by VintAxe » Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:26 am
Hi Charlie.
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When Kawai took over Teisco in 1967, it appears a substantial number of younger workers were either not happy with the new arrangement or redundant and destined to be terminated. These former Teisco employees started their own companies and brands such as First Man and Honey were born.
Honey made amplifiers, guitars and a few stomp boxes. Honey's claim to fame is that they were the first Japanese company to attempt accurate copies of guitars built by other companies. Their most popular guitars were Rickenbacker copies, but they also copied the Gibson 335 and Vox Phantom as well as other models. I think they also had a couple of original guitar designs in their line up. I'm not sure how long the Honey company lasted but I don't think they made it very far into the 1970's.
So, chances are good your guitar is a late 1960's Japanese built guitar of roughly Teisco quality. Value will depend on whether it is an interesting design and condition.