Gibson Explorer
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The Gibson Explorer is an electric guitar model introduced in the late 1950s, known for its radical angular body shape and association with hard rock and heavy metal guitarists.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gibson Explorer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9877879 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gibson Explorer Context triple: [Gibson Guitar Corporation, notableProduct, Gibson Explorer]
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A.
Gibson SG
The Gibson SG is a solid-body electric guitar introduced in the early 1960s, known for its distinctive double-cutaway design, lightweight body, and association with rock guitarists like Angus Young and Tony Iommi.
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B.
Gibson Les Paul
The Gibson Les Paul is a legendary solid-body electric guitar model renowned for its rich tone, sustain, and iconic use in rock, blues, and other popular music genres.
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C.
Gibson ES-355
The Gibson ES-355 is a high-end, semi-hollow electric guitar known for its ornate appointments, versatile tone, and association with blues and rock legends.
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D.
Gibson ES-335
The Gibson ES-335 is a pioneering semi-hollow body electric guitar, renowned for its warm tone and versatility across blues, rock, and jazz music.
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E.
Fender Stratocaster
The Fender Stratocaster is an iconic solid-body electric guitar renowned for its contoured body, three single-coil pickups, and distinctive tone that has shaped rock, blues, and pop music since the 1950s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gibson Explorer Target entity description: The Gibson Explorer is an electric guitar model introduced in the late 1950s, known for its radical angular body shape and association with hard rock and heavy metal guitarists.
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A.
Gibson SG
The Gibson SG is a solid-body electric guitar introduced in the early 1960s, known for its distinctive double-cutaway design, lightweight body, and association with rock guitarists like Angus Young and Tony Iommi.
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B.
Gibson Les Paul
The Gibson Les Paul is a legendary solid-body electric guitar model renowned for its rich tone, sustain, and iconic use in rock, blues, and other popular music genres.
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C.
Gibson ES-355
The Gibson ES-355 is a high-end, semi-hollow electric guitar known for its ornate appointments, versatile tone, and association with blues and rock legends.
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D.
Gibson ES-335
The Gibson ES-335 is a pioneering semi-hollow body electric guitar, renowned for its warm tone and versatility across blues, rock, and jazz music.
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E.
Fender Stratocaster
The Fender Stratocaster is an iconic solid-body electric guitar renowned for its contoured body, three single-coil pickups, and distinctive tone that has shaped rock, blues, and pop music since the 1950s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | electric guitar model ⓘ |
| associatedGenre |
classic rock
ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ heavy metal ⓘ thrash metal ⓘ |
| bodyMaterial |
korina
ⓘ
mahogany ⓘ |
| bodyShape | radical angular body ⓘ |
| bodyType | solid body ⓘ |
| bridgeType | Tune-o-matic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlLayout | 2 volume 1 tone 3-way switch ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designedAlongside |
Gibson Flying V
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gibson Moderne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designFamily | Gibson Modernistic series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fingerboardMaterial |
ebony
ⓘ
rosewood ⓘ |
| finishOption |
black
ⓘ
natural ⓘ white ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Gibson Explorer 76 Reissue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gibson Explorer Gothic NERFINISHED ⓘ Gibson Explorer Pro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headstockShape | matching angular headstock ⓘ |
| inspiredModel |
ESP EX series
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Epiphone Explorer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketReceptionAtLaunch | poor ⓘ |
| neckJoint | set neck ⓘ |
| neckMaterial | mahogany ⓘ |
| notableUser |
Allen Collins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Billy Gibbons NERFINISHED ⓘ Dave Grohl NERFINISHED ⓘ James Hetfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthias Jabs NERFINISHED ⓘ The Edge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfFrets | 22 ⓘ |
| numberOfStrings | 6 ⓘ |
| originalName | Futura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pickupConfiguration | HH ⓘ |
| pickupType | humbucker ⓘ |
| productionStatusLate1950s | discontinued ⓘ |
| reintroducedInDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| scaleLength | 24.75 inches ⓘ |
| tailpieceType | stopbar ⓘ |
| targetPlayerSegment |
metal guitarists
ⓘ
rock guitarists ⓘ |
| typicalTuning | standard E ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Gibson Explorer Description of subject: The Gibson Explorer is an electric guitar model introduced in the late 1950s, known for its radical angular body shape and association with hard rock and heavy metal guitarists.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.