![]() ![]() The Orville serial number dates go from 1988 to 1998 and then the Epiphone Japan Elites were made.īasically the Epiphone Japan Elites are Orvilles with a change of name. #Orville k sticker serial numbers#Some Epiphone Japan Elites made in the same place as the Orvilles have sticker serial numbers that can come off. There are no Korean guitar makers using the letter K for any serial number. ![]() The K serial number Orvilles don't have any year info in their serials it is just a production number whereas the usual Orville serial number does have year info. The K serial number Orvilles don't follow the same format as the usual serial numbers. I'll list some Orville facts and then you can make up your own minds. A handful of factories make 100's of different brands.īecause info is hard to come by for the Orvilles rumors abound. It's just the way Asian guitars have always been made. And the US vintage dealers have known this all along, else they would have jumped in that market long ago. I don't think Japanese guitars will ever attain vintage prices simply because they are just too hard to authenticate. On the other hand why is it the Japanese are absolutley rabid for American guitars ? Go to any vintage show and you'll see. What is the purpose of that nonsense ? The one that floors me is the letter on the Tokai forum from the president of Tokai commenting on the fake MIK models going thru Canada. And if it's bad what are they gonna do ? spend another $125 to ship it back ? Look at the current crop of bootleg MIK Tokai's with their plastic peel off serial #. You take a $200 Asshat guitar and put a Greco decal on it.Sell it on ebay to the Americans for $500. And since they generally don't have a bunch of Gibsons at home it works. The people buying them want to believe they are getting $400 Gibson guitars, you know, they just have a different decal on them. Well remember, not everyone in Japan is Japanese. They are of equal quality in most casesĪnd much more rare than their USA counterparts Today, these Orvilles and Orville by Gibsons are extremely rare, and unfortunately, are becoming asĮxpensive as the real Gibsons themselves, due to collector interest. Together after a short stint and mandated that the Epiphones have the Epiphone headstock shape. With the Epiphones having the same Gibson headstock design. Made in Korea and the owner removed the sticker.Īfter 1993, Gibson changed the Orville logo to “Epiphone” Japan, but the guitars were essentially the same, If you see an Orville model with no serial number, chances are it was Numbering would follow the same pattern as in my chart, but the numbers were printed on a sticker that wasĪpplied to the back of the headstock. These made, but they do exist and be careful, the craftsmanship is NOT the same on these. Yes, there were some Orvilles made in Korea to fill the demand for cheap models. ![]() This info is from the link I posted above: ![]()
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