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Guitare de forme Flying V / Explorer / Firebird de la marque Gibson appartenant à la série Explorer

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  • ericpenotericpenot

    un mini explorer idéale a customiser

    Gibson Melody Maker ExplorerPublié le 03/04/14 à 07:00
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    Fabriquée apparemment en Indonésie mais peut être en chine.
    Une petit guitare fort sympathique , pas très chère : 560 euros à la vente , que j'ai achetée 120 euros sur le net avec l'envie de la customiser pour avoir une explorer de faible poids.
    Corps en érable, mécaniques kluson de qualité moyenne Manche en érable, touche palissandre, manche agréable a jouer , action basse , chevalet très simple mais efficace.
    micro original changé par un Jackson à l’achat donc je ne peux pas me prononoer sur le micro original : de toutes façons un conseil changer le
    Un seul micro au départ : une petit gratte de scéne fort sympathique te bine finie. Du sous Gibson , comme Epiphone , mais quand c…
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    Fabriquée apparemment en Indonésie mais peut être en chine.
    Une petit guitare fort sympathique , pas très chère : 560 euros à la vente , que j'ai achetée 120 euros sur le net avec l'envie de la customiser pour avoir une explorer de faible poids.
    Corps en érable, mécaniques kluson de qualité moyenne Manche en érable, touche palissandre, manche agréable a jouer , action basse , chevalet très simple mais efficace.
    micro original changé par un Jackson à l’achat donc je ne peux pas me prononoer sur le micro original : de toutes façons un conseil changer le
    Un seul micro au départ : une petit gratte de scéne fort sympathique te bine finie. Du sous Gibson , comme Epiphone , mais quand c'est bine fait, ce qui est le cas , ca vaut le coup.
    Manche 22 frettes type gibson SG.
    1 tonalité et 1 volume ; ca suffit pour un micro , comme pour 2 ou 3 d'ailleurs.
    je suis un adepte d'un seul volume pour tous et d'une seule tonalité


    UTILISATION

    Manche super agréable , fin , vernisn non accrocheur
    excellente ergonomie te guitare légère
    Excellent accès aux aigus
    Fimition très correcte, simple mais bonne.
    je ne sais pas si la série est homogène ou non . A vérifier (comme toujours de toutes facons).

    J'ai customisé la mienne : défonce pour 3 micros !
    Micro manche : humbucker bill Lawrence L 90 Twin Blade
    Micro central : humbucker BF Quad rail
    Micro chevalet : Humbucker Jacson 1990 USA

    pas de toggle mais 3 petits switch, 1 par micros, pour mélnger les micros.


    SONORITÉS

    blues rock pop son doux type jazzy en clair avec le bill lawrence
    son gras bluezsy a souhait.
    utilisé avec un Laney 30 watts a lampes

    je ne connais mas le micro d'origine mais d’après celui qui m'a vendu la guitare , pas terrible...

    AVIS GLOBAL

    Je n'ai acheté d'occasion depuis 2012, elle date de 2007 : elle vieillit apparemment bien.
    Je n'ai acheté pour la forme explorer et également pour avoir un guitare de scène qui ne ma casse pas le dos.
    Super écuipée avec de bon micros , elle sonne bien et se joue très agréablement.
    A 120 euros d'okaz sur le net excellente affaire et bon rapport qualité prix. Si achat au prix neuf, 560 euros , on peut trouver mieux et moins cher chez Ibanez et Hamer par exempel , ou custom 77.
    Je crois que la guitare n'a été fabriquée qu'a un nombre limité d'expemlaires , ne suis pas sur qu'elle soit toujours en vente en 2014.
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  • heads on fireheads on fire

    Simple et doux!

    Gibson Melody Maker ExplorerPublié le 28/02/12 à 17:44
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    Made in Nashville, TN, USA

    Body
    Species Maple
    Body Type Slab
    Adhesive Franklin Titebond 50
    Neck
    Species Mahogany
    Profile Melody Maker
    Truss Rod Traditional Adjustable
    Joint Angle 1.75° (+/- 15 seconds)
    Adhesive Franklin Titebond 50
    Neck Fit
    Joint Mortise & Tenon
    Adhesive Franklin Titebond 50
    Joint Angle Tolerance +/- .005"
    Fingerboard
    Species Baked Maple
    Frets 22
    Radius 12"
    Nut/E.O.B 1.695"/2.260"
    Inlays Dot
    Nut
    Material Corian
    Width 1.695
    Slots Gibson PLEK System
    Headstock
    Truss Rod Cover with Hot Stamp Gold Gibson Logo Black Antique Bell

