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Up for sale, a 1989 Orville by Gibson Les Paul Standard, loaded with a pair of Gibson's Bill Lawrence Super Humbucker pickups. Differentiated from the standard Orville-branded instruments, the "Orville by Gibson" guitars represented the highest tier of Japanese construction, outfitted from the factory with USA Gibson pickups.
Long ago discontinued, the Orville by Gibson guitars were made exclusively for the Japanese domestic market and are uncommon outside their country of origin. This Orville is an official Gibson-licensed guitar and a result of a partnership between Gibson USA and their Japanese distributor Yamano Gakki. Named after Gibson's founder, Orville Gibson, this Orville model was crafted at the Terada factory.
Lightweight at 8lbs 3oz, this Les Paul delivers the goods, with a solid mahogany body and neck, carved maple top, glued-in long tenon neck joint, dark tight-grained rosewood fretboard, and a pair of Bill Lawrence-designed Super Humbuckers, known colloquially as Gibson's "circuit board" pickups. These short-lived medium output pickups handle gain extremely well, delivering a detailed array of tones that can be bright and growly or thick and punchy with the flip of a switch. This Les Paul Standard has been professionally setup here at Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar with fresh 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Mahogany
-Shape: Medium C, measuring .845” 1st fret, .985” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Rosewood, pearloid trapezoid inlay
-Frets: Medium jumbo, light wear beneath plain strings on frets 1-9
-Scale Length: 24 3/4”
-Nut: 1 11/16”, bone (replacement)
-Tuners: Kluson-style, Gotoh
-Serialization: G89-prefix (1989), inked
Body Specs:
-Wood, Maple, mahogany
-Pickups: Super Humbucker x2 (Bill Lawrence-designed)
-Harness: Untouched solder, full-size 500K pots date to December, ‘88
-Controls: Volume x2, Tone x2, Three-way pickup selector
-Hardware: Nashville bridge, stopbar (nickel-plated)
-Plastics: Gold bonnet knobs
The gloss Vintage Sunburst finish exhibits buckle rash across the back, light pick scuffing along the strum path, some finish chipping along the back lower bout body edge, and some additional minor marks from use. The gloss finish on the neck profile is smooth and clean.
A Gibson-branded padded soft case is included.
Long ago discontinued, the Orville by Gibson guitars were made exclusively for the Japanese domestic market and are uncommon outside their country of origin. This Orville is an official Gibson-licensed guitar and a result of a partnership between Gibson USA and their Japanese distributor Yamano Gakki. Named after Gibson's founder, Orville Gibson, this Orville model was crafted at the Terada factory.
Lightweight at 8lbs 3oz, this Les Paul delivers the goods, with a solid mahogany body and neck, carved maple top, glued-in long tenon neck joint, dark tight-grained rosewood fretboard, and a pair of Bill Lawrence-designed Super Humbuckers, known colloquially as Gibson's "circuit board" pickups. These short-lived medium output pickups handle gain extremely well, delivering a detailed array of tones that can be bright and growly or thick and punchy with the flip of a switch. This Les Paul Standard has been professionally setup here at Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar with fresh 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Mahogany
-Shape: Medium C, measuring .845” 1st fret, .985” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Rosewood, pearloid trapezoid inlay
-Frets: Medium jumbo, light wear beneath plain strings on frets 1-9
-Scale Length: 24 3/4”
-Nut: 1 11/16”, bone (replacement)
-Tuners: Kluson-style, Gotoh
-Serialization: G89-prefix (1989), inked
Body Specs:
-Wood, Maple, mahogany
-Pickups: Super Humbucker x2 (Bill Lawrence-designed)
-Harness: Untouched solder, full-size 500K pots date to December, ‘88
-Controls: Volume x2, Tone x2, Three-way pickup selector
-Hardware: Nashville bridge, stopbar (nickel-plated)
-Plastics: Gold bonnet knobs
The gloss Vintage Sunburst finish exhibits buckle rash across the back, light pick scuffing along the strum path, some finish chipping along the back lower bout body edge, and some additional minor marks from use. The gloss finish on the neck profile is smooth and clean.
A Gibson-branded padded soft case is included.
