Epiphone | 1958 Korina Flying V & Explorer

Get recreations of the models that launched the Golden Era of electric guitar design into the Space Age!

Epiphone has announced the launch of a new Limited Edition run of instruments recreating two of the most recognizable and valuable vintage guitars ever produced! Made in partnership with the Gibson Custom Shop, the new Limited Edition 1958 Korina Flying V and 1958 Korina Explorer bring the authentic details of each original model to today’s guitarists!

Epiphone 1958 Models
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Blasting off into the electric guitar stratosphere!

Although Gibson's first solidbody electric guitar—the Les Paul Standard—has come to represent the pinnacle achievement of design in the instrument category today, by 1957, sales of the company’s flagship solidbody guitar were not as high as Gibson President Ted McCarty had hoped. So, ahead of the NAMM show that same year, he put together a team of employees at Gibson to design the what would come to be known as the “Modernistic” series, with an aim to shake things up at the show, by coming up with guitar shapes that were different from anything else on the market.

Far ahead of their time, the resulting futuristic designs—which included the Flying V and Explorer—achieved McCarty’s goal, shocking the guitar world with Modernistic series’ sharply-angled shapes and supremely resonant Korina bodies.

While the Flying V was adopted by a few players from the start, like bluesman Albert King, the Modernistic series models produced from 1958-’59 were seen largely as novelties, with only an estimated 98 Flying Vs having shipped, overall, while just a mere 22 Explorers are known to have been produced—making the surviving instruments from both models’ initial production run even rarer (and more valuable) finds on the vintage market than even the fabled Burst Les Paul Standards from the same years!

Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V
Epiphone 1958 Korina Explorer
Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V

Limited Edition 1958 Korina Flying V

Recreating what is arguably one of the most distinctive and beloved guitar shapes ever produced, the Epiphone Limited Edition 1958 Flying V features a Korina body and neck with a long neck tenon and 1958 Flying V neck profile. Equipped with an Indian laurel fretboard and gold hardware, it also features Gibson Burstbucker 2 and Burstbucker 3 pickups wired to individual volume controls and a master tone control with CTS potentiometers and a Mallory capacitor. An Epiphone x Gibson Custom logo is proudly displayed on the back of the headstock, and a hardshell case is also included.

Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V Aged Natural Electric Guitars / Solid Body
Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V Aged Natural Electric Guitars / Solid Body
Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V Aged Natural Electric Guitars / Solid Body
Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V Aged Natural Electric Guitars / Solid Body
Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V Aged Natural Electric Guitars / Solid Body
Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V Aged Natural Electric Guitars / Solid Body
Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V Aged Natural Electric Guitars / Solid Body
Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V Aged Natural Electric Guitars / Solid Body
Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V Aged Natural Electric Guitars / Solid Body
Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V Aged Natural Electric Guitars / Solid Body

Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V Aged Natural

$1,299.00
Made in partnership with the Gibson™ Custom Shop, the Limited Edition 1958 Explorer is Epiphone's impressive recreation of one of the most famous and valuable vintage guitars ever made. It brings authentic 1958 Explorer details to guitarists everywhere at a breakthrough price. Like the ultra-rare original Gibson models from 1958, it features a Korina body and a Korina neck with a long neck tenon and a 1958 Explorer neck profile. It is also equipped with an Indian laurel fretboard and gold hardware. The electronics are also top-notch, with Gibson Burstbucker 2 and Burstbucker 3 pickups wired to individual volume controls and a master tone control with CTS pots and a Mallory capacitor, along with a Switchoraft 3-way pickup selector switch and 1/4” output jack. An Epiphone x Gibson Custom logo on the back of the headstock is also proudly displayed, and a hardshell case is also included.
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Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V LEFTY Aged Natural
Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V LEFTY Aged Natural
Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V LEFTY Aged Natural
Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V LEFTY Aged Natural
Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V LEFTY Aged Natural
Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V LEFTY Aged Natural
Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V LEFTY Aged Natural
Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V LEFTY Aged Natural
Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V LEFTY Aged Natural
Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V LEFTY Aged Natural

Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V LEFTY Aged Natural

$1,299.00
Made in partnership with the Gibson™ Custom Shop, the Limited Edition 1958 Explorer is Epiphone's impressive recreation of one of the most famous and valuable vintage guitars ever made. It brings authentic 1958 Explorer details to guitarists everywhere at a breakthrough price. Like the ultra-rare original Gibson models from 1958, it features a Korina body and a Korina neck with a long neck tenon and a 1958 Explorer neck profile. It is also equipped with an Indian laurel fretboard and gold hardware. The electronics are also top-notch, with Gibson Burstbucker 2 and Burstbucker 3 pickups wired to individual volume controls and a master tone control with CTS pots and a Mallory capacitor, along with a Switchoraft 3-way pickup selector switch and 1/4” output jack. An Epiphone x Gibson Custom logo on the back of the headstock is also proudly displayed, and a hardshell case is also included.
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Epiphone Korina Flying V
Epiphone Korina Flying V

Limited Edition 1958 Korina Explorer

Named after the first American satellite launched into orbit, the space-age design of the original Explorers proved to be decades ahead of their time. Like the ultra-rare original Gibson models from 1958, the Epiphone Limited Edition 1958 Explorer features a Korina body and neck, with a long tenon and 1958 Explorer neck profile. It’s equipped with an Indian laurel fretboard and gold hardware, with Gibson Burstbucker 2 and Burstbucker 3 pickups wired to individual volume controls and a master tone control, outfitted with CTS potentiometers and a Mallory capacitors, as well as an Epiphone x Gibson Custom logo on the back of the headstock. A hardshell case is also included.

Epiphone 1958 Korina Explorer LEFTY Aged Natural Electric Guitars / Left-Handed
Epiphone 1958 Korina Explorer LEFTY Aged Natural Electric Guitars / Left-Handed

Epiphone 1958 Korina Explorer LEFTY Aged Natural

$1,299.00
Made in partnership with the Gibson™ Custom Shop, the Limited Edition 1958 Explorer is Epiphone's impressive recreation of one of the most famous and valuable vintage guitars ever made. It brings authentic 1958 Explorer details to guitarists everywhere at a breakthrough price. Like the ultra-rare original Gibson models from 1958, it features a Korina body and a Korina neck with a long neck tenon and a 1958 Explorer neck profile. It is also equipped with an Indian laurel fretboard and gold hardware. The electronics are also top-notch, with Gibson Burstbucker 2 and Burstbucker 3 pickups wired to individual volume controls and a master tone control with CTS pots and a Mallory capacitor, along with a Switchoraft 3-way pickup selector switch and 1/4” output jack. An Epiphone x Gibson Custom logo on the back of the headstock is also proudly displayed, and a hardshell case is also included.
View Details
Epiphone 1958 Korina Explorer Aged Natural Electric Guitars / Solid Body
Epiphone 1958 Korina Explorer Aged Natural Electric Guitars / Solid Body

Epiphone 1958 Korina Explorer Aged Natural

$1,299.00
Made in partnership with the Gibson™ Custom Shop, the Limited Edition 1958 Explorer is Epiphone's impressive recreation of one of the most famous and valuable vintage guitars ever made. It brings authentic 1958 Explorer details to guitarists everywhere at a breakthrough price. Like the ultra-rare original Gibson models from 1958, it features a Korina body and a Korina neck with a long neck tenon and a 1958 Explorer neck profile. It is also equipped with an Indian laurel fretboard and gold hardware. The electronics are also top-notch, with Gibson Burstbucker 2 and Burstbucker 3 pickups wired to individual volume controls and a master tone control with CTS pots and a Mallory capacitor, along with a Switchoraft 3-way pickup selector switch and 1/4” output jack. An Epiphone x Gibson Custom logo on the back of the headstock is also proudly displayed, and a hardshell case is also included.
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Epiphone 1958 Korina Explorer
Epiphone 1958 Korina Explorer

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Epiphone Artist Kirk Hammett
Epiphone Artist Kirk Hammett
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Epiphone Artist Kirk Hammett
Epiphone Artist Kirk Hammett
Epiphone Artist Kirk Hammett
Epiphone Artist Kirk Hammett
Epiphone Artist Kirk Hammett
Epiphone Artist Kirk Hammett

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$1,240.00
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Epiphone Lee Malia Signature Custom Artisan Les Paul Walnut 2017
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Epiphone 58 Korina Explorer Korina 2002
Epiphone 58 Korina Explorer Korina 2002
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Epiphone 58 Korina Explorer Korina 2002
Epiphone 58 Korina Explorer Korina 2002
Epiphone 58 Korina Explorer Korina 2002
Epiphone 58 Korina Explorer Korina 2002
Epiphone 58 Korina Explorer Korina 2002

Epiphone 58 Korina Explorer Korina 2002

$750.00
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Epiphone ES-335 Figured Raspberry Tea Burst 2022
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