    Tuners
    Model White Button

    Tailpiece
    Type Wrap Around Tailpiece
    Plating Chrome
    Hardware
    Knobs Black Top Hat
    Strings .010 - .046, Genuine Gibson strings
    Strap Buttons Aluminum
    Pickups
    Bridge Position Seymour Duncan HB-103 (Ceramic)
    Electronics
    Potentiometer 1 Volume Control
    Type 300k Linear Volume
    Coil Wiring Machine Wound
    Output Jack Traditional 1/4"
    Finish
    Sealer Nitrocellulose
    Process 1-1.5 mils
    Satin EbonySatin BlueSatin WhiteCase
    Type Gigbag
    Accessories
    Additional Materials Gibson Owners Manual


    UTILIZATION

    What an interesting guitar. It's cool that Gibson decided to bring the Explorer shape into the Melody Maker family, stripping down the functions and features to make a very simplistic electric guitar. The guitar plays well, and the body seems a bit smaller than a regular Explorer. I like the idea of a single pickup, single knob guitar, and this is the epitome of that design ideal. The fact that the headstock is more like a Flying V headstock is also a great design idea.

    SOUNDS

    The single pickup sounds great - big, cutting and clear tones. It works well for all rock styles - metal, punk, grunge, screamo - and more. The fact that the body is made of maple does enhance the high mid frequencies, creating a more present clarity in the timbre. This is simplicity to the max, and sometimes the simpler guitar designs are the ones that end up sounding the best. This guitar has a great tone.

    OVERALL OPINION

    This is a very cool axe from Gibson. Where else can you get a solid maple-bodied set neck guitar with just one pickup, frets all professionally dressed via the computer controlled PLEK system, made in the USA, for under $550? I've seen them used sell for $400 even! At that price, it's worth it to buy this even just to have a spare "knock-around" guitar! One could get an Epiphone for that price - not that they are bad guitars, but it's very cool to have a USA-made guitar for that cheap. Highly recommended - try it out!
  • tjon901tjon901

    Subpar

    Gibson Melody Maker ExplorerPublié le 15/12/11 à 22:01
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    This guitar seems to be another attempt by Gibson to lower the overall quality of their products. This is the Melody Maker Explorer. I dont know why anyone would buy the regular Melody Maker and this is no different. The quality on this guitar is below that of all but the cheapest Epiphones. This guitar has a maple body in a slightly smaller Explorer shape. The body has a satin faded finish. The neck is a huge set mahogany neck. It is the standard Gibson scale. The headstock is like a mini flying V headstock for some reason. The tuners up top are pretty poor. The bridge is a wraparound bridge but its a Gibson wraparound bridge so the intonation is not very good down the neck. The single pickup in this guitar is Duncan Design pickup so its like a half quality Seymour Duncan. You get a single volume knob for controls to complete the melody makerness.

    UTILIZATION

    The quality on these super low end Gibsons is laughable. At some points it is hard to believe that these guitars are made in America. The tuners are the cheapest Ive come across on any modern guitar. They do not hold tune well at all. The wraparound bridge design was bad back in the 50s and it is still bad. This is no PRS bridge. The intonation on this guitar is bad past the 12th fret and it is mostly because of the bridge. Having a guitar with bad intonation is the worst because you can tune it and tune it but everything will always sound slightly off. The neck on this guitar is huge. It is like a 50s Gibson neck. I guess a bigger neck is easier to make. The frets on this example were not leveled very well and there was buzzing up and down the neck. It is quite amazing to see the differences in quality between a guitar like this and other Gibsons which are all made in America. The baked maple fretboard even though there is nothing wrong with it, the pale look of it to me makes the guitar look cheap overall. If they threw some varnish on it and darkened it up it would look a lot better.

    SOUNDS

    Gibson was pretty clever. On the specs it says the pickup in this guitar is a Seymour Duncan HB-103. On the surface that makes it sound like this guitar has good Seymour Duncan pickups but when you look up what a Duncan HB-103 is it just a Duncan Designed pickup which is what they put in cheap low end guitars when they dont want to use no name pickups. The pickup in this guitar does not clean up well because it is jsut a bridge pickup and there is no tone knob. The maple body in this guitar gives it a different sound than you would normally get with a Gibson. The sound is brighter and that kind of accentuates the low quality of the pickup. With gain it has a sort of harsh but muddy high end tone to it.

    OVERALL OPINION

    I really wouldnt recommend this guitar to anyone. You can get much much better quality Gibson style guitars if you buy an overseas made guitar. Be it an Epiphone or a copy like an Agile or Edwards. The quality on all those guitars for the same price as this guitar would be head and shoulders over this guitar. If you are looking for a low priced Gibson I would strongly advise you to not get a Gibson like this and to start looking at guitars as a whole and not just a name on the headstock.