2017 Epiphone Explorer Artisan Natural with Original Gigbag

Summary: The Limited Edition Lee Malia Explorer Custom Artisan features another classic “Kalamazoo” era design—the Explorer--in a beautiful Walnut finish with Ivory and Black binding on the body and headstock along with an “Artisan” floral inlay in pearloid on a smooth Torrefied Composite fingerboard. The Mahogany body has a Maple top to add bite to the tone. The Mahogany neck has a “1959” Rounded “C” profile with a 24.75 in. scale length. The black Explorer-style headstock has a pearloid “Epiphone” logo in '60s era typeface with a “Lee Malia” signature inlay on the neck. This Explorer is in excellent used condition, has just been setup and restrung by our in house guitar tech and ships in its original gigbag.

Body: Mahogany body with w/b/w/b/w bound maple top with walnut finish and multi ply black pickguard.

Neck: ’59 C profile mahogany neck with bound torrefied composite fingerboard, pearloid artisan floral inlays, 24.75” scale length, 1 11/16” nut width, bound headstock with Lee Malia signature on the back.

Pickups/Hardware: Gibson USA Pickups with Coil-Splitting
To get his distinctive tone, Lee Malia prefers the combination of a sensitive P-94 single coil pickup for rhythm and a powerful Gibson 84T-LM humbucker for leads. In between the two pickups under the pickguard is a "Dummy Coil" that cancels the “hum” when in single-coil mode. Three traditional “TopHat” knobs with metal inserts control neck volume, bridge volume, and master tone. The bridge volume also serves as a coil-spitting control (via a push/pull switch) so the humbucker can also be used as a single-coil pickup.

Epiphone Rock Solid Hardware
Lee Malia’s Explorer Custom Artisan features stylish gold hardware including premium 14:1 ratio die-cast machine heads with "tulip" buttons, Epiphone straplocks, plus Epiphone’s road worthy exclusive non-rotating, heavy duty output jack with a metal output jack plate. Set up and intonation is easy thanks to the classic combo of a LockTone Tune-o-matic bridge and Stopbar tailpiece. The black Explorer pickguard has a white 3-way pickup selector switch.

Cosmetics: This guitar is in immaculate used condition and shows no signs of it being used very much. There are just the lightest pick scratches on the pickguard but the plastic film is still on the back covers. There are no notable scratches, dings, dents and no breaks cracks or visible repairs.

Playability: Our in house guitar tech has just inspected, setup and restrung this guitar with a new set of 10s and set the action low with the neck straight. The frets are in great shape with no divots or wear to mention.

Weight: 7 lbs, 14 oz.

Case: This Epiphone ships in the original gigbag and we will professionally pack it and ship it fully insured.