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The famous Mr Edge and his '76 Explorer
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The MusicRadar Team, Tue 28 Jul 2009, 3:38 pm UTC
Fifty years of the Gibson Flying V and Explorer
Gibson Reverse Flying V
Gibson Melody Maker Flying V
When a teenage Edge wandered into a New York guitar shop, he was after a Rickenbacker. Yet it was a natural 1976 Explorer that he left with. “I wasn’t expecting it, but the Explorer seemed to talk to me,” he says. It has since appeared on almost every U2 album.
Fifty years of the Gibson Flying V and Explorer
Gibson Reverse Flying V
Gibson Melody Maker Flying V