- JAPANESE MADE EPIPHONE SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBERS
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- JAPANESE MADE EPIPHONE SERIAL NUMBERS SERIES
Different serial number letter prefixes are usually used when more than one guitar factory can be making the same brand and model of guitar at the same time.
JAPANESE MADE EPIPHONE SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBERS
The higher priced Orville by Gibson and Orville EB-3 SG Bass guitars were Yamano Gakki's and Terada's main priority in the early years and were made for the intermediate and professional player market and were therefore given serial numbers to be in step with Gibson's usual practice of using serial numbers on Gibson guitars. The K serial number prefix letter stands for Kuramae which is where Yamano Gakki's wholesale division is located. When the (K) Orville guitars were released for retail sale between 19, Yamano Gakki applied a year dated (K) serial number sticker for warranty serial number tracking. As Terada were the only guitar factory making all of the Orville guitars between 19, they did not need to serialize the (K) Orville guitars which were made more for the first time or intermediate player market. Serial numbers are not always essential when only one guitar factory is making all of the guitars, as the distributor (Yamano Gakki) knows exactly which guitar factory made the guitar even when the guitar has no identifiable guitar factory serial number. The lower priced (K) Orville guitars which were priced at 75,000 Yen and below were not given serial numbers by Terada. The Orville by Gibson and Orville EB-3 SG Bass guitars which were priced at over 90,000 Yen were given G letter serial numbers by Terada.
When the K Orville guitars were made between 19, Terada were the only guitar factory making all of the Orville by Gibson and Orville guitars. The Terada G serial number letter basically stood for "Gibson pickups" and the Terada J serial number letter basically stood for "Japanese pickups". Terada used a G or J letter at the start of the serial number and Fuji-Gen used a serial number consisting of only numbers and no letters. The production of the Terada solid body K Orville guitars and most of the Terada solid body G serial Orville by Gibson guitars were ended in 1993 as a result.įuji-Gen and Terada used different serial number formats (Orville by Gibson Terada decal box). After Fuji-Gen were contracted by Yamano Gakki in late 1992, Fuji-Gen were assigned to make most of the Orville by Gibson and Orville solid body guitars and Terada shifted to its more traditional role of mostly making Semi Acoustic guitars. After opening Fuji-Gen Hirooka Inc, Fuji-Gen resumed large scale set-neck guitar production. Fuji-Gen began making Orville by Gibson guitars in late 1992 and also Orville guitars in 1993 after they established Fuji-Gen Hirooka Inc in November 1991.
JAPANESE MADE EPIPHONE SERIAL NUMBERS SERIES
When the Orville by Gibson series began in 1988, Fuji-Gen were concentrating on making Fender Japan bolt-on neck guitars and so the G serial Orville by Gibson and K Orville set-neck guitars were all made by Terada. The Gibson Les Paul Book by Tony Bacon and Paul Day (1993) mentions that both the Orville by Gibson and Orville guitars, including the K Orville guitars (1989-1993) were made in Japan. There were two Japanese guitar factories involved in all of the Orville by Gibson and Orville production and they were Terada (寺田?) and Fuji-Gen (フジゲン?).
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