Products manufactured under the "Orville by Gibson" name were electric guitars and basses.

Production ceased in 1998 due to Gibson and Yamano Gakki deciding to export an expanded Epiphone Japan model range that included solid body and semi acoustic models.

After Gibson and Yamano Gakki ended Orville production in 1998, Gibson and Yamano Gakki produced an expanded Epiphone Japan model range including solid body as well as semi acoustic models.

The Epiphone Japan guitars that were intended for export do not have a Gibson style open book headstock.

The Epiphone Japan open book headstock guitars were produced for the Japanese market only.