Overview
Brand name:
Product:
- electric guitars
Series name:
Variant of:
Dates of manufacture:
1984 to 1985
Gibson Designer Series Explorers, Invaders and Flying Vs were available in 1985 with several custom graphic designs (pin-stripes, confederate flag or union-jack) or unique artist original design finishes (paint splash, wavelength, swirl, fireworks, galaxy or lido effects).
Source: Gibson catalog 1985.
Specifications (22)
Controls
| Pickup selector controls | 3-way selector switch |
| Tone controls | 1 tone control |
| Volume controls | 2 volume controls |
Electronics
| Pickups configuration | 2 humbucker pickups |
General
| Finish colors | black finish, white finish |
| Finish effects | speckle finish |
| Graphics | doodle graphics, flag graphic, graffiti graphics, pinstripes |
| Configuration | left-handed configuration |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
Body
| Body material | mahogany body |
| Body style | Explorer-style body |
| Pickguard material | white pickguard |
Hardware
| Bridge | tremolo bridge, tune-o-matic bridge |
| Hardware color | gold hardware |
| Tailpiece | stop tailpiece |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
Neck
| Headstock inlays or logos | decal logo on headstock, pearl headstock inlay/logo |
| Neck joint | set neck |
| Neck material | maple neck |
| Number of frets | 22 fret |
| Tuner layout | six-in-a-row tuners |
