Anyone seen one of these

[Tonto]

Hiya

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

[VintAxe]

Interesting Nick.

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.

[Tonto]

Thanks for that mate

I appreciate ya help


Nick

[wietse]

yes seen one before , it's hanging here on the wall.
great guitar. mahogany, set neck and with dimarzio's.
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.

[Tonto]

thats it brilliant, any idea what sort of age, looks really nice,
Thanks for posting the pics
Nick

[wietse]

[Bassassin]

Not the same guitar but I have its cousin in a similar state of restoration:



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.

[Tonto]

Yea thats cool
looks like yours is gonna be another nice old guitar too when youv, completed you resty
make sure ya whack a pic up when ya finished

all the best

Nick

[Bassassin]

Definitely will do. I just need to find a bit of time to do a partial headstock refin - if you look closely at the logo, you can see the clear coat's come away, presumably where a previous owner's had a sticker over the Hondo badge. I just need to blend the edges of that & relacquer it. Not strictly necessary, I suppose but it will look a bit better.

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.

[Tonto]

Yep I think your probs right about ages and stuff
Im sure they would make a nice set of twins when there both finished
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