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history of the Explorer or X-plorer guitar model?

i think my question is pretty simple for someone that knows alot about music. Since its release what musicians and/or bands have used the explorer style guitar (not just gibson, but esp, kramer and Ibanez styles) and helped the guitars rise to fame? i know of Metallica but thats it.

The Gibson Explorer made its debut in 1958, then known as the Futura. It offered a radical, “futuristic” body design, much like its sibling, the Flying V. Its initial run was unsuccessful and it was discontinued in 1959. In 1975, Gibson began reissuing the Explorer after other guitar companies had success selling similar designs.
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