Hondo superstrat identification help.

[Hondo Boy]

Hi 2 all!
I need help of Hondo experts.
I would like to get info about the manufacturer of this particular guitar.
Also I will appreciate if you can tell me how distinguish a ‘Hondo’ guitar that made in Japan from Korean or Chinese ones.
I hope you can help me, cause it's very important for me.
Thanx!

[VintAxe]

Hi Hondo Boy.

Based on the style of the Hondo logo, your guitar appears to be from the early 1990's. Your guitar does not appear in my 1992 Hondo catalog. It was likely built after 1992 but I am not sure about that. In 1993 new Hondo models were built in China and Taiwan. It is likely your guitar is one of these instruments but again I can not be sure. I am not very familiar with 1990's Hondo guitars so I do not know how to distinguish the Korean models from the Chinese models.

Nate at DeMont Guitars has a special interest in Hondo instruments and may have more insight into identifying them:


Nate has started a website devoted to Hondo guitars, but it is still under construction.

[Hondo Boy]

Thank you!