Joop
Well-known member
Dear Orville lovers,
Some time ago, I decided to get on the hype train and buy an Tokai '79 LS100 Reborn. In order to provide for the cash I decided to sell my Orville and my Orville by Gibson, both Les Pauls, both Fujigen made and the by Gibson was a real 59R, fret edge binding, '57 classics, etc.
I eventually sold my ObG on Ebay to a guy that had many vintage guitars and he loved it! So, finally I had my just Orville for sale. The guitar was a Vintage Sunburst, near mint with 2 dimarzio super distortions. Check out my classified adds in this forum a while ago and you will find the link to the pictures of both guitars. Oh, and i forgot to say, both guitars had faber kits, alluminium tailpieces, Gotoh bridges and gibson deluxe tuners.
Now here's the story. I once had an Ace Frehley inspired Gibson custom shop '68 Custom Reissue guitar with 3 dimarzios. The guitar it self was a dream, great sound and beautiful paint job, but the neck was the baseball bat type (D shape?)and I didn't like it being used to my Orville. So, I decided to sell it and make upgrade my Orville with a.o. Dimarzios to replace the Gibson.
I sold the Gibson to a local professional guitar player. He already had about 30 guitars at that time, quite a few custom shop ones from both fender and gibson. He thought it was a really nice guitar, with a good sound and with a good stage appeal.
So, when I had my Orville for sale, I phoned him and asked if he was interested. About a year earlier he already had tried out my ObG after one of his performances and needless to say, he liked it very much (he probably thought that that was the guitar I was selling). I wasn't sure about what he would think of the Orville so I was a bit nervous when he said that he was doing a gig in my village and asked if I could bring the guitar because he was going to use it that night as his main guitar. I was pretty confident that he would like the neck and feel of the guitar, but the guitar had never been outside of my living room, let alone be played by a professional guitar player that has many expensive custom shop guitars.
I was standing near the door when he walked in and I handed the case to him.He was actually talking to the door guy when he was inspecting the guitar, so I thought he was not very impressed.. After a while, he said "this is a really nice guitar and in mint condition". Needless to say, I was pleased with that although I of course knew that the condition of the guitar was great. But how would he feel about it when it was plugged in?
After he set up his equipment (he was doing a one man performance with backing tracks) he started playing. His sound is normally always very nice, he uses a digitec effects unit through a small amp and then via a mixing pannel through a stereo PA system. Anyway, when he started playing and I was completely blown away by the sound. It was rich, full and yet very smooth. And throughout his performance you could tell that the guitar was exactly doing what he was trying to get out of the guitar and that he enjoyed playing the guitar. It was really obvious! Every harmonic, every bend was exactly perfect and I think he tried to make the instrument fail but it didn't. I know that that sounds strange, but he was playing it like some one testing a sports car and see just how hard he could throw it around corners. He played and played and was really loving every minute of it (and so was I!). He never had to re tune the guitar during the entire gig. Needless to say that after the performance he was sold and hence, so was the guitar! He even commented "better than a gibson"
The guy's name is Mario Nunes. Check out his page on face book here and you will also see a good part of his guitar collection as well as some videos. I must say, the videos don't capture very well his sound but it gives you an indication. Here is a link: http://www.myspace.com/marionunes
When a guy that plays professionally (in 2009 he had 375 performances!) and owns many expensive guitars (he told me that the Orville would be his 39th or 40th guita0) loves a guitar and doesn't want to put it down, it means something about the quality of the guitar.
So, all you Fujigen Orville owners, invest in some decent hardware and some decent PU's and you will have a guitar that can stand up to almost anything. The guitar is probably a lot better than most of us can make it sound, but trust me, in the hands of a good guitarist with a nice sound, your Fujigen Orville is a world class player!!!
Cheers & enjoy!
Joop
Some time ago, I decided to get on the hype train and buy an Tokai '79 LS100 Reborn. In order to provide for the cash I decided to sell my Orville and my Orville by Gibson, both Les Pauls, both Fujigen made and the by Gibson was a real 59R, fret edge binding, '57 classics, etc.
I eventually sold my ObG on Ebay to a guy that had many vintage guitars and he loved it! So, finally I had my just Orville for sale. The guitar was a Vintage Sunburst, near mint with 2 dimarzio super distortions. Check out my classified adds in this forum a while ago and you will find the link to the pictures of both guitars. Oh, and i forgot to say, both guitars had faber kits, alluminium tailpieces, Gotoh bridges and gibson deluxe tuners.
Now here's the story. I once had an Ace Frehley inspired Gibson custom shop '68 Custom Reissue guitar with 3 dimarzios. The guitar it self was a dream, great sound and beautiful paint job, but the neck was the baseball bat type (D shape?)and I didn't like it being used to my Orville. So, I decided to sell it and make upgrade my Orville with a.o. Dimarzios to replace the Gibson.
I sold the Gibson to a local professional guitar player. He already had about 30 guitars at that time, quite a few custom shop ones from both fender and gibson. He thought it was a really nice guitar, with a good sound and with a good stage appeal.
So, when I had my Orville for sale, I phoned him and asked if he was interested. About a year earlier he already had tried out my ObG after one of his performances and needless to say, he liked it very much (he probably thought that that was the guitar I was selling). I wasn't sure about what he would think of the Orville so I was a bit nervous when he said that he was doing a gig in my village and asked if I could bring the guitar because he was going to use it that night as his main guitar. I was pretty confident that he would like the neck and feel of the guitar, but the guitar had never been outside of my living room, let alone be played by a professional guitar player that has many expensive custom shop guitars.
I was standing near the door when he walked in and I handed the case to him.He was actually talking to the door guy when he was inspecting the guitar, so I thought he was not very impressed.. After a while, he said "this is a really nice guitar and in mint condition". Needless to say, I was pleased with that although I of course knew that the condition of the guitar was great. But how would he feel about it when it was plugged in?
After he set up his equipment (he was doing a one man performance with backing tracks) he started playing. His sound is normally always very nice, he uses a digitec effects unit through a small amp and then via a mixing pannel through a stereo PA system. Anyway, when he started playing and I was completely blown away by the sound. It was rich, full and yet very smooth. And throughout his performance you could tell that the guitar was exactly doing what he was trying to get out of the guitar and that he enjoyed playing the guitar. It was really obvious! Every harmonic, every bend was exactly perfect and I think he tried to make the instrument fail but it didn't. I know that that sounds strange, but he was playing it like some one testing a sports car and see just how hard he could throw it around corners. He played and played and was really loving every minute of it (and so was I!). He never had to re tune the guitar during the entire gig. Needless to say that after the performance he was sold and hence, so was the guitar! He even commented "better than a gibson"
The guy's name is Mario Nunes. Check out his page on face book here and you will also see a good part of his guitar collection as well as some videos. I must say, the videos don't capture very well his sound but it gives you an indication. Here is a link: http://www.myspace.com/marionunes
When a guy that plays professionally (in 2009 he had 375 performances!) and owns many expensive guitars (he told me that the Orville would be his 39th or 40th guita0) loves a guitar and doesn't want to put it down, it means something about the quality of the guitar.
So, all you Fujigen Orville owners, invest in some decent hardware and some decent PU's and you will have a guitar that can stand up to almost anything. The guitar is probably a lot better than most of us can make it sound, but trust me, in the hands of a good guitarist with a nice sound, your Fujigen Orville is a world class player!!!
Cheers & enjoy!
Joop