tribi9 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:29 am
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I've been looking at a few different ones. A Greco EG-800, a Burny and an Orville..
But im also looking at some Thunderbirds, pretty much the same brands as above. So, im at that undecided stage where I don't know, which one im going to go for.. The bass or the guitar.
One of the reasons I ask is I was kind of considering one of those Orville Les Pauls and wondering if I would be happy with an Orville Thunderbird recently.
I learned that the hierarchy of Orvilles is that "Orville By Gibson" is the best, then the ones with stamped serial numbers, then the ones with just stickers there.
I learned that here.
Regarding the Orville Thunderbirds, I looked into those also, and they are probably pretty different from the modern Gibson ones like I ended up buying. I'm pretty sure that they both have the same nine-ply neck through construction, although verify that, because I had read somewhere that Orvilles might be glued in neck. But I don't tend to believe that.
However, it looks to me like the Orvilles have Alnico pickups instead of the modern ceramic kinds that Gibson uses now.
I got my Gibson Thunderbird for about $1200, though, which isn't that different from where an Orville lives. And so I decided that considering I had no idea if I would want to keep it or not, I thought that it is always easier to sell a Gibson than an Orville.
Hope some of this helps... I just happened to be on an Orville thing recently.
A quick look at Greco and Burny Firebirds shows that neither are neck through construction, so they are just Firebird shaped objects to me.
I thought some of the Orville Les Pauls looked pretty sharp. I was wondering if it would be a good way to get into the Custom level, mainly I like those "fretless wonder" necks that Customs (and some Deluxes) have and wanted to know if the Orvilles also had that.
I'm never a huge fan of the "lawsuit" Japanese guitars like a lot of folks here are, but I can imagine that one would do better with a lawsuit Les Paul type guitar rather than a lawsuit Firebird, Les Pauls are cheaper to make and far more popular than Firebirds are, so your money would probably go further with one of those.
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