Gibson Explorer Bass (1984-1987) During the early 80s, when glamour rock and heavy metal was at its peak (ZZ Top, Ozzy, Kiss... etc), Gibson Explorer Guitars gained extreme popularity. In 1981 to 1989 Gibson issued some different guitar models reminiscent to the original explorer such as the Korina, CMT, Explorer III and Explorer Heritage. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle