Gibson Explorer
guitar
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Why this number?
The typical used price is the median of 26 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 | €1,500 | median sold, rounded |
| Most sold between | €1,350–€1,750 | 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 | 26 used sales | thin data, treat as a rough guide |
| By condition | same as typical | very good, median of 12 sales, same window |
| Time to sell | — | only counted from listings we watch start to finish; not enough yet |
| Sell-through | 5% | 43 watched listings resolved, 6 months |
| Didn’t sell here | €2,250 | median ask of 40 listings that ended without a sale, 6 months, 50% above typical used; 39 from Japan at €2,250, the other 1 elsewhere; 40 withdrawn by the seller |
| Live asks | €2,264 | typical ask across 44 listings, 51% above typical used |
| Outliers | dropped | beyond 10× the product’s own median: bundles, parts, typos |
| All-time | €1,200 | 319 used sales, 2014–2026; not used for deals |
| Sales on record | 344 | 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 18 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.
1 local pickup ad in Germany, on Kleinanzeigen. Showing 1 local pickup ad in Germany, on Kleinanzeigen. Local pickup near you, in Germany: 1 ad on Kleinanzeigen.
Reverb
eBay United States
eBay Germany
38 more live · €414–€5,116 · typical ask €2,264 · 29 Japan · 5 United States
- €414good ·
United Kingdom · Reverb · confirmed 41 h agocheck before you go - €1,78419% over typicalgood ·
United States · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days ago - €1,86724% over typicalvery good ·
Canada · Reverb · confirmed 40 h ago - €1,95831% over typicalgood · United States · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days ago
- €1,99833% over typicalgood ·
Germany · eBay Germany · confirmed 6 days ago - €2,05137% over typicalgood ·
Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days ago - €2,06538% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days ago
- €2,08239% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days ago
- €2,09139% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 2 days ago
- €2,17445% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days ago
28 more · €2,186–€5,116 · Japan, United States, Denmark
- €2,18646% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 2 days ago
- €2,21047% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay Germany · confirmed 6 days ago
- €2,22949% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days ago
- €2,23149% over typicalgood · United States · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days ago
- €2,24950% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days ago
- €2,25851% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days ago
- €2,27051% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days ago
- €2,31054% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days ago
- €2,33255% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 2 days ago
- €2,38559% over typicalnew · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days ago
- €2,38959% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days ago
- €2,57772% over typicalexcellent · United States · Reverb · confirmed 40 h ago
- €2,59573% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 2 days ago
- €2,66678% over typicalgood ·
Denmark · eBay United States · confirmed 2 days ago - €2,66878% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay Germany · confirmed 3 days ago
- €2,69380% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 2 days ago
- €2,79987% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days agocheck this is the same guitar
- €2,91694% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days agocheck this is the same guitar
- €2,93596% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay Germany · confirmed 3 days agocheck this is the same guitar
- €2,94496% over typicalgood · United States · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days agocheck this is the same guitar
- €2,94496% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days agocheck this is the same guitar
- €2,94596% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days agocheck this is the same guitar
- €3,030102% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days agocheck this is the same guitar
- €3,102107% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days agocheck this is the same guitar
- €3,115108% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days agocheck this is the same guitar
- €3,180112% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days agocheck this is the same guitar
- €3,644143% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days agocheck this is the same guitar
- €5,116241% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay Germany · confirmed 6 days agocheck this is the same guitar
Price history
What it sold for, quarter by quarter, since Apr 2014: 295 sales in quarters with at least three, and the bars along the floor show how many each quarter. The shaded band is where the middle half of sales landed.
