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Came across this GIBSON USA VS ORVILLE JAPAN clip. Seems like it's a Terada K Orville with stock PAF like (around 7.5k or so) Ceramic magnet pickups. The Gibson has 490R(neck), 498T(bridge) pickups Gibson 490R (Alnico2) 7.2 - 7.83 KO Gibson 498T (Alnico5) 12.32-13.46 KO I thought the K...

The Echoplex EP3 (tape delay) preamp that so many rock recordings were done with, has a FET preamp. Big deal, what's so special about that? Well it just so happens to give a 3Dish sort of tone. There is the EP-PRE http://www.clinchfx.com/ep-pre clips http://www.clinchfx.com/sound-clips and...

http://forum.metroamp.com/download/file.php?id=9187 It's the isolated EVH guitar track from You Really Got Me.

http://www.musicradar.com/gear/all/amplification/instrument-amps/guitar-combo-amps/class-5-combo-218425/review http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAVa9bbw3wE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtFRmlPw3cY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce1fiU31MFU...

Out of all the classic 1980s and early 1990s Japanese guitar brands that have no serials I can only see one instance of no serial guitars being made in Korea. There are Tokai Japanese made Grecos with no serial numbers and there are Fujigen Japanese made Burnys with no serials and there are...

Orville by Gibson and Orville Catalogue 1992 Model, Price in Yen, Orville by Gibson Model Name, Pickups, Colors LPS-QM 228000 Les Paul Standard Quilted Maple '57 Classic (USA) CS,VS,LD (no pickguard) LPS-FM 198000 Les Paul Standard Flame Maple Top '57 Classic (USA) CS,VS,LD (no pickguard)...

From http://ksa242.izhranma.org/jvguitars_greco_eg-series.ru.html and info at http://brochures.yokochou.com/guitar-and-amp/greco/1980-2/en_index.html and my Greco pickup post http://forum.japanaxe.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=768 I'm able to post the complete 1980 Greco Super Real catalogue...

Interview with Martin Turner who is using a Orville. http://www.gibsonbass.com/martinturner2.php In the interview it's understandable that how the Orvilles got their name is a little off track because that was the BS around on the net at that time made up by someone, that the Gibson name had...

There are Greco no serial Mint Collection guitars made by Cor-Tek (Cort) with shielding paint and brick shaped (no slope nuts) and most have Cor-Tek (Cort) pots http://forum.japanaxe.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=20&p=7602 http://www.tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=4993&start=225. Then there are...

There is someone doing a long tenon short tenon comparison on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j89iGuz0NzQ&search=Les%20Paul It's pretty basic and he doesn't mention that the long tenon bit that extends past the fingerboard get's mostly routed away by the neck pickup cavity router...

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 -...

A Fernandes Custom Made? It doesn't have Burny on the headstock but it has Fernandes. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ULTRA-RARE-70s-FERNANDES-BURNY-LPC-Orville-strings_W0QQitemZ140137589986QQihZ004QQcategoryZ2384QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem On this page...

I bought a Vox Tonelab that uses a 12ax7 tube (valve) for the output but it uses the 12ax7 not as a preamp stage but as a power amp stage. I changed the tube it came with for an old English tube I had that came from an old Marshall and it improved the sound a fair bit. I've only used it for a...

The prices of the Gibson and Fender faded or satin finishes are at or near the Edwards, Epiphone Elitist or Fender Japan prices. This wasn't so a few years ago but now Gibson and Fender USA are a choice in this price range. Anybody got any comments to make. I just bought a faded Gibson for under...

Lots of Strange Brands pop up from time to time and some of them are great guitars. If anyone can add any info then please do. Matsumoku made Aria, Westone, Epiphone Japan (first series before Yamano), Westminster (distributed by Kanda Shokai), some Greco Fender and Gibson copies from the...

Rare Kasuga SG http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Kasuga-Japanese-SG_W0QQitemZ170103896383QQihZ007QQcategoryZ2384QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem from one of my other posts Kasuga and Tokai made the Conrad guitars in the 1960's/1970's for export to the US. Kasuga apparently made some Washburn...

What's a long tenon. A standard modern Gibson short tenon has no part of the tenon visible at all in the pickup cavity. Basically the long tenon everyone knows that extends into the neck pickup cavity is only a small bottom bit of the tenon known as a tongue. The tongue is not for sustain but...

Has anyone got a Profile LP Strat or Tele or know anything about them. From what I can find out they were MIJ in the early 1980's and seem to have been sold mostly in Canada, New Zealand, UK and Australia and not the USA.

I'm pretty sure that I've solved the G and J Orville serial number prefix letters. At the start of the Orville by Gibsons in 1988 FujiGen wasn't involved because they didn't want to do set necks and were doing bolt on necks for Fender and Ibanez. Some other factory had the contract and it looks...

At http://www.guitarasia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=517&start=15&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=&sid=71c225540ac51e97f38abb910c034f7c someone has measured various parts of Tokai's, Greco and Gibsons etc and also has there 1984/5 price. For comparison the Orville by Gibson reissue models...