newbies

Just after a few opinions. I am selling a gibson standard because the cash would be handy and never really totally dug the finish and I can pick up a nice 95 white custom Orville. I have never had the chance to play one and its abit of a drive to check it out so was just wondering how they compare to the real thing in build and playbility?? If I get it I will put new pickups and possible wiring so thats not a issue.

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'87 Silver Jubilee 2553
1965b Lead Cab
76' Gibson Les Paul Custom
96' Gibson Les Paul Custom
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HOT TUBES 70

I have heard good things about them , but i have never played one myself , rumored to be very good !

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Ricochet

I'd be willing to bet you won't be able to tell much of a difference with a Gibson.
Might even be slightly better than a '95 Gibson LP...

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Rich

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The Ozzk

I have an Orville Custom. Maybe others know better, I cannot tell the difference between the Orville and a Gibson custom I had.

The built quality is just what you would expect from a Gibson. No cheap feel or anything like that they feel like the real deal because they ARE the real deal.

Here is mine on stage. The one in the back

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Amps:
82' JCM 800 2203
09' JCM 800 KK
11' VM2466
11' C5H
Cabs:
JCM800B 4x12
1960A 4x12 x 2
1960B 4x12
C110
Guitars:
91' Orville Les Paul Custom
11' Explorer Melody Maker
11' Epiphone LP Standard

Ricochet

I had my tongue firmly implanted in cheek, but around '95 Gibson was reportedly dropping the ball in the quality department, and the Orvilles were probably more accurate LP reproductions than the Gibsons...
They made the Orville for 2 years before changing the name to Epiphone and splitting the line in to the open book domestic models and the export models(Elite/Elitists), but continued to build them all in the same factories, FujiGen en Terada.
There is a hypothesis entertained by a happy few that Gibson dropped the whole Epihone Elitist line because they were simply too good.

I know my Japanese girls are not going anywhere soon...

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Rich

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SuperBeaver

I'm a huge fan of Japanese guitars. Rarely have I played a bad one. The Japanese are a nation of people who take great pride in everything, that includes their guitars.

That Black Custom looks great. Even from a distance. Looks just like a Gibson.

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The Ozzk

Thanks bro. That thing looks like a Gibson and it plays like one. It's a fine guitar.

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Amps:
82' JCM 800 2203
09' JCM 800 KK
11' VM2466
11' C5H
Cabs:
JCM800B 4x12
1960A 4x12 x 2
1960B 4x12
C110
Guitars:
91' Orville Les Paul Custom
11' Explorer Melody Maker
11' Epiphone LP Standard