scottosan
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Gibson did a run from 1988 to 1998 of guitars in Japan under the name of Orville, the the actual Les Paul on the headstock. Neck is .86 to .99 and long tenon.
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guitup too
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Comgrats! Beautiful top and finish.
War_in_D
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What a top!! Very nice, congrats!!
alund
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Love the Orville’s
JackBootedThug
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That’s a nice top 
ZEEGLER
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That top is stunning!
Dave L
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Lots of figure there, for sure, but I have to wonder if it´s a foto flame. They did some of those, not at all uncommon at the time, but it could just as well be a pretty veneer too.
scottosan
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They’re definitely not a real flame maple top. It’s a plain maple cap though. Either veneer or photo
cardinal
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Orvilles were veneers except for a very few Yamano orders with solid tops.
JackBootedThug
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Man I just found a killer deal locally on an aria pro ii from the 80’s….WANT….
Dave L
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The Arias are way cool, one of these days I´ll pick up one of those PE models with a Kahler like Neal Schon used.
scottosan
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Mine is a 79. It weighs over 10lbs. I have an Aldrich in the bridge and it’s just a killer guitar for the money
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VonBonfire
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Sweet axe. You made it almost a whole month without buying a guitar! Seeing as how you live in Japan that is truly remarkable. What I wouldn't give to go browse them guitar shops in Tokyo just once with a pocket full of dough.
JackBootedThug
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This one has a set of thornbuckers … it’s the Ls500d or IS….
scottosan
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Fortune careful of the year. Some have plywood top that’s hollow
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