RL> Unless they changed their design, stay very far away from the Epiphone
 RL> Explorer.  The last one I saw was a LOT smaller than the Gibson, and Tim
 RL> said that the tone sucked.
       That one I saw. I was very confused by that Epiphone Explorer. But 
from what's shown in Musicians Friend, it looks normal. 
 RL> I don't know if the V is the same design as Gibson or not.
       The friggin' thing actually has the V-shaped string-through-body 
tailpiece like on the originals, unless the Musicians Friend pic is a 
fabrication of the imagination. 
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