Before fans can get a hold of the new Chickenfoot album (due later this year), they can get their hands on something just as powerful: Gibson USA introduces the Limited Edition Sammy Hagar Explorer.
Crafted in the image of the original Explorer of 1958 — a guitar that was blindingly ahead of its time back in the day — and graced with an original blend of Sammy's Red Rocker and Chickenfoot styling, the Sammy Hagar Explorer is an eye-catching axe from every angle, and equipped for everything from searing to sublime tonal adventures, too.
Like every great electric guitar from Gibson USA, the Sammy Hagar Explorer begins with a foundation of supreme tonewoods. The body is crafted from solid mahogany and dressed with a cream binding—an elegant touch for an Explorer. It is dressed in Gibson's unique "Red Rocker" finish in hand-sprayed high-gloss nitrocellulose lacquer, and adorned with a secret "ghost image" of the Chickenfoot logo randomly placed on the back, an emblem that can only be seen when viewed from a particular angle in the right light.
A quarter-sawn mahogany neck is glued-in in traditional Explorer style for supreme upper-fret access, and carved to a slim, fast profile that measures .800" at the first fret and .850" at the 12th. The rosewood fingerboard is also bound in cream, and the classic "drooped" six-in-line Explorer headstock carries a truss-rod cover with Red Rocker "R".
To power it all right over the top, Gibson USA has loaded the Sammy Hagar Explorer with a pair of its finest pickups. The zebra-coil '57 Classic in the neck position carries a smooth Alnico II magnet and is wound to the specs of a vintage PAF pickup, for creamy, rich tones with plenty of articulation and bite. A zebra-coil Burst Bucker 3 in the bridge position carries a few more turns of wire to emulate the tone of a PAF at the hotter end of the vintage spectrum, and is made with an unpolished Alnico II magnet like the originals, all of which yields plenty of grind and sting when pushed through a cranked amp. Anchored by the classic pairing of Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece at one end and a set of Mini-Grovers at the other, the Sammy Hagar Explorer exudes ringing resonance and sustain, and takes you from subtle ballad to screaming rocker with ease.
All guitars include a Gibson hardshell case with owner's manual, adjustment literature, and Gibson's Limited Lifetime Warranty and 24/7/365 Customer Service.
Product features:
* Solid Mahogany body with cream top Binding and unique "Red Rocker" finish
* Bound Rosewood fingerboard with acrylic dot inlays
* Zebra-coiled '57 Classic in the neck and a slightly hotter zebra-coiled BurstBucker 3 in the bridge
* Ghosted Chickenfoot logo on the back
* Mini Grover kidney button tuners with 14:1 tuning ratio
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See also:
Chickenfoot: second album almost finished
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Chickenfoot: recording update from Sammy Hagar
