More evidence about the Orville makers.
At http://music.2ch.net/compose/kako/1005/10053/1005395275.html
in post number 88 a Japanese person says the same thing as Jim Donahue that FujiGen were avoiding making set necks and they also say that Terada made the early OBG's and Orvilles.
I've also seen a 1989 OBG from villagers site with both a sticker and an ink stamped serial number (which is pretty unusual) and the sticker begins with a T which Terada uses.
So the early OBG's and K Orvilles were made by Terada.
I knew the early OBG's and K Orvilles weren't made by FujiGen.
FujiGen joined in with Terada in 1992/1993.
Also the Orville pickups are GOTOH which is no surprise.
When you start seeing different sources saying the same thing theres a pretty good chance that it's right.
So for the solid bodies if you buy a pre 1993 OBG or K Orville it's made by Terada and if you buy a OBG or Orville from 1993 to 1998 it's probably made by FujiGen.
post 88 translated
The o building (Orville) in order to expel the Japanese domestic copy model, is the brand which is born with plan of the fields and mountains (Yamano) musical instrument of the Gibson Japanese import agency. The fender Japan which is established with the same purpose way, it designated truth as the Gibson Japan brand, you applied, but that permission of the Gibson head office did not descend, is. It was produced by the production company, by the way, Terada musical instrument mainly. That at that time, with FujiGen set neck ones had not been produced almost, we have remembered. After, perhaps the domestic ham backing (humbucking) pickup which is mounted in less pole standard and the like of the o building brand, it was GOTO make.