Udonitron
Well-known member
Yeah I think at the time, so many companies started to sprout up and make guitars in Japan just specifically due to a competitive "I can make a better replica than you with more detail and precision" ideal which is awesome compared to the bland..."well we can make a better one for less money and make more profit" capitalist ideal. That 1st ideal is what drove so many of these companies I believe.
Koub...the 1st shot of the Orville is normal...the gap is filled with glue. They all are but they just overshot the tenon width and made it a little too narrow. Does it suck? Sure it does if you take your pup out and look at it all the time BUT I can promise you if you put 20 lbs. of pressure on that Orville neck vs. one that has a tight fit, like an Edwards or Bacchus for example, the Orville would not break or give way at that tenon join. So really, it is all good and that gap is insignificant. Gibson is quite guilty of spotty construction...thus why I gave up on them.
Koub...the 1st shot of the Orville is normal...the gap is filled with glue. They all are but they just overshot the tenon width and made it a little too narrow. Does it suck? Sure it does if you take your pup out and look at it all the time BUT I can promise you if you put 20 lbs. of pressure on that Orville neck vs. one that has a tight fit, like an Edwards or Bacchus for example, the Orville would not break or give way at that tenon join. So really, it is all good and that gap is insignificant. Gibson is quite guilty of spotty construction...thus why I gave up on them.