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The H-75 was Hondo's budget Strat copy. They were most likely not made by Samick. They can be found with a Baseball inspection sticker, but it's not the same as Samick's. They are very, very often claimed to be Japanese but this is practically impossible, since they were a budget model which sold for as little as $64.95 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)
  • $64.95 Retail (1988, Christmas Sale)

Body:

  • Contoured solid wood body
  • Belly carve

Neck:

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

Electronics:

  • One high-output 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)
  • $74.95 Retail (1988, Christmas Sale)

H-77

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

  • $249.95 MSRP (1988)
  • $74.95 Retail (1988, Christmas Sale)
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