The very first known model was a re-branded Hondo HLP called the V-100, most likely sold around 1978.īy 1979, Vantage guitars were mostly unique designs made exclusively by Matsumoku in Japan. MTI was formerly known as Unicord, Inc., which created the Univox and Westbury brands. Vantage was a brand started by Music Technologies, Inc. This lead to the creation of the Wide Tune-O-Matic in 1981, however, the original design was also revised with a more durable metal and continued in use. Note: The stock bridge on these models commonly failed, caving in at the center due to insufficiently durable metal. Valuation Reports for Used Hondo Guitars. Tokai did not build guitars in Korea until around 2000 but there is almost solid proof below that the Revival H935 was made in Korea in the Fame H935 section. Around late 1979, the headstock was redesigned to avoid lawsuits following the famous Gibson/Ibanez lawsuit. However, having referenced all Hondo Revival H935 serial numbers I can find with the information at the Tokai Registry, every number matches. After 1974, all HLPs were made in Korea by Samick.
However, they are very rare and noticeably different from the typical HLP. For the first two years, they were made by Hoshino Gakki (Ibanez) in Japan.
The HLP was Hondo’s first Les Paul copy, Introduced in 1973. Additionally, certain brands reuse the same serial number every ten years. Note: ALL Hondos from 1972-1989 (unless otherwise specified) are made in Korea by Samick. The coding methods of each brand have undergone frequent changes, leading to some brands having overlapping serial numbers with different coding methods. The new company introduced modern American and Japanese production methods to the Korean market, while taking advantage of the low-wage level in Korea to offer inexpensive, entry-level guitars. In 1979 Hondo offered Asian-made licensed-versions (not copies…) of the respected SD Curlee instruments.The Hondo brand was created through a joint-venture between Samick and Texas-based IMC (International Music Corporation). 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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