Mark erlewine and manufactured in the 1980s by hondo guitars, these guitars are very. I bought a jazz model which looks and plays like a gibson super 400 in 2000. The pieces have been planed smooth, flat and true so that the surface area of each piece matches the surface area of the adjoining piece. The computeraided design cad files and all associated content posted to this website are created, uploaded, managed and owned by third party users. Unfollow hondo guitar to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Vintage hondo formula 1 series h785 grover 1980s mij. The pickups are tokais own and the switch is a 5 way mitsubishi. The body and neck are mahogany made from the catalog descriptions. Japan had taken over from europe as the primary supplier of budgetlevel guitars during the 1960s. It has three pickups, but because jeff hates singlecoil hum, they are all noiseless ceramic humbuckers presumably stacked. Fwiw, i have a tokai made hondo ii professional series strat in mocha with black appointments, 1 pc maple neck, f style tuners, and bridge plate with 1 piece block and plate.
Nov 19, 20 hello, i have a vintage 1960s domino dawson sunburst electric guitar. The center of balance for the guitar is the guitar body. In late 1983, a wider neck plate with an engraved sunrise logo was introduced. Hair metal and glam rock shredder guitars are for s. If only to use as a template for having a lightweight body built for the neck. Fender literally wrote the book on electric basses, laying the foundation for musical innovation and evolution. The various finishes, wood types, and guitar styles available to guitarists offer a wide range of sounds and music creation experiences. Made with ash, poplar, and paulownia and in many different finishes including sunburst, butterscotch, vintage cream, gloss black, white, mint green, surf green, red and amber. This shortish video looks at neck pocket cracks the scourge of just about all bolt necked guitars bought online. Hondo was an american guitar company and brand owned by imc, and later musicorp, that produced a range of entry level to high end acoustic guitars, electric guitars and basses with designs primarily based on those of classic models such as the fender stratocaster and the gibson les paul. Fender st7280sc yngwie malmsteen stratocaster part 2. If they mention them at all, sellers tend to describe them as superficial. Looking for advice on repairing a cracked strat body at the trem. I got a cracking hondo strat body from a buddy here at st.
May 10, 2011 the fender beck strat has a stratstandard alder body, maple neck 9. Early 80s hondo ii professional doublecut, front, back, headstock, controls. Hondo ii professional series strat style solid body. Fender bullet owners club page 65 telecaster guitar forum.
Its also equally important to ask for the history of the guitar to find out if anything has been replaced, since its so hard to find information on these guitars, youll need help from the owner to find out. Someone fitted a brass nut which helps the sustain and is cool but they slightly nipped the rear of the nut in doing. How rare are mocha brown 7879 strats telecaster guitar. Original gel coat looks like a new boat from 5 awayno engine setup for bbc berkeley 12jg blue printed, double bolted stainless impeller a i think manual place diverter droop snoot 2 18 gal fuel tanks electric fuel tank selector for fuel delivery and returngauges and sending units. Since many guitarists tend to also modify, change, update, rebuild, or simply create their. For your consideration is this awesome 1979 hondo ii les paul custom husk in wine red finish. It is in rather excellent vintage condition, minus the missing tremolo arm bar and is missing not all but 14 of a knob, but knob still works. This shortish video looks at neck pocket cracks the scourge of just about all boltnecked guitars bought online. Erick coleman finds that a 1970s hondo is really well built, but the parts werent roadready. Up for sale is a vintage hondo deluxe series 760 electric guitar. Solid red hondo electric guitar vintage strat style perfect for fathers day.
Music in teaneck, nj, shows us how to patch a hole in an acoustic guitar body. Hondo deluxe 760 1983 vintage strat guitar metallic blue reverb. Selling my vintage samickkorea hss hondo strat, medium jumbo frets, sounds awesome, i really like this classic 80s logo style the pickups sound great and are steel mounted not plastic like on some later models. So imagine with the guitar stringed and tuned to pitch, that we unscrew the neck screws. Frets show a little wear but still plenty of life left. Hondo professional ii tokkai gakki custom strat 1980s vintage. Fixing a cracked guitar tailblock with the scissor jack. I would imagine that this crack came from excessive trem use as an. Hondo korea hss strat vintage electric guitar great sound. New listing hondo strat electric guitar bridge compartment plate original screws set. Discover classic tube tone, digital modeling and more. The sides have a few small nicksdents, and scratches, but no cracks, frets are still in v. Vintage hondo deluxe series 760 strat style electric. List of hollow body semi hollow body electric guitar products from manufacturer hondo.
I recently went through this process with my strat. In the late 70s, some hondo models went into production in japan. Vintage 1970s ovation model 12324 tornado electric storm guitar pre owned guitar finish has slight cracks otherwise in great shape, see pictures for details payment pay with your credit card through paypal. According to the blue book these were made in japan by tokai and were of better quality than most of their product line. Doing this eliminates any voids between the two pieces, and provides the maximum surface area for the glue to adhere. Probably needs a setup, i got it in a trade and havent used it. Japan alder replacement body for stratocaster hosco. The quality from korea was considered subpar, but the prices kept hondo in business. Even where original fender parts are used no fender warranty applies. You may have plywood there, it is a hondo after all. How rare are mocha brown 7879 strats telecaster guitar forum.
