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Koubayashi
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 Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 2:21 pm Post subject: Fretboard inlays |
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I have owned around 40-50 Orvilles and ObG's over the years.
One thing I noticed is that more than 50% of them must have been glued badly from the factory cause the inlays fall off or are lose.
anyone else with this experience?
Never happened on my Grecos, Burnys or Tokais. |
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villager
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always...
only ObG's
they used a glue which becomes brittle with age...
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Koubayashi
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| villager wrote: | always...
only ObG's
they used a glue which becomes brittle with age... |
I have experienced it on Orvilles as well. the K-series have this problem as well which is another argue for them being made in Japan. |
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villager
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yes that makes a lot of sense, funny how never happened with the same era Fuji-gen Greco's, same place same time..different glue!!
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barburny
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| Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:42 am Post subject: |
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| +1 My Orville came minus most of the markers and the rest where ready to fall out |
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Koubayashi
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| villager wrote: | | yes that makes a lot of sense, funny how never happened with the same era Fuji-gen Greco's, same place same time..different glue!! |
No other guitar made in Fujigen has this problem.
Darn Orville  |
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Koubayashi
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| barburny wrote: | | +1 My Orville came minus most of the markers and the rest where ready to fall out |
That sounds like the typicall orville guitar.
My local guitar shop must make a fortune on me and all the inlays I buy  |
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villager
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its the bloody filing down I hate, cos they are always too thick....
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Koubayashi
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| villager wrote: | | its the bloody filing down I hate, cos they are always too thick.... |
Yup. And the color is always off so changing 1 = changing all. |
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Innadaze
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| Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:52 pm Post subject: Re: Fretboard inlays |
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| Koubayashi wrote: | I have owned around 40-50 Orvilles and ObG's over the years.
One thing I noticed is that more than 50% of them must have been glued badly from the factory cause the inlays fall off or are lose.
anyone else with this experience? |
I noticed the one you got off YJ recently had some fret markers already missing.
I've seen this before, but I must've gotten the other 50% because I've never had that problem with any of my OBG's.
...and I can be pretty rough on my guitars.
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barburny
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| villager wrote: | | its the bloody filing down I hate, cos they are always too thick.... |
Yup I had some great fun doing just that but had it mastered by the 12th fret and was missing chunks of fingenail and tips |
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MIJvintage
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I have owned only the Fugi Gen Orville examples (no letter prefix - 6 digit serial #)
never had a single problem with any position marker on any of them; great quality guitars 
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japanstrat
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| It seems like the inlays dropping out problem is mostly with the Terada made G serial Orville by Gibsons and the K Orvilles from the photos I've seen. |
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MIJvintage
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| japanstrat wrote: | | It seems like the inlays dropping out problem is mostly with the Terada made G serial Orville by Gibsons and the K Orvilles from the photos I've seen. |
I thought the OBG models were supposed to be a better quality product than the Orville line  ..................
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