Recent sales by listing date
26 used sales · last 24 months · middle half €1,350–€1,750 · thin
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | €1,315 | good | Germany | eBay Germany auction | Details |
| 27 Sept 2026 | €1,570$1,774 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Jul 2026 | €2,505$2,800 as sold | good | United States | eBay United States | Details |
| 11 Jun 2026 | €2,123$2,452 as sold | new |  Italy | Reverb | Details |
| 2 May 2026 | €1,720$1,999 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 344 recorded sales
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Apr 2026 | €1,549$1,800 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 5 Apr 2026 | €1,376$1,599 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Mar 2026 | €1,420$1,650 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 16 Mar 2026 | €1,299$1,500 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 12 Feb 2026 | €3,250$3,755 as sold | mint |  Netherlands | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Feb 2026 | €1,731$2,000 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 19 Jan 2026 | €1,623$1,875 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 8 Jan 2026 | €3,463$4,000 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 30 Nov 2025 | €2,596$2,999 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 4 Nov 2025 | €1,334$1,550 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 10 Oct 2025 | €1,549$1,800 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Sept 2025 | €1,415$1,635 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 11 Sept 2025 | €1,200$1,395 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 5 Sept 2025 | €1,446$1,680 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 5 Sept 2025 | €946$1,100 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 26 Jul 2025 | €1,942$2,243 as sold | very good | Japan | Reverb | Details |
| 20 May 2025 | €1,468$1,696 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 8 Apr 2025 | €1,255$1,450 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Feb 2025 | €1,558$1,800 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 9 Jan 2025 | €3,105$3,499 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 24 Dec 2024 | €1,900$2,195 as sold | excellent | United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 7 Dec 2024 | €1,411$1,630 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Nov 2024 | €1,294$1,495 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 14 Nov 2024 | €1,814$2,095 as sold | excellent | United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 1 Nov 2024 | €2,446$2,826 as sold | new | United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 7 Oct 2024 | €1,731$2,000 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 24 Sept 2024 | €2,064$2,399 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 29 Jul 2024 | €1,450$1,675 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Jul 2024 | €909$1,050 as sold | fair | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 28 Jun 2024 | €1,379$1,599 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 9 Jun 2024 | €1,574$1,825 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 30 Mar 2024 | €2,157$2,500 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 28 Mar 2024 | €2,156$2,499 as sold | new | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 26 Feb 2024 | €1,337$1,550 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 9 Dec 2023 | €1,423$1,650 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Oct 2023 | €1,638$1,899 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 10 Oct 2023 | €1,758$2,038 as sold | new | Germany | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Oct 2023 | €2,157$2,500 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 12 Jul 2023 | €1,308$1,516 as sold | very good | Germany | Reverb | Details |
| 8 Jul 2023 | €1,377$1,596 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 7 Jun 2023 | €1,527$1,770 as sold | new | Italy | Reverb | Details |
| 7 Jun 2023 | €1,527$1,770 as sold | new | Italy | Reverb | Details |
| 27 May 2023 | €1,303$1,511 as sold | excellent | Canada | Reverb | Details |
| 18 May 2023 | €798$925 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 May 2023 | €1,380$1,600 as sold | very 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.
Where it’s cheapest right now
What sellers are asking today, by country. Asking prices, not sales; shipping, fees and any customs or import VAT between you and the seller are not included.
| Country | Live | Median ask | Cheapest ask | Cheapest vs typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | €414 | €414 | €1,086 under (72%) |
| United States | 8 | €1,871 | €1,427 | €73 under (5%) |
| Japan | 32 | €2,358 | €1,604 | 7% over typical |
| Canada | 1 | €1,867 | €1,867 | 24% over typical |
| Germany | 1 | €1,998 | €1,998 | 33% over typical |
| Denmark | 1 | €2,666 | €2,666 | 78% over typical |
In one paragraph
The page's figures as one paragraph, assembled for quoting; not written by hand.
Sellers are asking a median of €2,264 for the Gibson Explorer today, 51% over the €1,500 it actually sells for (26 recorded sales, last 24 months; most sold between €1,350 and €1,750). The closest version sold new, the Gibson '80s Explorer, costs €1,999 at Thomann (read 3 October 2026). There are 44 listings live right now across Reverb, eBay United States, eBay Germany, from €414 asking. Figures computed 18 October 2026 by Doirado from cross-platform listing data.