MIJ fans...here you go !

vic

Interesting site.
From Tokai to Burny to Orville to..... ?

http://www.guitarsjapan.com/

singemonkey

Yeah. This is a nice gallery. I've had a look through it before. But the prices are a little ???

BluJu

Some very cool guitars and really wacky prices.
Totally got an AR3000 like mine on there.
Didn't think it was worth $2180.

singemonkey

Couple of interesting facts for newcomers that you can see examples of in this gallery:

Orville by Gibson are the predecessors to Epiphone Japan (which is itself largely discontinued). These guitars, made in some of the great guitar making factories of Japan such as Fujigen and Terada fall into a similar place as MIJ Fenders relative to their parent company. But even more so than with Fenders, the Japanese production maintained vintage features (long neck tenons, solid-backs) while the US models are quite different from vintage. The key difference compared to Custom shop Gibson reissues was a tendency to use veneers for flame-tops (the later Orvilles - still Gibson endorsed but not branded Orville by Gibson - even sometimes came with foto-flames), and that very few had nitro finishes.

Navigators are ESP's largely hand-made replicas of vintage Gibsons and Fenders. These are without a doubt among the best production versions of these guitars in the world. Their only rivals for attention to detail and choice materials are The Gibson Custom Shop, and the very top-of-the line limited model Tokais.