- Explorer-style body, chrome hardware, white pickguard, two humbucker pickups, available in Alpine White, Ebony, or Red finish, mfg. 1986-89, 1994-98.

- Explorer-style korina body based on a 1958 Gibson Explorer, set mahogany neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, hockey stick-style headstock with black overlay, six-on-one-side tuners, tune-o-matic bridge, stop tailpiece, white pickguard, two covered humbucker pickups, three knobs (two v, tone), three-way pickup switch, gold hardware, available in Ebony or Natural finish, mfg. 1998-2011.

- offset hourglass-shaped Explorer-style mahogany body, set hard maple neck with a SlimTaper "D" profile, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearloid dot inlays, hockey stick-shaped Explorer-style headstock with black overlay and Epiphone logo, six-on-one-side Grover tuners with small buttons, LockTone tune-o-matic bridge and stop tailpiece, two active EMG humbucker pickups (bridge: EMG81, neck: EMG85), two knobs (v, tone), three-way pickup switch, black hardware, available in Ebony or White finish, 1.68 in. nut width, 24.75 in. scale, mfg. 2011-present.

- downsized offset hourglass-shaped Explorer-style mahogany body, set hard maple neck with a SlimTaper profile, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearloid parallelogram inlays, arrow-shaped Flying V-style headstock with black overlay and Epiphone logo, "GT" on truss rod cover, three-per-side tuners, LockTone tune-o-matic bridge and stop tailpiece, two USA-designed exposed humbucker pickups (bridge: 700T, neck: 650R), two numbered barrel knobs (v, tone with a push/pull kill switch), three-way pickup switch, black chrome hardware, available in Worn Black finish, 24.75 in. scale, mfg. late 2009-2011.