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Save money on Used Hondo Electric Guitars at Guitar Center. All pre-owned items are rated and scored. Buy online or at your local store today!Marketed as ideal beginner-instruments, Hondo II was the US brand name for certain guitars built by the Korean Samick corporation. According to wikipedia, Hondos were built in Japan between 1974 and 1983. Samick is among the world's largest manufacturers of musical instruments, with much modern production of guitars taking place in Indonesia.Custom Guitars Guitar Packages Electric Guitars 10 String Guitars Electric 12 String 6 String Guitars 7 String Guitars 8 String Guitars 9 String Guitars Baritone Guitars Fanned Fret Guitars Electric Guitars, Left Handed Hollow & Semi Hollow Guitars Home View CartVintage Hondo Electric Guitar No Strings Stratocaster? C $250.99. Top Rated Seller Top Rated Seller. or Best Offer. From United States. S p F o n s o 5 6 E r e 9 d 7 R T F H 8. Used HONDO M16 Electric guitar w Dedicated soft case camouflage design Japan. Pre-Owned. C $1,248.05. From Japan. Buy It Now. Free shipping.1983 Hondo Paul Dean II Electric Guitar (Hondo PD-2) So, Jerry and Tommy went to Korea and hooked up with a small guitarmaker there that would become, I'm pretty sure, Samick. Japanese engineers from Tokai were brought in to help improve the operation and the Hondo brand was born. Named for the John Wayne western (and late '60s TV show).

Hondo II guitars circa 1980 - Preservation Sound

Hondo Guitars were originally made by a joint venture of the International Music Company and Akai. The idea was thought up by Jerry Freed and Tommy Moore.Reverb is a marketplace bringing together a wide-spanning community to buy, sell, and discuss all things music gear.Hondo was owned and distributed by IMC (International Music Company) in Fort Worth. The guitars were actually made by Samick. IMC distributed Akai and Studio Master, and they owned Hondo, Rhythm Band, Charvel, Ross, Jackson, and Black Diamond. I worked there as Director of Electronics from 1987 to 1988.The Hondo brand was created through a joint-venture between Samick and Texas-based IMC (International Music Corporation). The new company introduced modern American and Japanese production methods to the Korean market, while taking advantage of the low-wage level in Korea to offer inexpensive, entry-level guitars. (For more, see: Hondo's History)

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This listing is for a 1980's Hondo H1 Electric Guitar.This is a pre-owned electric guitar. The guitar shows some signs of light player wear with several small chipped spots as pictured and is in good overall cosmetic condition. The truss rod cover, back plate and electronics cover are covered wit...Vintage hondo ll electric guitar. $450.00. $125.04 shipping. or Best Offer. Vintage 1970's Hondo II P-Bass Lefty~ Easy Project Restoration!!! $299.99. 0 bids. $59.99 shipping. Ending Mar 29 at 9:18PM PDT 4d 20h. or Best Offer. Hondo II / Fatboy HL5 / 1979 / Sunburst / Guitar with Case. $1,200.00.Look at the back of the electric guitar at the neck joint. Hondos with bolt-on necks had joint plates decorated with a big H on them. In time, that part may be replaced, so you may not see an H, but it was on the originals. Look in the sound hole of a Hondo acoustic guitar.In 1985 Hondo decided they wanted to compete with the big guitar brands and created a line of high-end guitars they called the Fame series. These were only made for about 2 years. At the top was the Fame 7603 Super Strat. These were made by either by Tokai or the Matsumoku factory in Japan.Hondo is currently a company that produces entry-level electric guitars and basses, usually based on the designs of more expensive models such as the Fender Stratocaster and the Gibson Les Paul. Between 1974 and 1983 Hondo produced guitars in Japan. These models are good quality and very collectible instruments, similar to contemporary Ibanez

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