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1. #HONDO ELECTRIC GUITAR SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBERS#
2. #HONDO ELECTRIC GUITAR SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBER#

Because allot of it can be confusing I'll spell out as many model/serial types as I can remember tonight in a fully inconcise and dribble filled rant.

#HONDO ELECTRIC GUITAR SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBERS#

On typical Ibanez serial numbers the first 2 digits will indicate year, or the first digit will indicate the last digit of the year, but there are also some that indicate no year at all. Some models will never be found in the catalogs, that's just the way it is. If you're trying to figure out what model something is from the serial number, figure out what year it is then go to the catalog library for the corresponding year to find the model. There is no master list to correlate to a model number, these are consecutive serialized numbers only.

#HONDO ELECTRIC GUITAR SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBER#

HOME NAMM FEEDBACK TESTIMONIALSCONTACTEMAILĪn Ibanez serial number can tell you two things, year of manufacture and factory of manufacture. NEWUSEDPARTS ORDERINGPAYMENTSHIPPINGWARRANTYRETURNS Player instruments which replaced Hondo in 2005.Here’s a list of producers with the code: 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 additional models added to the line were produced in China and Taiwan. Freed began distribution of a new line of Hondo guitars. 1969" tagline was added to the Hondo logo at this time). However, Jerry Freed started the Jerry Freed International Company in 1989, and acquired the rights to the Hondo trademark in 1991 (the "Est. The Hondo trademark went into mothballs around 1987. 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. All guitar production returned to Korea in 1983. In 1979, over 790,000 Hondo instruments were sold worldwide. The Gibson L5 copy, nicknamed FatBoy, was the top of the line, a superb instrument with very good woods and excellent sound. 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. 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. Hondo acoustic guitars were particularly noted for having a sweet tone.īy 1975, Hondo had distributors in 70 countries worldwide, and had expanded to producing stringed instruments at the time. Hondo also began limited production of guitars in Japan in 1974. However, two years later the product line took a big leap forward in quality under the new Hondo II logo. In 1972, the first crudely built Hondo electrics were built. The original Korean products were classical and steel-string acoustic guitars. The Hondo concept was to offer an organized product line and solid entry-level market instruments at a fair market price. IMC's intent was to introduce modern manufacturing techniques and American quality standards to the Japanese and Korean guitar manufacturing industry. 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, combined with the recently formed Samick Company.