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Gibson submitted patent on June 1957, numbered 181,865 Original Run 1958-63 1958-59 Shares same specs, total of 22 estimated manufactured Several more examples were completed using parts from these years and shipped as late as 1963 1962-63 has nickel hardware and patent number humbuckers Prototype at 1957 NAMM Show Gibson 1958 Explorer Specs Body TypeContinue reading “1958 Gibson Explorer”