The serial number is HD990AB and the guitar was made in Korea. In 1979 Hondo offered Asian-made licensed-versions (not copies…) of the respected SD Curlee instruments. Vintage Hondo II Les Paul junior copy Vintage guitar in good working order showing signs. The Hondo 781 EXP, a lurid instrument sure to inspire fist-pumping. We see copies of: Gibson’s THE PAUL, the Fender Lead II, an early Fender Telecaster, an EVH-style strat, as well as some generic-looking but original instruments. The Hondo Longhorns circa 1981 updated versions of the circa 1960 Danelectro instruments.
Was is supposed to invoke Honda, then known to Americans as a leading manufacturer of motorcycles? Here’s a look back at the company’s big push into the US market in the 1970s. Anyways… by the time I started playing the electric guitar, the Hondo II name was already retired and they were simply branded ‘Samicks.’ Not sure what was up with the awkward name Hondo.
Samick is among the world’s largest manufacturers of musical instruments, with much modern production of guitars taking place in Indonesia.
According to wikipedia, Hondos were built in Japan between 19. Marketed as ideal beginner-instruments, Hondo II was the US brand name for certain guitars built by the Korean Samick corporation.
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