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The Gibson Custom Shop Collector’s Edition 1958 Korina Flying V And Explorer recreate the firm's rarest instruments
Just 81 Flying Vs and 19 Explorers will be built as part of the painstaking reissue

Gibson Custom Shop has announced a reissue of some of the rarest instruments in the firm’s storied history: the Collector’s Edition 1958 Korina Flying V and Explorer.

First debuted at the NAMM show in (you guessed it) ’58, the initial run was limited to just 81 Flying Vs and 19 Explorers. The models have since become some of the most sought-after vintage guitars in the world.

Gibson’s Custom Shop has now officially announced the arrival of a Collector’s Edition run that it says has been three years in the making. 

The new instruments have been produced in the same limited numbers as the originals and the firm seems to have thrown significant resources at recreating these two milestone instruments in fine detail.

The Gibson Lab team scanned a wide range of “museum model” Flying V and Explorers to ensure everything from the body contours, to the logos, fretboards and even the cases – reportedly rarer than the guitars themselves – were recreated as accurately as possible.

Specs :

Body
Shape: Explorer
Material : Korina
Weight Relief : None

Neck
Neck : Korina
Profile : 1958 Explorer
Nut Width : 1.687" / 42.86mm
Fingerboard : 1 Piece indian Rosewood, Hide Glue Fit
Scale Length : 24.75" / 628.65mm
Number of frets : 22
Nut : Nylon
Inlay : Pearloid Dots

Hardware
Bridge : ABR-1
Tailpiece : Lightweight Aluminum Stop Bar
Knobs : True Historic Gold
Tuners : Kluson with Celluloid Tips
Plating : Aged Gold

Electronics
Neck Pickup : Custombucker
Bridge Pickup : Custombucker
Controls : 2 Volume, 1 Tone, 500K CTS Vintage Taper Potentiometer, Phone Book Capacitor

Case & SKUs
Case : Historic Explorer Brown / Pink Hardshell Case