Mats Hondo double cut 6er

Excuse the shaky phone pix, it's bloody windy out there.

picked this up for a decent price yesterday, tuners were shot, the tone pot snapped off and a missing ferrule.
new tuners, new pot and a quick clean and job's a goodun!
was expecting the pups to be Dimarzio's, but turns out to be a kickass pair of MMk45's!
Full size pots and a coil cut switch, shaking the bloody windows!
also some 3rd party Norse Runes to add some magic!









Love it!

incidentally I'm looking for a scan of the 1980/81 hondo pro guitar catalogue if anyone knows of it's whereabouts?
I'm mainly just looking for a name/number for my Hondo's

I reckon it's the H1010. The HD 1010 has the DiMarzio's.
 
The catalogue is on the VintAxe website but you need to pay a sub to see the catalogues etc

Yeah it's the H1010, and you rightly pointed out the D stands for DiMarzio...as far as popular opinion suggests.
Still would like to see the catalogue, I've a couple other Hondo's I'd like to name..
and I'm too much of a skinflint to pay an online subscription to Vintaxe to use it once, maybe twice!


as Barry would say...."cheap bastid!"

I paid my subscription about 6 months ago and I've used it loads (handy when browsing ebay). I think it may have only been meant to last a month, but I've certainly go my money's worth!
Not sure what it cost - a fiver or so maybe. I think it's been money well spent.

Good score Sarge, I like it!

Very reminiscent of my Vantage VS600 (also MMK45's):

You can see the Mats influence eh?

Yeah Barry, very much so!

it's the baby brother to this'un

Yep they do sound very good..   Hondo 6er that is.


Heavy?

4.5kg, I have heavier but this seems very heavy for it's size but I guess thats mahogany for ya.

Again these mmk's sound different to almost all the others I've had or have, not better or worse really...just different.

a couple of the slotted pole pieces on the pups have no bite, the slugs are fine, just the bobbins have no thread, any suggestions to remedy this?  tin foil?

Sarge

I had one of these, and like yours it had MMK 45's. I bumped it for two reason. 

Firstly it was too damn heavy, and secondly its neck/body orientation was like a Gibson SG and in the sitting position it felt like your left hand was in an other country when you played open chords.

Well made guitar and loads of bang for bucks.

Hoax

Sgt. Vimes wrote:

a couple of the slotted pole pieces on the pups have no bite, the slugs are fine, just the bobbins have no thread, any suggestions to remedy this?  tin foil?

PTFE tape

Brilliant idea!
what would I do without you?

You'd use tin foil.... 

Westbone wrote:...PTFE tape

Won't that act as an insulator?

Not to a magnet.
No more so than plastic covers.

Right.  

Whats your Vantage like Barry weight wise?

I don't have a scale, but it's surprisingly heavier than you'd think, considering its thin body. Not Les Paul territory, but she's quite comfortable Damian, especially with the wide'sh leather strap I have on it.

The shaped body snuggles right into you, and is nicely balanced. Beautiful thin neck which I like, and the action is like whale snot!  

Great sounding little axe.

I've a few Mats Hondo LP type and they're all heavy beasts but play and sound very good. Solid mahogany Dimarzio's, MMK45's.

Wonder why they made the SG so thin.

Ok I lied, it's comfortably the heaviest 6 string I have to hand, by 1kg.....deceptive really as I thought either the Westbury Standard or the washburn RS10v were heavier, not even close.

Just a little heads up on the replacement string ferrules.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281201201588?_trksid=p2055120.m1438.l2649&var=580245965163&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

these are the only ones I could find with matching measurements...or near enough.
handy to have around as i've had a couple of vintage guitars missing a ferrule or two.

He's literally just around the corner from me. 
Deals from a house/home.

Westbone wrote:

Sgt. Vimes wrote:

a couple of the slotted pole pieces on the pups have no bite, the slugs are fine, just the bobbins have no thread, any suggestions to remedy this?  tin foil?

PTFE tape

Forgot to mention that your suggestion of ptfe tape was spot on, poles are now tight as a gnats chuff!

cherrs bud.

Sarge

I will give you another month and you will bump it. It is just too heavy and uncomfortable!!

Hoax

Heavy yes, uncomfortable? no.

happy birthday old boy!

I play sitting down 99% of the time, so my shoulder doesn't get the abuse.
It won't get bumped just yet, though it will probably not get picked up for a while, my latest non westone should arrive saturday (my birthday! )and if all goes to plan I wont be playing much else in some time  

Thanks for the birthday wishes.

I play sitting down as well, but the bastard was macheteing its way through my thigh and my left hand thought it was in Ireland while my right hand strummed open chords in Scotland.

Hoax

haha so your left was playing the dubliners while your right was strumming the proclaimers? awesome!

Sarge

My right and left hands always play different songs regardless of the guitar.

It is a phenomenon widely documented and discussed and goes under the generic term of incompetence.

Hoax

Graham!

Returns of the day Hoax  

Why - Thank you Barry and all the best to you and yours as well!!

Hoax

Catalyst wrote:Returns of the day Hoax  

Thanks Cat

I love this internet virtual friendship thing. Its like having real friends except I still don't have any really friends!!

To be honest, its great cause you don't have to lend anyone your lawnmower or ladders and stuff!!

Hoax

Many happys.......and can I borrow your lawnmower? I'm only 15 minutes away.

Fraser

Thanks Fraser

I am sorry but it is already out on loan. I do have a sharp pair of scissors though?

Graham