Product: Hondo Deluxe 757 Series
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
02/16/2009
at
07:15am
by
mick.f
Features
:
7
Tele copy, made in the 80s, one piece maple neck, kind of V-shape, skunk stripe, 21 rather thin and low frets, different headstock shape, body made from several pieces of solid wood, could be ash, standard Tele-style PUs (bar magnet below) and controls, bridge with six individually adjustable pieces, Schaller tuners (probably replacements), dark (looks like rosewood, is plastic) body binding. colour: blonde, see through, tortoiseshell pickguard.
Sound
:
6
sounds ok, PUs feedback at high volumes
not as bright as I expected a Tele to be, but I have not played an original Fender yet
replaced the PUs with Toneriders: still not very bright, but good for blues and rock, no feedback anymore! (rating for original PUs, now 9)
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
6
bought used, set it up for 0.10 strings, seem to have a problem with the high E and B strings, no sustain, notes die early, seem to touch the frets somewhere (slight buzz), action already rather high, neck relief looks ok, but since I'm not a guitar tech can't fix it myself.
PU selector tip loose, when stuck on full switch couldn't be moved properly to positions 1 and 3 since tip touched the screws, modified it so the tip doesn't touch the screws anymore and glued it to the metal lever, now ok
tuners perfect, but string trees caused problem, had to file little edges away, now ok
Reliability/Durability
:
10
can't see any problem here, have security locks of course. very solid guitar.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
no idea
Overall Rating
:
7
like this guitar, think that with the Tonerider PUs it's giggable. still have to fix the problem with the high E and B strings, but I think the guitar is worth being taken to a tech for a pro setup.
