Both body and head stock have to be slightly different from Gibson's offerings due to legal issues. So long as it's recognisable as "Explorer like" it's still a groovy shape.I'm not a big fan of the hockey stick head stock, so I changed the shape on my EX-4. I guess I could have gone with the arrow head style of the bass used by John Entwhistle, but I kinda prefer a reverse inline for the the explorer shape.