Orville made in Korea
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Orville made in Korea
Are there actually any Orvilles made in Korea?
Any trustworthy sources?
Any trustworthy sources?
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Re: Orville made in Korea
Why do you ask?Koubayashi wrote:Are there actually any Orvilles made in Korea?
Any trustworthy sources?
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Re: Orville made in Korea
Just came across a person who claims some Orvilles were made in Korea.Innadaze wrote:Why do you ask?Koubayashi wrote:Are there actually any Orvilles made in Korea?
Any trustworthy sources?
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Re: Orville made in Korea
Koubayashi wrote:Just came across a person who claims some Orvilles were made in Korea.Innadaze wrote:Why do you ask?Koubayashi wrote:Are there actually any Orvilles made in Korea?
Any trustworthy sources?
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Re: Orville made in Korea
As the headline says: Orville.Innadaze wrote:Koubayashi wrote:Just came across a person who claims some Orvilles were made in Korea.Innadaze wrote:Why do you ask?Koubayashi wrote:Are there actually any Orvilles made in Korea?
Any trustworthy sources?
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As far as I know they were all MIJ.
I do remember reading an article stating that some people mistakenly thought that Orvilles with the serial number beginning with K claimed that they were Korean made where in fact K in the serial number denotes Terada made Orvilles and ObGs...
This might be where the confusion stems from...
I do remember reading an article stating that some people mistakenly thought that Orvilles with the serial number beginning with K claimed that they were Korean made where in fact K in the serial number denotes Terada made Orvilles and ObGs...
This might be where the confusion stems from...
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Yeah, I have read that article as well.Johny642000 wrote:As far as I know they were all MIJ.
I do remember reading an article stating that some people mistakenly thought that Orvilles with the serial number beginning with K claimed that they were Korean made where in fact K in the serial number denotes Terada made Orvilles and ObGs...
This might be where the confusion stems from...
However, I have never seen a K-Orville that doesn't have Terada traits.
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"The lower priced (K) Orville guitars which were priced at 75,000 Yen and below were not given serial numbers by Terada. Serial numbers are not always essential when only one guitar factory is making all of the guitars, as the distributor (Yamano Gakki) knows exactly which guitar factory made the guitar even when the guitar has no identifiable guitar factory serial number. As Terada were the only guitar factory making all of the Orville guitars between 1989 and 1993, they did not need to serialize the (K) Orville guitars which were made more for the first time or intermediate player market."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orville_by_Gibson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orville_by_Gibson
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