2009 Epiphone '58 1958 Reissue Korina Explorer (Aged Natural)

2009 Epiphone '58 1958 Reissue Korina Explorer (Aged Natural)Made in Korea in 2009, this was the Epiphone "Korina" model that was designed to replicate the original '58 Explorer on a budget. Made by the Unsung factory in South Korea, these are a higher quality build than modern Chinese Epiphones. Epiphone advertises these as having a Korina body with a Korina neck and a 22 fret rosewood fingerboard, it weighs just under 3. 7kg's. Slim 60's style profile with a 43. 5mm nut width, this one appears to be all

a Vibra-matic tremolo system and aftermarket CTS pots

Best of all

The neck is nice and straight and the truss was adjusted prior to listing

full-face pickguard set this SG Standard apart from others

Looks to have had a Graffiti Yellow refinish a while ago (or it's a factory custom colour order) and has had some generic single coils installed at some point

Made by the Matsumoku factory in 1984

three way switch and Japanese pots work and sound perfect

Purchased from the original owner that purchased it new from Gladesville Guitar Factory in 1984

Loaded with three Matsumoku T-Top humbuckers controlled by 3V

This one appears to be all original with the exception of some aftermarket vintage Yamaha tuners that seem to have been on the guitar for a long time as they're aged at the same rate as the rest of the original hardware

The SFX-I was the highest end model in the range

The Sens (short for Sensitivity) knob is used to control how sensitive the effect is to your playing dynamics and the Peak knob controls the tone of the filter