An incredible meeting, hyper-typed and clean way. Original DiMarzio (a bridge humbucker, a humbucker neck). Hehe!īolt typical guitars of the 50s a real highway. The Hondo II Fatboy L-5 is also cited as the reference model. The Hondo factories were born in Korea in 1969 and then left for Japan in 1974 and will remain there until 1983, during which the plants back to Korea, where they were born: Clearly, this Japanese period represents the age of Gold Hondo, with beautifully crafted guitars, equipped with micro DiMarizo. Player instruments which replaced Hondo in 2005.This is my model of a Hondo II FatBoy L-5 1981 (and not all short Hondo): in other words, it belongs to the second generation of the production of the brand, and is therefore Japanese. Hondo celebrated their 25th year of manufacturing electric guitars in 1997. The Hondo product line was revamped for improved quality while maintaining student-friendly prices. The Hondo Guitar Company was purchased by the MBT International (now Musicorp) in 1995. In 1993, the revamped company was relocated to Stuart, Florida. Freed began distribution of a new line of Hondo guitars produced in India, China and Taiwan. However, Jerry Freed started the Jerry Freed International Company in 1989, and acquired the rights to the Hondo trademark in 1991. The Hondo trademark went into mothballs around 1989. In 1985, IMC acquired major interest in the Charvel/ Jackson Company, and began dedicating more time and interest in the higher end guitar market. At that point, the product line consisted of 485 different models.
These models were sold until 1983, alongside the Korean lineup (which became the Deluxe Series in 1981). In 1980, the Professional Series was introduced, featuring higher-end Japanese-made models, produced by Tokai and Matsumoku (Only the Professional Series models were made in Japan, all other Hondos were made in Korea). In 1979, over 790,000 Hondo instruments were sold worldwide. By this year, a number of Hondo II models featured designs based on classic American favorites. Hondo was one of the first overseas guitar builders to feature American-built DiMarzio pickups on the import instruments beginning in 1978. The company also made improvements to the finish quality on their products, introduced scalloped bracing on acoustics, and began using a higher quality brand of tuning machines.
In 1976, over 22,000 of the Bi-Centennial banjos were sold. By 1975, Hondo had distributors in 70 countries worldwide, and had expanded to producing stringed instruments at the time.
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