The Orville Collection
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Orville H. Gibson (August 21, 1856, Chateaugay, New York - August 21, 1918, Ogdensburg, New York) was a luthier who founded the Gibson Guitar Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1896, makers of guitars, mandolins and other instruments. The Orville Collection was designed in cooperation with USA and inspired by the 1894 Gibson Orville guitar. "Given the ties between Epiphone & Gibson, it was not long before Epiphone designers discovered some original designs which had been previously unavailable for nearly a century. The Epiphone Orville series brings back these designs which include the classic peghead shape and the "star & crescent" inlay of an original 1894 Orville Gibson guitar". - Epiphone 1991 |
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Models
EO-1
- 1991-1992
Body:
- Laminated spruce top
- Select mahogany sides
- Arched mahogany back
- Hand-Trimmed Epi-X bracing
Neck:
- Set mahogany neck with Slim-Taper profile
- Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays
- Rounded Orville Gibson headstock with gold Star & Crescent logo
- 21 frets
- 25" scale
- 1.68" nut width
Binding:
- 5-plybody
- 1-ply neck & headstock
- 9-ply single-ring rosette
Electronics:
- Piezo Pickup
- Epiphonic-V Active Parametric Equalizer & Pre-Amp
- Low-Z & Hi-Z outputs
Hardware:
- Chrome hardware
- Die-Cast tuners
- Compensated saddle
Colors:
- Natural (NA)
- Vintage Sunburst (VS)
EO-2
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| Epiphone EO-2 Butterfly Inlay
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Epiphone EO-2
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- 1991-1992
Body:
- Venetian single-cutaway design
- Arched walnut top & back
- Walnut sides
- Hand-Trimmed Epi-X bracing
- Original 1894 Orville Gibson Butterfly Pattern on body
Neck:
- Set mahogany neck with Slim-Taper profile
- Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays
- Rounded Orville Gibson headstock with Star & Crescent logo
- 21 frets
- 25" scale
- 1.68" nut width
Binding:
- 5-ply bidy
- 1-ply neck & headstock
- 4-ply single-ring soundhole
Electronics:
- Piezo Pickup
- Epiphonic-V Active Parametric Equalizer & Pre-Amp
Hardware:
- Gold hardware
- Die-Cast tuners
- Compensated saddle
Colors:
- Antique Sunburst
- Ebony
PR-775S/SE/12/12E Orville
- 1990-1991
- 6 and 12-string configurations
- Acoustic/Electric version (SE & 12E)
Body:
- Square-shoulder dreadnought body style
- Solid spruce top (775-S)
- Laminated spruce top (775-12)
- Rosewood back & sides
- Hand scalloped Epi-X bracing
Neck:
- Set mahogany neck with SlimTaper profile
- Clipped-ear headstock with rosewood veneer
- Gold Orville crescent & star inlay on headstock
- Rosewood fingerboard with abalone & pearl V-block inlays
- 20 medium-jumbo frets
- 25" scale
- 1.68" (6-String)
- 1.875" (12-String)
Binding:
- 7-ply body biding with abalone accents
- Single-ply neck & headstock binding
- Multi-ply 3-ring Abalone accented rosette
- Inlaid marquetry back stripes
Hardware:
- Gold hardware
- Rosewood bridge with uncompensated plastic saddle
- White bridge pins with black dots
- Tortoise shell or black teardrop pickguard
- Stamped tuners
Colors:
- Natural (NA)
See Also:
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