Changes: H-75

Revision as of 21:15, 26 November 2016

The H-75 was Hondo's budget Strat copy. They were not made by Samick. They can be found with a Baseball inspection sticker, but it's not the same as Samick's. They are surprisingly often claimed to be Japanese but this is practically impossible, since they were a budget model which sold for as little as $149 in a time when even low-end Japanese products were far more expensive than that. They are most likely Indian or Indonesian. The electronics appear to be the same as Korean Hondos.

H-75

~1986-1988
$239.95 MSRP (1988)
$149.95 Est. Street Price

Body:

Contoured solid wood body
Belly carve

Neck:

Bolt-on Maple neck
With or without Rosewood skunk stripe
Rosewood fretboard with dot inlays
Color-matched Eagle Beak headstock
21 frets
25.5" scale

Electronics:

One ceramic humbucker
5-way switch
1 Vol, 2 Tone

Hardware:

Chrome hardware
Three-ply, 8-screw pickguard
6-point, 5-spring vintage-style tremolo

Finishes:

Black (B)
Pearl White (PW)
Red (R)

H-76

Same as H-75 but with three single coil pickups.

$239.95 MSRP (1988)

H-77

Same as H-76 but with humbucker in bridge position.

$249.95 MSRP (1988)

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-The H-75 was [[Hondo]]'s solid wood Strat copy. It's unknown if this model was actually made by Samick. They can be found with a baseball inspection sticker, but it's not exactly the same as Samick's. \ They're often claimed to be Japanese but this is unconfirmed. They may potentially be Indian.
+The H-75 was [[Hondo]]'s budget Strat copy. They were not made by Samick. They can be found with a [[Baseball|Baseball inspection sticker]], but it's not the same as [[Samick]]'s. They are surprisingly often claimed to be Japanese but this is practically impossible, since they were a budget model which sold for as little as $149 in a time when even low-end Japanese products were far more expensive than that. They are most likely Indian or Indonesian. The electronics appear to be the same as Korean Hondos.
+== H-75 ==
-The H-75 has one humbucker, the H-76 has three single coils and the H-77 has two single coils and a humbucker in the bridge position.
+* ~1986-1988
+* $239.95 MSRP (1988)
+* $149.95 Est. Street Price
+'''Body:'''
+* Contoured solid wood body
+* Belly carve
+'''Neck:'''
+* Bolt-on Maple neck
+* With or without Rosewood skunk stripe
+* Rosewood fretboard with dot inlays
+* Color-matched [http://samick.wikia.com/wiki/Headstock_Styles#Eagle_Beak_Headstock Eagle Beak headstock]
+* 21 frets
+* 25.5" scale
+'''Electronics:'''
+* One ceramic humbucker
+* 5-way switch
+* 1 Vol, 2 Tone
+'''Hardware:'''
+* Chrome hardware
+* Three-ply, 8-screw pickguard
+* 6-point, 5-spring vintage-style tremolo
+'''Finishes:'''
+* Black (B)
+* Pearl White (PW)
+* Red (R)
+== H-76 ==
+Same as H-75 but with three single coil pickups.
+* $239.95 MSRP (1988)
+== H-77 ==
+Same as H-76 but with humbucker in bridge position.
+* $249.95 MSRP (1988)