Vintage hondo deluxe series 760 strat style electric guitar. Hondo korea hss samick strat vintage electric guitar great. From 1972 to 1989 the guitars were mainly produced in korea by samick, with the shortlived professional. Our replacement bodies are not made or endorsed by fender and as such are not guaranteed to fit genuine fender parts. Hondo stratocaster style electric guitar ohio local pickup. I had a korean hondo ii 80s strat, pickups were awesome, played well. I saw the exact one i have in an old 1967 domino ad, but i am not sure which year or the value of it. This body neck project is in good preowned condition. However, even by the late 60s the success of the japanese was being eroded by their very success and the strength of the yen. Ibanez cm paul stanley cracked mirror w case 2015 electric guitar guitar art, music. Hondo deluxe 760 1983 vintage strat guitar metallic blue. All in state residents within illinois will be charged state and or local sales tax or 8 50% at the time of checkout. Arctic white finish with full body, neck and headstock binding.
A strat body is not just a bunch of pieces of wood that have been glued together. Vintage hondo brand electric hollow body guitar guitar, cool. Hondo stratocaster style electric guitar ml1038031 ebay. Hondo korea hss strat vintage electric guitar great sound and. Gfs guitar necks and bodies for stratocasters and telecasters. Digitech rp90 pedal with box no power supply, can probably find one to test though, definitely works properly. Around 1983, the body started getting deeper contours and more accurately rounded edges, a rosewood skunk stripe was added, and the nut was changed to the proper fender style. More info nothing to sell here warriors body sunburst stratocaster left hand warriors. Shop axn guitars stock of vintage guitars parts by floyd rose, fernandes, burny, greco and matsumoku. This is a body that looks like a standard strat with nice figuring, but as you now know, exceeds the specifications in many ways. Hope you end up with a player extraordinaire when youre dome. Hondo professional ii tokkai gakki custom strat 1980s. Jan 09, 2018 owning a hondo is owning a piece of that history, and not to sound really geeky but i think thats neat. Its a great time to upgrade your home music studio gear with the largest selection at.
If you want to benefit from this improved service, please optin. The neck construction is the same type and quality as other tokai gakki guitars it just has a weird headstock. This site uses cookies to provide and improve your shopping experience. Injected glue and stabilized the worst cracks, then added a neck and did some electronic work. Jul 18, 20 vintage hondo brand electric hollow body guitar. Hondo guitars started in texas in the late 1960s, teaming up with the korean company samick to manufacture guitars to american specifications, at low prices spurred by cheap korean labor. The body has a number of chips and scratches as shown in the photos and the single ply scratchplate has a couple of small cracks at the screw holes. Poly usually doesnt show the surface cracks and checks as badly. There are a number of semihollows and heavily chambered guitars that would get you in the rough ballpark, but the strat body is so small. This iceman copy was made by antares and is not as exact as the hondo.
So, just to make sure i wasnt totally screwed over, i ran down the body numbers, and determined that it was in fact an american body and not a mim. Hondo was founded by freed and tommy moore in 1969 with the intention to open up guitar production in korea, at that time a nonplayer in the guitar game. String swing sideways guitar hangers behind me dava picks. All of our necks which have a trademarked fender headstock shape are fully licensed by fender. List of hollow bodysemi hollow body electric guitar products from manufacturer hondo. Fender guitar amps, combos, heads and cabs have delivered timeless tone for more than 60 years. For sale is a hondo h76 strat style guitar from the 80s korean made in what became the samick factory. This is a cheapy squier strat body that i bought as my first guitar around 10 years ago. Its got grey bobbin pickups and standard strat routing. Gps speedometer 8k tach oil press oil temp water temp boost fuel press exhaust. Their copy guitars were so exacting in detail that gibson sued ibanez. Toller stratocaster body, makellose candy apple red lackierung, vintage korrekte konturen.
With the triple coil pickup and mahogany body the first series of iceman were light weight tone. Couple of cracks on the body right where the neck meets. Vintage univox hollowbody electric guitar e335 clone made in japan. Body features multiply doublebinding like a real lp custom. Guys often ask how this guitar can sound as good as it does well now you have an insiders secret this thing is way past being a strat body, this is the real deal but with all the things you always wanted. The awful 3 point bridge was bowed and had cracks, which is not. Anyways by the time i started playing the electric guitar, the hondo ii name. It has a some stray marks here and there consistent with its age. As expected this is a laminate body guitar interesting in that it means that the neck pocket cracks really are for once only in the lacquer as the. The body is the same as a springy soundgold star body. Calling hondo professional h1015 owners bass guitars basschat. This is a hondo ii professional strat but it was made by tokai gakki because hondo did not build guitars they just branded and exported them. Fender bullet owners club discussion in guitar owners clubs started by jays0n, jun 18, 2009. Sometime in the life of an aria strat i have, i must have broken the neck pocket, the wood that is supporting the short edge of the neck heel and where the tensionforces of the strings are applied mostly if we subtract the effect of the neck heel screws.
Used normal wear, hondo h77 this is a seriously awesome strat copy. Proper proportions are vital for headstock and neck weight. Iceman production numbers 1978 to 1982 paul stanley models cracked. The body has some scuffs, scratches and some small dings. Hello guys, im looking for advices from those of you whove had experiences with cracked bodies, or have knowledge in guitar fixing. Youll want to check for cracks, bowing, headstock breaks. But per becks preferences, the neck is fat and the nut is a roller nut.
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