Moderne

The *Gibson Moderne'* is an *electric guitar* model first designed by *Gibson* in 1957. It was designed alongside the *Flying V* and *Explorer*/*Futura* as part of a stylistically advanced line of electric guitars. However, unlike the Flying V and Explorer, the Moderne was not put into production until 1982.
Because few if any prototypes were made in the 1950s, and no authenticated example is known to exist, the hypothetical 1958 Moderne has been called both the "Holy Grail" of collectible guitars.

**Epiphone Moderne**
The Epiphone Moderne made its first appearance in the late 1990's as the Mo' Baby Moderne and was a full-size travel-type guitar with a built-in amplifier and speaker. Since then, the Epiphone Moderne has been produced in very limited numbers as special run model only a handful of times.
One such special run was the 2001 ***E-Series*** USA Collection Moderne. Much like the 1957 Gibson version, very few, examples of this guitar exist. It is rumored that the Epiphone USA Moderne, along with the rest of the E-Series USA Collection, never made it beyond the prototype stage.

Models

### Korina **Moderne**

* 2000-2001
* Limited run of 300

**Body:**

* Korina body

**Neck:**

* Set Korina neck
* Rosewood fretboard with dot inlays
* 24.75" scale
* 1.68" nut width

**Electronics:**

* Gibson designed Alnico humbucker pickups
* 2 Vol. 1 Tone
* 3-way selector switch

**Hardware:**

* Gold Hardware
* Black speed knobs
* Tune-o-matic bridge with stop piece
* "E"-stamped vintage-style green key tuners
* White pickguard with "Moderne" logo

**Colors:**

* Ebony (EB)
* Korina (KO)

***See also:***

* ***Korina Series***

### Poly Mod

* 2001-2002

**Body:**

* Solid Tonewood Body
* Flame maple veneer (trans models)

**Neck:**

* Bolt-onMaple Neck with "Super Slide" Satin Finish
* Indian Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays
* Explorer-S Headstock
* 25.5" Scale
* 1.68" nut width

**Electronics:**

* E-Series open-coil "Ultra Hot" humbuckers
* "Smooth Tone" potentiometers
* 2 Vol. 1 Tone controls
* Exclusive 4 blade 3-way toggle switch

**Hardware:**

* Chrome Hardware
* Floyd Rose Licensed Tremolo with locking nut
* No pickguard

**Colors:**

* Translucent Black (TB)
* Translucent Blue (TL)
* Translucent Red (TR)
* Metallic Red (RM)
* Metallic Gold (MG)

***See also:***

* ***E-Series***
* ***Polyester Series***

### **Moderne** USA

Epiphone Moderne

* 2001 Limited Run
* Assembled in the U.S.A.
* Designed by Kurt Hendrick

**Body:**

* Solid Tonewood Body
* Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish
* Walnut Stained Back

**Neck:**

* Bolt-on Antique Natural Hard Maple Neck
* Indian Rosewood fingerboard with pearloid dot inlays
* Explorer-S Headstock
* 25.5" Scale
* 1.68" nut width

**Binding:**

* Single-ply body

**Electronics:**

* 2 PAF Humbuckers
* "Smooth Tone" potentiometers
* 1 Vol. 1 Tone controls
* Exclusive 4 blade, 3-way toggle switch

**Hardware:**

* Chrome Hardware
* Recessed rickguard
* Mini-Grover Tuners
* Floyd Rose Licensed tremolo with lock nut
* Amber bell knobs

**Colors:**

* Metallic Copper

***See also:***

* ***E-Series***
* ***USA Collection***

### Mo' Baby Moderne

* 1998-2000
* Travel-size guitar

**Body:**

* 3/4-sized alder Moderne body
* Alder body

**Neck:**

* Bolt-on full size Maple neck
* Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays
* 24.75" scale
* 1.68 nut width

**Electronics:**

* 1 Epiphone open coil humbucker
* 1 Vol. 1 Tone controls
* Built-in, 5 watt amp and speaker
* Clean, overdive & off settings
* 3-way switch for on-board amp
* 9-volt battery

**Hardware:**

* Chrome hardware
* Tune-o-matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece
* Black speed knobs

**Includes:**

* Custom Mo' Baby Gig Bag Included

**Colors:**

* Red (RE)
* Black (BK)
* Banana Yellow (NY)
* Seafoam Green (SG)