what about taking out all the electronics, taking your bandsaw, doing two little cuts, so that it looks like this:
then treat it as if you were building a neck-thru and make it whatever you wan it to be. well, somewhen you should strip it. that would be a real cool explorer mod, and if anyone asks you, what kind of guitar you have, you just say: thats my modded explorer...... i'd like to see his face...