to see a real one. In a museum on guitars, it was Clapton’s. They are really quite beautiful to see in person, especially given their rarity
Way to go! Thanks, great vid.
I hope you continue to get views, likes and more subscribers Austin!! Because you go above and beyond to make these impossible reviews!!!
Great review! I'm trying to decide on taking the leap into either a '58 Korina Flying V or Explorer Reissue. Between this Explorer review and your review of the Flying V, it's really not making my decision any easier. I love them both. Many years ago I had an Ibanez Destroyer 2 which between it and my Ibanez Lawsuit LP were my 2 main gigging guitars in the 80's. Sold the Destroyer and still have the LP. Any way, I know how well-balanced an explorer-shaped guitar can be and being a LP-guy, the Explorer-style is more similar to a LP than is a V. I had also heard that Explorers generally tend to be bigger and thicker-sounding than Flying V's, i.e. more like a LP and Flying V's have a hybrid LP/SG/Strat-like quality. What do you think?
Hetfield is the reason I play guitar, and the Explorer shape to me is my all time favorite guitar shape, I own a 2020 Gibson Explorer and an ESP Snakebyte and they are my babies. would love to own a Korina Explorer one day!
I've been waiting for this one!
EXPLORER! Yesssss! I always associated them with Rick Nielsen & Cheap Trick. One of my guitar heroes.