sparquelito Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 I had been keeping my eye on a Hondo Les Paul on Craigslist, and so yesterday I met the seller in Decatur, and crossed his palm with $150 American. She is a 1981 Hondo H737 from the 'Custom Series', and featured a Les Paul appearance, bolt on neck, and single-coil pickups mounted under 'Humbucker-appearing' chrome covers. Dusty, mis-matched volume-tone knobs, missing bottom strap button, and badly in need of a cleaning and restringing. Below is the original dusty Craigslist photo ad, followed by how she looks now with a proper polishing, repairing, restringing, and mounting of new knobs. Fantastic guitar for the money, and she's the exact age of my daughter (nearly 38). :) \:D/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 After hours of work, here she is hanging next to the wall of Gibsons. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 Not a bad guitar for a hundred-fiddy bucks, and she has a really unique sound and feel. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Hondo's are great. I'm sure you'll get plenty of play out of it. I can only see the pic in your OP though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 Hondo's are great. I'm sure you'll get plenty of play out of it. I can only see the pic in your OP though... Okay, the Dropshots was a fail. Let's try Pinterest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcticsg Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Nice! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 I'm beginning to see a pattern here..... :) Hondo were ok....bolt-on? A gal I knew's boyfriend had a Gibson-inspired Hondo J style acoustic...I remember that one, very good guitar. I'm trying to figure out how many you have now.... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 I'm trying to figure out how many you have now.... . Hondo guitars? Just the one. And I really like it thus far. Guitars total (including guitars, basses, a cigar box three string, and a uke) um, sixteen. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx-ogre Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Looks great. Nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darling67 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Awesome find... and equally awesome "refurbishing"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelT Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 My friend had a Hondo II Les Paul copy but it wasn't nearly as nice looking as that one. I think he still has it. Awesome find. It makes me think of my early playing days with those 70's and 80's copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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