The OFFICIAL (kinda) HONDO THREAD!!

[southpaw420]

Just picked this one up last week off ebay. Was really just looking for a cheap old beater to mess around with. I was honestly expecting a beat up, old, piece of crap bass but this thing is a sweet player! The neck is really comfortable and it gets a really nice P bass tone. Been playing it non stop since it arrived and I am truly enjoying it. It even feels better than the Fender American standard P I played at guitar center. Im sure it was because it was set up like crap. Anyway here are some bad pics.

 

[omie]

Beauty.

 

[bluerimedeyes]

Wow, so to semi-necro post as a zombie, (it's been over a year since I last logged in!)
I have to say that I am amazed that this thread is still going! Glad to see that people are still enjoying these basses! I kinda let my playing fall by the wayside, put my hobby time into my vintage computer collection instead.
So perhaps after this current afghan trip, I will dust off the Genz and my pile of basses, and start making my fingers bleed once more.
Anyway, just wanted to say,
Keep up the Hondo love!

 

[iriegnome]

I have owned my Hondo for almost 30 years. It will never not be a part of my playing self. Why would I not keep up the love. It is engrained in my soul

 

[experimental bassist]

Practiced on my good ole' Hondo (H1000) acoustic again just tonight. It's usually never more than an arms length from me.

 

[mc_muench]

My hondo Ric copy

It used to say Hondo II...

 

[txthrashking]

I LOVE MY HONDO

 

[bonz - darrell]

Ok. I've read all 15 pages, and no one has a hondo like mine -- so here it is:
A Hondo Alien short scale. These were a clone of the Kramer 'the Duke' basses. It's an aluminum neck with no truss rod. It sounds a bit 'thin' so I'm considering pickup options -- not a simple process, since the pickup seems to be a doubled up jazz pickup.
Anyhow, is some one still handing out numbers to the cult? If so, I would like one!

darrell

 

[steviesunshine]

I've recently picked up a black Hondo II Professional bass, the body with the double cutaway devil horns and one P-bass style pickup that is cream colored. Any ideas of what type of pickup this is? I'll see if I can get a picture up sometime soon.

Love this club.

 

[mc_muench]

How about some action shots with my Ric copy

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[vavlada]

I have a Hondo P-bass, similar to the one in sunburst from a page or two back. I'll be posting pics so i can officially join the proud owner's club, but for now -
i would really be grateful if someone told me the neck radius on basses like this one... I have a nut issue (its old, misaligned, and pretty worn out), so i would like to change it, but i have no idea about the radius of the neck, and thus have no idea which nut would fit ...

Thanks in advance for any helpful info

 

[Boompow]

Bam! Loved this bass for over 15 years now, I'll never get rid of it.

 

[hoerni]

Bam! Loved this bass for over 15 years now, I'll never get rid of it. View attachment 318334

Anybody know what this model is called? I just picked up one of these recently and am looking for more info. Most pics I can find online are for the single P-pickup version, but I like the dual pups (Dimarzios I hear, but haven't checked mine)

 

[Boompow]

Anybody know what this model is called? I just picked up one of these recently and am looking for more info. Most pics I can find online are for the single P-pickup version, but I like the dual pups (Dimarzios I hear, but haven't checked mine)

I would really like to know as well. I painted my pup covers then later swapped the bridge for emgs. The emgs alone a real weak, good for quiet parts. The d' Marzio is real punchy and hot. Together really smooth. It's a heavy bass so the sustain kills anybody especially with the XL chrome flatwounds I'm running but no fret noise. Sick ass butter but heavy. P style neck. I think of it as a kind of 83 fender elite II with a double cut away LP style.

 

[Boompow]

My headstock is almost identical to the earlier post ( hondoII PROFESSIONAL) except it matches my body. I tried to post both but 2 same photos posted?

 

[Boompow]

Oh btw all the low end is in the neck position.

 

[props]

Here's another Hondo pic...

 

[bonz - darrell]

Hey props, what year is that hondo? I recently sold a 1981 Vantage with the exact body shape, pickup, knobs and bridge. Different headstock shape and tuners... Enough resemblance that I wonder if they both came out of the same factory (matsumoko).

 

[props]

Don't know for sure the year, but it was really close to 1980, and yes, the Hondo "Professionals" came out of the Matsumoku Factory. That's pretty cool! Was it a 33 inch scale too?

 

[bonz - darrell]

It was a standard long scale (i can't remember, 32? 33?). My only compaint about it was the ergonomics -- insane weight and the crazy amount of neck dive. It sounded pretty good, great sustain, a little weak sounding on the d string right around the 7th or 8th fret (nothing that anyone else noticed). Nice slim, fast neck.
Like most basses I've sold, I regret selling it...