Guitar Man Joe brought us another funky classic—a tobacco sunburst Hondo II Les Paul copy. Joe even has the original sales receipt for this guitar, bought for $120 in June 1980 at Sam Ash in Paramus, NJ!
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The Hondo II reborn, repaired, and ready to rock!
Home Repairs Gone Bad
These instruments are praised for the quality of their construction, with a lineage that goes back to the famed Matsumoku factory in Japan and the Samick-run factory in Korea. Joe’s Hondo II is a beefy beauty; she weighs in at 8.5 lbs but feels heavier. She came to us in rough shape—a broken input jack, a bowed neck, and a backwards bridge pickup, pickup rings, and tune-a-matic bridge.
Rock Ready
Cleaned-up and repaired—including installing a chrome pick-up cover and a black selector switch tip—the Hondo II was back in action. This almost 40-year-old instrument plays and sounds great, delivering a vintage Gibson tone, with classic clarity and crunch courtesy of the DiMarzio bridge pick-up.
Check out Guitar Man Joe’s Hondo II on the tracks below!
- Joe’s Hondo II was in wonky shape, with a dead input jack, an upside-down pickup, and backwards bridge.
- Hondo II — it ain’t a Gibson, but it’s still pretty good!
- Many Hondo II guitars came standard with DiMarzio pickups, but this one looks like it was added sometime in the ’80s.
- The Hondo II reborn, repaired, and ready to rock!
- The sticker says Made In Korea, sometime in 1979. (This guitar was originally sold in June of 1980.)
- This cool tobacco sunburst finish makes we want to smoke a cigarette!