Only prob is are you gonna sell me yours or are you gonna buy mine
il tell ya what Il buy yours hehe,but I suppose you would have other ideas
Any way best of luck and crack on with the resty and get that pic posted
all the best
Nick
Statistics: Posted by Tonto — Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:33 pm
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The finish on mine's very thin, not like the half inch of poly you find on most Oriental guitars - wonder if it's nitro?
I'd guess from the similarities that yours is about the same age as mine, maybe a year or so younger because it has DiMarzios. The Hondo II logo changed to a plain "Hondo" with a stylised "H" symbol in the late 70s/early 80s. Yours has the older logo so I'd say it's definitely 70s.
J.
Statistics: Posted by Bassassin — Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:24 pm
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make sure ya whack a pic up when ya finished
all the best
Nick
Statistics: Posted by Tonto — Mon Dec 01, 2008 3:02 pm
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Conveniently this still has its model number sticker - it's an HS740AB - AB is the finish, Antique Brown. It also has an inspection sticker - these are little circular beige/brown things I've seen on lots of Hondos - and other Korean guitars which I assume to be Samicks. This makes me wonder if these nice set-neck Hondos are high-end Korean, not Japanese like we tend to assume.
Certainly there was some nice stuff coming from Cort by the late 70s/early 80s, so there's no reason to assume Samick wasn't capable of the same.
Pickups on my LP are unbranded chrome humbuckers, this makes me think it pre-dates DiMarzios being fitted to Hondos, so I guess mine would be 77-78ish, after the headstock change but before DMs became standard.
Jon.
Statistics: Posted by Bassassin — Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:34 am
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Nick
Statistics: Posted by Tonto — Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:29 am
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but mine is without that decoration on the headstock.
clearly not of the quality used to by hondo, the neckjoint is one of the smoothest i've ever seen.
i suspsect this one was made by matsumoku, or tokai that's where hondo had some quality guitars made.
Statistics: Posted by wietse — Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:03 am
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I appreciate ya help
Nick
Statistics: Posted by Tonto — Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:07 pm
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It is basically a H-1010 body shape, but I don't recall ever seeing a Hondo fully bound like this.
I think it must be from the early 1980's but it doesn't show up in any of my literature.
A mystery for sure, I'll keep an eye out for information.
Statistics: Posted by VintAxe — Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:32 pm
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This is in bits for tidying up it has original made in USA dimarzio super 2 pups
ok I know its a Hondo 11 but I cant find it in any catologue so
What age what model anyone got any ideas ?
http://www.dropshots.com/Tonto#albums/project%20hondo
Thanks
Nick
Statistics: Posted by Tonto — Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:40 am
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