lunarpollen, I think so far we have the SMALLEST club on tb, consisting of you and me. I think it's time to update my sig.....
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The OFFICIAL (kinda) HONDO THREAD!!
- Thread starter bluerimedeyes
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Yes, but it's not the quantity that counts, it's the quality! After all, it's a Hondo club! Hahaha
Hmmmm......., sorry for the ressurection, just seeing if there's any more Hondo love out there........
Right on! TB keeps getting better. A year ago I could hardly find any posts about these and other obscure basses I love.
My very first bass was a Hondo Fame Series 830. A precision copy in black. All maple neck, strings through body and a huge brass Kramer bridge. I hear the pickups were schallers.
I sold the bass ions ago (1986) to fund my first and last good amp.
IN recent years, I got really nostagic so I plucked one off of ebay in Sunburst (pic attached). Glad I did. Only now do I apprecaite how great these basses are. The parts alone are worth more than the bass and they play and sound great-- like a P bass should.
My very first bass was a Hondo Fame Series 830. A precision copy in black. All maple neck, strings through body and a huge brass Kramer bridge. I hear the pickups were schallers.
I sold the bass ions ago (1986) to fund my first and last good amp.
IN recent years, I got really nostagic so I plucked one off of ebay in Sunburst (pic attached). Glad I did. Only now do I apprecaite how great these basses are. The parts alone are worth more than the bass and they play and sound great-- like a P bass should.
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Well, here's another picture of my Hondo II. It's considerably more trashed now than it appears in the photo.
Very nice. Nice to see you still have the ashtrays and the thumbrest, I need to get some to put on mine.
Well, rogerbmiller would be #003, Pennydreadful #004, (by merit of posting a second pic of his baby) and maxgrant can take #005. If I missed anyone, or anyone else wants to join, shoot me a pm.
The Hondo II p bass was my very first bass guitar. I bought it back in the mid 80's. Tuquoise blue, black pickguard and maple fretboard. I stripped the ugly paint off the body and wanted to give it a coll "natural" finish. That's when I discovered that laminated bodies suck when done in natural 
I rediscovered the bass at my mother's house down in her basement. Took it home, removed all the bits and pieces and sprayed it in black lacquer. Added a new Fender pickup, a Fender vintage style bridge (the one that was on it was a heavy brass unit that looked quite crappy), and an old vintage Fender bridge ashtray from the parts box (still has the foam mute). I ordered a new wiring harness w/ pots from Butch Ammons over at Bayou Cables. Strung it up w/ some TI jazz flats and voila! A decent playing thump machine.
I've had a lot of basses over the years, I currently have 3 US Laklands, a '84 G&L L-2000, and a Zon Sonus 4.... and the Hondo II. It was very cool to ressurect my old friend
I rediscovered the bass at my mother's house down in her basement. Took it home, removed all the bits and pieces and sprayed it in black lacquer. Added a new Fender pickup, a Fender vintage style bridge (the one that was on it was a heavy brass unit that looked quite crappy), and an old vintage Fender bridge ashtray from the parts box (still has the foam mute). I ordered a new wiring harness w/ pots from Butch Ammons over at Bayou Cables. Strung it up w/ some TI jazz flats and voila! A decent playing thump machine.
I've had a lot of basses over the years, I currently have 3 US Laklands, a '84 G&L L-2000, and a Zon Sonus 4.... and the Hondo II. It was very cool to ressurect my old friend
I learned to play about 20-21 years ago on a late 70s (?) Hondo P short scale. Baseball bat-like neck. Put a series/parallel switch in for some reason one day when I was bored. 
Lent it to a friend, and he moved to Seattle with it. 
It's still technically mine I suppose, and he still had it at his house the last time I was up there visiting. Maybe I warrant partial membership? 
Lent it to a friend, and he moved to Seattle with it. It's still technically mine I suppose, and he still had it at his house the last time I was up there visiting. Maybe I warrant partial membership?
Spiritfield and Atoz, welcome, welcome. Anyone that can appreciate these much-berrated instruments is welcome, in my mind.
Ha ha.... I've seen functioning corkscrews less crooked than most politicians- but that's a topic for a different forum, me thinks. Hmmmm...... sounds like a lot of the hate on these is due to the 'crooked necks' everyone seems to associate with these. Seems to be about fifty-fifty, either you got a recurve or you got a solid, straight neck. Mine's straight as an arrow, after a truss-rod adjustment and some shimming in the neck pocket.
I'm slightly intoxicated right now so I thought that said "krooked like a pelican" at first glance...
C'mon pelican! FLyyy!
I just took my Hondo out of the closet to try out with my new Markbass 15 cab and the neck is perfect. I have used the bass as a club to smash things with during live shows and it is still as sturdy as a rock. It is immortal! It has inside it blood of kings!!!!
sory to jack the thread but I can buy this guitar for 175.00 and no nothing about hondos. Any info on this? value? thanks guys!
My first bass was a Hondo II P (natural w/ black pickguard)-
I paid $149.99 for it in June 1982-
The G tuning peg popped out so i played it as a 3-string for years (people thought I did it on purpose to be like Ian MacKaye from the Teen Idles)-
I used it on my Hardcore Punk Band (Human Sufferage)'s
2nd 12" record("Thank You, Mother Dear") in 1984-
It was stolen out of our practice house shortly thereafter-
The insurance co. gave me $400.00 for it
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I bought a Ruby Ric 4001 with that (THANK YOU CRIMINALS!)-
I paid $149.99 for it in June 1982-
The G tuning peg popped out so i played it as a 3-string for years (people thought I did it on purpose to be like Ian MacKaye from the Teen Idles)-
I used it on my Hardcore Punk Band (Human Sufferage)'s
2nd 12" record("Thank You, Mother Dear") in 1984-
It was stolen out of our practice house shortly thereafter-
The insurance co. gave me $400.00 for it
-I bought a Ruby Ric 4001 with that (THANK YOU CRIMINALS!)-
Local shop, 70 bucks, the neck and nut are terrible as well as the electronics, currently rebuilding the bass.
