Boutique Guitars

Later these instruments were sold under the Epiphone Elitist brand, which are also very desirable, not very common.

Black Beauty 1990 Orville By Gibson is a full scale Les Paul Custom. The guitar produces the sound you would expect from a true LP Custom. It's in excellent condition and features a classic black finish with yellowed neck trim, inlays and gold hardware. Pickups - Seymour Duncan JBJ, GIBSON USA HB-R.

Service work:

• Leveling of frets
• Fingerboard oiling
• Repair electrical connection

Properties:

• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Neck: Mahogany
• Country of manufacture: Japan
• Year of production: 1990
• Weight: 4.3 kg

This Tokai Guitar is made with attention to detail and the materials used have been carefully selected. The body is composed of one piece of solid mahogany and the top is made of maple veneer in a complete black finish. The mahogany neck is fitted with a rosewood fingerboard with original frets and a 1958 Les Paul profile.

The frets have undergone a professional leveling as well as an electronic control of the guitar's pickups. The zero fret, as used to be the case with Japanese models, is made of bone.

Features:

• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Sensor configuration: H-H (original GOTO open cream pickups)
• Body: Mahogany
• Suitcase: Yes
• Case: No
• Country of manufacture: Japan
• Year of manufacture: 1980
• Weight: 4.3 kg

Les Paul Reborn guitars are exact copies of the original Les Pauls, and in this case, it is a 100% original Japanese rare model produced between 1977-1979.

This instrument is made with attention to detail and the materials used have been carefully selected. The body is composed of one piece of solid mahogany and the top is made of maple veneer in the rare Gold Top design.

Features:

• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Sensor configuration: H-H (57 Vintage MKII pickups)
• Body: Mahogany
• Suitcase: No
• Case: Yes
• Country of manufacture: Japan
• Year of manufacture: 1979
• Weight: 4.5 kg

The History of Orville and Orville by Gibson

The Orville brand holds a special position among Japanese versions of major brand models. These are licensed replicas of Gibson guitars, produced in Japan between 1988 and 1998, primarily for the local market. Later, these instruments were sold under the Epiphone Elitist brand, which are also highly sought after and quite rare.

Orville instruments can be generally divided into two groups:

• Orville Brand: Instruments with a simple Orville logo were the basic models, featuring Japanese hardware.
• Orville By Gibson Brand: These models featured built-in USA Gibson pickups and offered a significantly higher quality of craftsmanship. They can match the original Gibson in every detail, often at almost half the price.

About this specific model

This Orville By Gibson Les Paul Standard from 1990 comes in a classic sunburst finish and is in perfect condition. It is crafted from solid mahogany and fitted with a rosewood fingerboard. The only modifications made are the newly replaced pickup frames, while retaining the original PAT pickups made in the USA.

Service work and specifications:

• Fret leveling and surface treatment
• Electrical chamber inspection and maintenance
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Body and Neck: Solid Mahogany
• Weight: 3.8 kg

Later these instruments were sold under the Epiphone Elitist brand, which are also very desirable, not very common.

Black Beauty 1989 Orville By Gibson is a full scale Les Paul Custom. The guitar produces the sound you would expect from a true LP Custom. It's in excellent condition and features a classic black finish with yellowed neck trim, inlays and gold hardware. The previous owner replaced the original pickups with high quality Seymour Duncan 12 BJ Screamin' Demon bridge and SH-2N Jazz Neck pickups.

Service work:

• Leveling of frets
• Fingerboard oiling
• Repair electrical connection

Properties:

• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Neck: Mahogany
• Country of manufacture: Japan
• Year of production: 1989
• Weight: 4.3 kg

The brand was active from 1988-1998 as the Japanese branch of Gibson, producing instruments primarily for the Japanese market. Later, instruments from this Japanese production appeared under the Epiphone Elitist and Ellite brands, today they are no longer in production, but they are still in demand as used. These guitars are quite rare in our country.

Upgrades and modifications:

The electronics of the potentiometers and the position switch are newly installed together with the copper shielding.

Abraxas bareknuckle set pickups, Earvana zero fret compensated, frets replaced with steel (forever), original keys replaced with Grovers and bridge saddles with TUSQ GOTOH.

Guitar condition and origin:

The original owner completely rebuilt the guitar to the highest possible quality, which is also reflected in the quality of this instrument. The age of the guitar can be determined by the sticker on the back of the headstock in 1989 at the Terada Japan factory.

The weight of the guitar is a fair 4.5 kg of solid mahogany with excellent balance on the belt.