Hondo II LP kopi

Her kommer en gammel Les Paul Kopi. Den minder rigtig meget om de gamle Ibanez'er fra samme periode. Jeg gætter på at årgangen er omkring 1974. Denne udgave er udstyret med humbuckere med traditionel lyd. Mange af Hondos Les Paul modeller fra dengang havde en slags distortionpickupper. De lød ikke allerhelvedes godt til ren lyd. Halsen er påskruet og derfor lettere at finjustere.
Hovedfaconen er en ren kopi af en Gibson, så Hondoen må være fra før Gibsons retssager mod japanske firmaer, der byggede kopiguitarer.
Hondoen har fået ny stol, hunjack og omskifter - og nye 010 strenge.

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The Hondo guitar company was originally formed in 1969 when Jerry Freed and Tommy Moore of the International Music Corporation (IMC) of Fort Worth, Texas. IMC's intent was to introduce modern manufacturing techniques and American quality standards to the Japanese and Korean guitar manufacturing industry. The Hondo concept was to offer an organized product line and solid entry-level market instruments at a fair market price. In 1972, the first crudely built Hondo electrics were built. However, two years later the product line took a big leap forward in quality under the new Hondo II logo. Hondo also began limited production of guitars in Japan in 1974.

By 1975, Hondo had distributors in 70 countries worldwide. The company made improvements to the finish quality on their products, introduced scalloped bracing on acoustics, and began using a higher quality brand of tuning machines.

Hondo was one of the first overseas guitar builders to feature American-built DiMarzio pickups on the import instruments beginning in 1978. By this year, a number of Hondo II models featured designs based on classic American favorites; these copies were very good instruments and have become highly collectible. In 1979, over 790,000 Hondo instruments were sold worldwide. All guitar production returned to Korea in 1983. At that point, the product line consisted of 485 different models