Hello Tom!
On 03 Jan 98, Tom Scioscia wrote to Rich Lockyer:
 RL>> Explorer.  The last one I saw was a LOT smaller than the Gibson, and
 RL>> Tim said that the tone sucked.
 TS>        That one I saw. I was very confused by that Epiphone Explorer. 
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 TS> from what's shown in Musicians Friend, it looks normal.
They always looked fine in the magazine.  I never knew there was a difference 
until I saw an Epi and Gibson side by side.
 RL>> I don't know if the V is the same design as Gibson or not.
 TS>        The friggin' thing actually has the V-shaped string-through-body
 TS> tailpiece like on the originals, unless the Musicians Friend pic is a
 TS> fabrication of the imagination.
Kewel!
C-ya! Rich
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