The goth explorers are awesome. They beg to be shredded on! ⚡️🦩

Beautiful Explorer, bro. This week my wife bought me a brand new Epiphone 58 Korina Explorer with Burstbucker 2 and 3 pickups as a gift!!! Great machine! By the way, these EMG 81 and 85 pickups do the job! I have EMG 57/66 in my Kramer Vanguard - they also rock beautifully... 🤘

The new Korina Explorers are AMAZING. I need to get me one!

Nice combo!

Same combo in my korina v. This guy gets it🎉

Got some killer upgrades going yourself there! Yeah, man, Epiphone make great bones for upgrades. The newer models are even great stock since they already have the higher end stuff in them to begin with!

Thanks, dude! It does make a huge difference! ⚡️🦩

That actually makes sense. I'll have to try that next time I do an upgrade! ⚡️🦩

Hell yeah! Awesome to hear that! I've always wanted a dot I'm just afraid I won't like it after awhile.

@@Electric.Flamingo I have no idea what they are like now, but I bought mine new straight off the wall of a local shop. The guts of those Korean Epi’s were garbage, but the guitars themselves were solid. I’ve got one of the new Koa Les Paul Customs I just picked up a couple of months ago, I’m pleased as hell with that. I even dig the pickups on that one

That's weird with the truss rod, but at least it works! I never understood the cover either honestly. lol. Glad I could help! ⚡️🦩

@@mboyer68 this one is a korean made, I think it's 04 if I remember correctly.

It's pretty close to a Gibson feel wise, in my opinion. This one was Korean made so the electronics were meh. Feels great to play though!

Awesome!

I agree. So much more power to the sound the clarity is unreal. I love the pickup choice and I'm so glad I don't have to strum so hard to maybe get some noise out of it. lol

It's always weird how different pickups don't seem to change the sound all that much in some guitars. A good argument for tonewood, I guess. lol. Fortunately, mine didn't have the issue. They do play amazing!

i know my reply is 2 years late. but maybe you can solve the issue by changing the value of the potentiometer, higher valued ones might make it brighter.

@adriantomo5688 perhaps!

Thank you! ⚡️🦩

Gotta have that Canadian flag on there! I bet it looks as sick as it sounds!

@@Electric.Flamingo Born & raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada & I'm still here. It's a stick on tatoo with clear nail polish over top to keep it on there. It sounds great, waiting for some hardware to be shipped. Tuners & the stop tail piece.

Invaders are some I want to check out at some point. EMGs you can never go wrong with. !

It is! Massively different!

Thanks! How's that going?

@@Electric.Flamingo I dropped it off at my guitar technician that I use who does my set ups. At this point I don’t have the time or the patience to do it myself. It’s nice because they charge me $30 to change the pick ups so to me it’s well worth it.

Leaving it to the pros. I dig it. lol. I completely get not having the time. I got a local guy like that, treats me right so I keep coming back!

@@Electric.Flamingo my local guitar technician has been working on my guitars for the last 10 years. You’re absolutely right when you find someone who is reliable, it’s worth avoiding the headache if possible.

I have some ideas for upgrade videos in the future, I may feature some in there. Gotta stick around to know when that comes out. 😉

I've never tried a set of Bare Knuckles but I have heard great things.

@@Electric.Flamingo I recommend checking out a set of Bare Knuckle Polymath pickups. I think that's what I'll be doing when my Gibson Explorer 70s comes in. The pickups are handmade to order, so it takes about 3 weeks to get them shipped from England.

The original pickups were trash.

Mine doesn't look much better, I'm sure, but it works so I don't question it. ⚡️🦩

They have made a new model for the revamped range (Inspired by Gibson). I haven't personally tried one yet, but I can say that everything I have played from the new ranges have been phenomenal. Had I not gotten this one, I most certainly would have picked up a new one.

I've already given it away, dude. Sorry about that!

My pleasure ⚡️🦩

Check out either Seymour Duncan's channel or StewMac's channel!

@@Electric.Flamingothank you!

A Gibson case will fit it, I'm not sure why an Epiphone case wouldn't fit it.

@@Electric.Flamingo I guess I could always try the epiphone case

I think it would definitely add some Metallica flair to it either way! But if you want the full experience, go with the JH set.

I'm a string coil-er. I have two precocious young boys and I don't trust em as far as I can throw em LOL! Gotta coil them thangs.

I feel that. lol.

@@Electric.Flamingo BTW, I replaced a wiring harness in a cheap Harley Benton and just doing that made the pickups sound about 50-60 percent better. That's not your imagination. The pot quality makes a big difference to my ear (dependent on situation of course). The pots/cap I pulled out were the most basic and terrible materials that can be used to transmit sound. I bet that orange drop cap did quite a bit for the neck pickup on the explorer. Fun video dude!

It could have. The neck pickup still isn't perfect by any means, but it definitely sounds better. I'm an advocate for better quality electronics can help cheap pickups sound better! I even say that's partly why the newer Epiphones sound so good. CTS Pots and much better caps contribute to it!

@@Electric.Flamingo Whole heartedly agree buddy. Hopefully the youtube is good to you on this video. The upgrade vidz seem to hit pretty well. Then you'll get a nice pink doom workbench for the next upgrade video! HAHA!

Short, I believe. it doesn't have an arch top, so they should work.

So, P90s are technically single coils. To my knowledge, P90s can't be split because of that. The TV Yellow LP is gonna be great how it is, I personally wouldn't jump straight into upgrading it if you get it/have it. Just my opinion!

@@Electric.Flamingo well, that was beautiful information! Thank you very much, brotha. I honestly believe that kinda seals the deal for me lol. I absolutely love the little yellow bastard and am now like 95% sure I'm going to be getting one. The Ibanez JSM10 I have is my first , and only, non fender instrument in my 19 years of playing lol. I have played a ton of Gibson's, both new store examples and older ones that players in other bands use....never really dug them enough to justify the cost/weight/seemingly trash tier QC lmao. But I am a big proponent of Squier and other budget brands, as they are becoming very very well made. Epiphone seems to have less QC bullshit than Gibson and they are doing this cool vintage release shenanigans that I really dig. So TV yellow Jr Special, here I come!! Thank you very much for the info After the Jr, I think daddy is gonna get him an Explorer

If by that you mean it's an Explorer in Ebony, then yes. If you mean that the fretboard is ebony, then no.

@@Electric.Flamingo the Epiphone explorer line you can still buy new to this day for 600 dollars

Yes. I haven't played any of the new ones though, but I've heard good things!

@@Electric.Flamingo yeah man,was really thinking about buying one for (possible) modding but,did end up buying a gothic explorer for just 200€ (second hand but amazing condition)! so that means I have a lot of possibilities for mods! Do you have any recommendations modwise for the gothic ex guitar? Have a nice day:)

I would definitely upgrade the electronics. Gut it and put new pots, capacitors, and wiring in. The pickups might be alright, but I would swap those too. If it has Grover tuners on, you will be fine there. Otherwise, rock out on it! ⚡️🦩

Nah, it's much cheaper and fun to do it this way.

@@Electric.Flamingo Maybe I just say it cause I have a Gibson

I never would have guessed.

@@Electric.Flamingo lol I bought it used 26 years ago. I do actually own a 2021 epiphone ej200 I love dearly. Plays as well as the Gibsons imo. Bought that new. 600 instead of 6000.