*** SOLD *** Hondo II Les Paul 'Black Beauty' £100 LONDON

[Happy Jack]

This is a guitar that's been around the block a few times. I sometimes think it could have left the house in 1982 saying it was popping out to get some fags and came back ten years later.

This is the real thing, a genuine Korean-made Hondo ... none of yer cheap Japanese imitations here.

It's as heavy as a Les Paul should be (must be all the 3-ply mahogany) but definitely weighs less than lead.

After such a long and busy life, it is inevitably no longer all-original. Those speed knobs look suspect, and the selector switch tip was probably not that colour when it left the factory.

I believe that the law states than these markings must be described as 'battle scars'. This is at roughly the same level as talking about 'chops' and 'the woodshed' but hey, whatever floats your boat.

There is always the possibility that this is actually a genuine Gibson that has been cleverly tricked out to look like a Korean copy. Only you can be the judge of that.

Did I mention that the guitar was less than entirely all-original? 

Still & all, it's a cheap guitar that still works, and that sounds surprisingly like the real thing. It's not pretending to be something it ain't, and it will do a job for you. The person who has played it most over the last eight years is @MacDaddy and I imagine that he'll be prepared to offer an impartial view if you PM him.

The guitar is in Harrow (NW London) and I'm happy to meet by car or tube (within reason) to hand over. I can post if you insist, but there is NO gigbag so the guitar will be basically covered with bubblewrap.

 

Edited February 23, 2020 by Happy Jack

[prowla]

Bad case of woodworm on the headstock there!

[adamg67]

I love these old Les Paul copies, if I saw a cream Ibanez proper lawsuit era I'd buy it just because that was my first guitar. Not after one of these as I've got a 1982 Washburn Wing in the corner (plywood body, classy) already, but it deserves a home. I know everyone reckons modern Harley Benton type stuff is great for the money but one of these with a decent neck has a lot more Mojo.