Gibson Explorer Bass
bass · 1986–2012
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Why this number?
The typical used price is the median of 12 used sales observed in the last 24 months, with outliers removed and the figure rounded. An observed sale is often the last asking price rather than a confirmed hammer price.
| Typical used price | €1,750 | median sold, rounded |
| Most sold between | €1,250–€2,200 | 25th to 75th percentile, same window |
| Window | last 24 months | the tightest of 90 days, 6 months and 24 months with 8 used sales |
| Sample | 12 used sales | thin data, treat as a rough guide |
| Time to sell | — | only counted from listings we watch start to finish; not enough yet |
| Live asks | €2,900 | typical ask across 3 listings, 66% above typical used |
| Outliers | dropped | beyond 10× the product’s own median: bundles, parts, typos |
| All-time | €1,300 | 96 used sales, 2014–2026; not used for deals |
| Sales on record | 97 | all-time, all platforms |
| Closest new | €1,999 | Gibson '80s Explorer at Thomann; a relative’s price, not this model’s |
Typical prices are rounded (to 5 / 10 / 50 / 100 by size, in whichever currency you read); asks and the chart are exact. As of 19 October 2026. Full method, including what each badge means
For sale right now
The best-priced as cards, a row of them; every other ad as a line, by ask. Each ask is the seller’s own number; the platform’s mark opens the listing. Each one says when we last confirmed it at its source: the price and availability are from that visit, so check the marketplace before you go.
Reverb
1 more live · €598–€598 · typical ask €2,900
Price history
Every recorded sale, one point each: 97 of them, placed by the day the ad went up. The line follows the middle of the sales around each point, with the middle half behind it, and breaks wherever nothing sold nearby. Condition is mixed, so some of the spread is a mint against a fair rather than the market moving.
Recent sales by listing date
12 used sales · last 24 months · middle half €1,250–€2,200 · thin
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jul 2026 | €1,785$2,000 as sold | good |  United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Jun 2026 | €1,334$1,550 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 7 Apr 2026 | €3,351$3,895 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 14 Nov 2025 | €1,269$1,475 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 11 Sept 2025 | €2,157$2,500 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
A date is the day the ad went up. Marketplaces do not publish the day a sale closed; each of these had sold by the time we recorded it, in September 2026 and October 2026. A price is what the listing last asked, converted at that day’s rate.
Show the last 50 of 97 recorded sales
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Dec 2025 | €1,035$1,200 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 22 Aug 2025 | €1,892$2,199 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 23 May 2025 | €1,121$1,300 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 15 May 2025 | €949$1,100 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Feb 2025 | €3,129$3,627 as sold | good |   Spain | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Dec 2024 | €1,688$1,950 as sold | very good |  Japan | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Nov 2024 | €2,415$2,799 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Sept 2024 | €2,065$2,400 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 11 Apr 2024 | €1,725$2,000 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 30 Mar 2024 | €2,157$2,500 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 21 Mar 2024 | €1,552$1,799 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Mar 2024 | €2,720$3,153 as sold | very good |  Sweden | Reverb | Details |
| 21 Feb 2024 | €2,133$2,472 as sold | very good |  United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 9 Jan 2024 | €2,070$2,400 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Dec 2023 | €600$695 as sold | parts | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Sept 2023 | €949$1,100 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 1 Sept 2023 | €1,553$1,800 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 13 Aug 2023 | €1,725$2,000 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Aug 2023 | €1,724$1,999 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Jun 2023 | €1,724$1,999 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 26 May 2023 | €1,893$2,200 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 6 May 2023 | €1,553$1,800 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 31 Mar 2023 | €1,351$1,570 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Mar 2023 | €1,290$1,499 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Mar 2023 | €2,156$2,499 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 24 Feb 2023 | €2,151$2,500 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Jan 2023 | €1,721$2,000 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 25 Nov 2022 | €2,152$2,495 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Oct 2022 | €1,940$2,249 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 19 Sept 2022 | €2,070$2,399 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 29 Aug 2022 | €1,724$1,999 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 15 Jul 2022 | €1,117$1,295 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Jun 2022 | €2,157$2,500 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 11 Jun 2022 | €1,341$1,555 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 24 May 2022 | €2,157$2,500 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 5 Apr 2022 | €2,760$3,199 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 31 Mar 2022 | €1,984$2,300 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 30 Mar 2022 | €2,152$2,495 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 20 Mar 2022 | €1,725$2,000 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 16 Mar 2022 | €906$1,050 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 8 Mar 2022 | €1,423$1,650 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 9 Feb 2022 | €863$1,000 as sold | fair | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 15 Dec 2021 | €1,164$1,349 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 16 Sept 2021 | €1,635$1,895 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 29 Jun 2021 | €1,121$1,300 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
A date is the day the ad went up. Marketplaces do not publish the day a sale closed; each of these had sold by the time we recorded it, in September 2026 and October 2026. A price is what the listing last asked, converted at that day’s rate.
Cheapest live: 
Germany €598 · United States €2,900 · before shipping
In one paragraph
The page's figures as one paragraph, assembled for quoting; not written by hand.
The Gibson Explorer Bass sold for a median of €1,750 over the last 24 months across 12 recorded sales, with most examples landing between €1,250 and €2,200. The current version, the Gibson '80s Explorer, costs €1,999 at Thomann (read 3 October 2026). There are 3 listings live right now across Reverb, eBay Germany, from €598 asking. Figures computed 19 October 2026 by Doirado from cross-platform listing data.