It looks like they lost direction at Gibson in those days. Or everybody was constantly drunk in the designdepartment.
Well, the Futura evolved into (or was the bar-steward cousin of) the Explorer.
So back in 1958 they had Moderne and Futura - misses. Flying V and Explorer - definite hits (in the long term anyway)!
Probably a better success rate than Gibson's designers in 2013......
Probably true. At the same time I cannot understand why Gibson launched some great shapes and designs (Les Paul and Explorer are my solid body favs) and at the same time came up with the most hideous guitars.
