I was hoping to find some kind of markings to help identify a manufacturer, but there were none except this on the selector:
Does this style switch look familiar to anyone? Japanese? Korean?
Statistics: Posted by park — Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:50 pm
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I just picked up a Hondo HR Fusion on ebay. It came by UPS yesterday. Wow, what a great guitar. Way better than I expected. Heavy for an archtop. It was pretty dirty, but cleaned up nicely. There's no serial number or other marks on mine. Did anyone find any other info on these?
Here's mine:
Statistics: Posted by park — Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:52 pm
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A 748TT is pictured in the 1985 Hondo catalog I have uploaded in the Catalog Section of this site. TT is a finish designation but I'm not sure what it stands for (2 tone?). It appears to be a decent copy with Grover tuners and a set neck. sb
Statistics: Posted by VintAxe — Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:40 pm
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I'm wondering if these Howard Roberts models could be Tokai made? Have you heard anything about this?-Dewey
Statistics: Posted by diland — Tue Oct 31, 2006 6:43 pm
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As far as I can tell the chrome PAF style pickups are stock on these. I did not see any brand or model listed when I removed the screws and lifted them out. I read that some models of the formula series had dimarzio's.
Mine sound great for the stock "who knows" pickups that were installed....
I did notice that the tone pot located closer to the tailpiece seemed to sit lower to the top than all the other pots. Upon further investigation, I realized the underside of the top must not have had enough material removed in that area when the pots were initally installed.
Other than that I think its a pretty good guitar as things go.
Statistics: Posted by thepsmith — Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:04 pm
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I was wondering whether or not my pickups were original. Would appreciate any pic that you would like to share and your impressions of the guitar. I'll try to get my pics up to share as well.
Statistics: Posted by diland — Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:51 am
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Thanks for the correction,
sb
Statistics: Posted by VintAxe — Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:09 pm
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Gibson did not introduce the Howard Roberts Fusion until late 1979
So that would imply that Hondo and the Seville brand that has an HR Fusion copy as well, (both brands parent company is rumored to be Ibanez) most likely did not produce their clones until the early eighties.
Most of the Hondo's of this copy I have seen have all been in the Cherry finish. The one Seville SEVHR1 I have seen was a bizzarre (ugly) cherry like burst. (jc's guitars)
Please let me know if you find more definitive info on the actual model and mfg dates.
regards,
Patrick
Statistics: Posted by thepsmith — Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:49 am
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Just wanted to let you know I've been looking around for information on your Howard Roberts Fusion but I haven't found anything on the Hondo model yet. It looks like in the late 70's there were several Japanese companies copying this model including Ibanez and Electra. Given that I have a reasonable collection of 80's Hondo literature in which the HR does not appear, I'm inclined to believe that your guitar was probably produced in the late 70's as well. Does the guitar look 70's or is it something more recent? I'll post if I turn up more definitive information. sb
Statistics: Posted by VintAxe — Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:38 am
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