Translated Orville info.

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whitehall

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Please teach the history of the o building


It is the history ?of Orville?, but from 1988 April domestic production to be started with the brand, ?Orville by Gibson?, at the beginning 3 models of ES-335, SG and Les Paul Custom
So, on-board pickup was Gibson USA make.

When it is 1990, furthermore the extent of the model was shown, domestic pickup loading line-up of the price range joined low with the brand name ?of Orville?.
?Orville? was line-up of the price range which centers 70,000 Yen ~ 80,000 Yen level vis-a-vis ?Orville by Gibson? being the price range of 100,000 Yen ~ 200,000 Yen level.

In addition from 1991 in ?Orville by Gibson? brand, [akosuteitsukugita]
- [akosuteikugitamoderu] of J-45, J-160E, Hummingbird, Dove and J-200 has joined to line-up.

In the flow of this kind of history, ?Orville? of the price range to keep becoming the main force low, ?Orville by Gibson? to become production end in 1995, continuously in 1997
?Orville? became production end. Here the brassiere of the name, ?Orville?
[ndo] closes the curtain.

It is short, was period, but that it was cultivated, as for the history ?of Orville? ?Epiphone Japan? (entry into production 1998) with producing the effect which becomes great in birth of the brand which is said,
After that after the production ending ?of Epiphone Japan?, the present time when it is refined in large quantity
It keeps being succeeded in the domestic lacquer series.


For my money , Orville never really went away. Sure the headstock decal did, but not the guitars. They just became Epiphone Japan, and you can still buy brand new ones in Japan. I'm not talking about the Elitest, I'm talking about the Epiphone Japan Limited Line.
 
thanx, that's from Gibson.jp if I'm correct. there is 2 other entries about Orville in the FAQ. :wink:

One about the serial numbering is quite interesting.
 
here's theOrville/epiphone japan pages in the faq:

(the one you translated)
http://www.gibson.jp/faq/faq03.php?QN=GQ0039

the rest:

http://www.gibson.jp/epiphone/faq/faq02.php?QN=GQ0039

http://www.gibson.jp/epiphone/faq/faq02.php?QN=GQ0035

http://www.gibson.jp/faq/faq03.php?QN=GQ0069

:wink:
 

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