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Info from Orville by Gibson and Orville Catalogs from 1988-1997

• View topic - Orville By Gibson OBG Collection Vol. 1

• View topic - Orville By Gibson OBG Collection Vol. 2

• View topic - Orville By Gibson OBG Collection Vol. 3

• View topic - Orville by Gibson 1990 Catalogue

• View topic - 1992 and 1997 Orville by Gibson Catalogues

• View topic - Orville By Gibson 1993 OBG catalog

• View topic - Orville by Gibson Acoustic Catalogue


K Orville Les Paul and SG Models (Terada)

1989/1990: Les Paul Standard and Custom (LPS-65, LPC-65) 65,000 Yen
1989/1990: SG (SG-60) 60,000 Yen
1990/1991: Les Paul Standard and Custom (LPS-75, LPC-75) 75,000 Yen
1990/1991: SG (SG-65) 65,000 Yen
1990/1991: Les Paul Junior (LPJ-70, LPJ-D70) 70,000 Yen
1990/1991: Melody maker (MM-65) 65,000 Yen. The Melody Makers end before 1992.
1993: 1993 is the last year for the K Orvilles.

Also the Terada G letter serial Orville EB-3 bass from 1989/1990-1993 sold for 96,000 Yen in 1992.

Ink Stamped Orville Les Paul and SG Models (mostly FujiGen no letter serial Orvilles between 1993-1998 with the occasional Terada J letter serial Orville between 1995-1998)

1993: Les Paul Standard and Custom (LPS-75, LPC-75) 75,000 Yen
1993: SG (SG-65) 65,000 Yen
1993: Les Paul Junior (LPJ-65, LPJ-D65) 65,000 Yen
1993/1994: Les Paul Standard Photo Flame (LPS-80F, LPS-80QF) 80,000 Yen
1993/1994: Les Paul Special (LPSP-70) 70,000 Yen

1993-1998: Also there were other models added to the models above in various years like a Les Paul Custom with a Ebony Fingerboard (LPC-85) 85,000 Yen (10,000 Yen more than the LPC-75 due to the Ebony fingerboard) and other Artist models like the Joe Perry Les Paul Studio (LPS-JP) 85,000 Yen and the John Sykes Les Paul Custom (LPC-JS) 85,000 Yen.
Also the Orville Terada J serial ES-335 from 1995-1998 was 85,000 Yen.
Most of the Orville ES-335's were made by Terada with a J serial from 1995-1998.
Also the FujiGen no letter serial Orville EB-3 bass sold for 96,000 Yen from 1993-1998.

Notice that from 1990-1998 the Orville LPS-75 and LPC-75 and SG-65 were the same price no matter who was making them but the K Orville LPJ-70 was 5,000 Yen more than the ink stamped LPJ-65 Orville.

Orville by Gibson Les Paul and SG Models (Terada G letter serial)

In 1988 the Orville by Gibson Les Paul Standards and Customs were 93,000 Yen and in 1990 they were 95,000 Yen and in 1992 they were 110,000 Yen.
In 1988 the Orville by Gibson SG was 82,000 Yen and in 1992 it was 93,000 Yen.
In 1988 the Orville by Gibson Les Paul Junior was 72,000 Yen.
Compare this to the 1990 K Orville Les Paul Junior which was 70,000 Yen.
The Orville by Gibson 3 pickup Les Paul custom was 115,000 Yen in 1990 and 125,000 Yen in 1992.
From 1988-late 1992 all of the Orville by Gibsons are made by Terada and have a G serial and from late 1992-1995 most were made by FujiGen with no letter serials but some were made by Terada with a G serial.
In 1992 the Orville by Gibson LPS-QM Quilted Maple was 228,000 Yen and the Orville by Gibson LPS-FM Flame Maple was 198,000 Yen and the Orville by Gibson LPS-Q Laminated Quilted Maple and LPS-T Tiger Maple were 125,000 Yen.
In 1993 the Orville by Gibson 59 reissue LPS-59R was 125,000 Yen and the Orville by Gibson 57 reissue LPS-57C was 110,000 Yen and the Orville by Gibson 57 reissue LPC-57B was 110,000 Yen. A lot of the LPS-59R, LPS-57C, LPC-57B guitars were made by FujiGen with no letter serials from late 1992-1995 but some were made by Terada with a G serial.
Also the Orville by Gibson Terada G serial ES-335 was 98,000 Yen in 1988 and in 1992 was 110,000 Yen.
Most of the Orville by Gibson ES-335's were made by Terada with a G serial from 1988-1995 but there were some Fujigen made Orville by Gibson ES-335's as well, especially from 1995.

Orville by Gibson 1997 and 1992 catalogues. The K Orville LPs and SGs are in the 1992 Orville by Gibson catalogue and the 1997 catalogue is Orvilles only because the OBGs stopped in 1995 http://www.tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=11488

Orvilles end in 1998 and Epiphone Japan takes over.

Epiphone Japan 1999-2000 Catalog

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Hi Guys,

Just to let you know that I now have come accross on the web 2 ObG ES335 that were made at Fujigen. Both guitars were 1995 made.

All the previous information lead me believe that these guitars were only Terada made, but gladly I can say that that is not the case. I don't know for how long time they were made at Fujigen but I have only seen 1995 serial numbers.

Does anyone know the story about these Fujigen made ES335's? Any idea about production years?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Joop
 
Hi,

The first step of ID'ing a Fujigen is the non letter prefix but you have already dealt with that.

So, I look at how the word "by Gibson" is written. If the b is open then it is a Terada and also the G is more just like the G in normal Gibsons with Fujigen ones.

Finally, in most cases the "by Gibson" is written in a yellow'ish colour rather than a white'ish colour.

So, there you go, that is my train of thought... Any errors?

Here is the one that I saw:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250670052646&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

The other one was a cherry one, offered on ebay by villager.

Any further thoughts on them?

Cheers!

Joop
 
I found a 1995 OBG Semi Acoustic with a no G serial as well.
Maybe Fujigen did a run of them for a period in 1995 while Terada was too busy or something.

Usually the OBG Semi Acoustics have a Terada G serial number and then the Orville Semi Acoustics from 1995 to 1998 usually have a Terada J letter and the J letter was also used for the first Terada made Epiphone Japan guitars after 1998 and then Terada changed to a T letter and Fujigen changed to a F letter for the later Epiphone Japan guitars.

Things vary with Fujgen and Terada sometimes swapping around on models for a short period maybe due to how busy they were with other things.

There is a short run of Orville solid bodies with a Terada J serial around 1996 or so and usually the Orville solid bodies from 1993-1998 are no letter Fujigen serials.

Fujigen can make Semi Acoustics but usually prefer to make solid bodies but it depends on the contracts they are after at a particular time. If there are not many solid body contracts around then Fujgen would tend to take Semi Acoustic contracts I would assume and the same with Terada mostly making Semi Acoustics and Acoustics but also taking solid body contracts when they want to or need to.
 

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