If you decide to save up for a 150, you might be facing the same dilemma when you finally have the money together. The LS370s are a little better than the 150s. And the 470s are better still. The chase could keep going until the only thing that would satisfy you would be an actual '50s Les Paul.

Tokai didn't/doesn't build Orville guitars.

Tokai and FujiGen are not the same company. Tokai's factory is in Hamamatsu, FujiGen's is in Matsumoto.

FujiGen was the original main builder for Fender Japan. (FujiGen has also built guitars under many other brand names like Greco -- they've never built any under the FujiGen name.) A while ago Tokai became the main supplier for Fender Japan, but they've lost that contract and now FujiGen is once again the main Fender Japan builder. (The original contract specified that only FujiGen-built Fenders could have the "Made In Japan" label --the "Crafted In Japan" label is used on Fender Japan models built by Tokai, Dyna, and all other suppliers.

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