I have a feeling those Gotoh may be OEM on that Hondo... which, by the way, I heartily approve of! And it could very well have DiMarzio p'ups onboard - many Matumoku and Hoshino did in those early 80s...
I DO like that shape... herein mine, an APII U-60T Urchin...
Originally Posted by corsair5517
I have a feeling those Gotoh may be OEM on that Hondo... which, by the way, I heartily approve of! And it could very well have DiMarzio p'ups onboard - many Matumoku and Hoshino did in those early 80s...
I DO like that shape... herein mine, an APII U-60T Urchin...
Hah rad. Yeah they could be factory its hard to tell. I've just given it a really good clean, It has had a least a partial paint touch up as there is some orange peel in a few spots. But its a very good match to the paint in the cavities and the headstock, so I might give it a cut back at some point. There are a couple of little chips, but that doesn't bother me.
The neck is dead straight. Some of the frets were pretty worn, so I've given it a good dress and polish, oiled the fretboard, new strings. Its got 9's on it and the action is incredibly low (even by my standards) without a hint of fret buzz. So happy, the rusty strings that were on it were sitting miles off the board so I was prepared for the neck to be buggered.
There are no identifying marks on the pickups I can see, anyone else go any ideas on how to ID?
It has a pre-amp, which works great and splittable front and back coils. The 3 way switch stalk is broken so I will get a new one of those.
I also found the whammy bar from the old bridge in my washburn is a perfect fit.
Time to grab some beers and annoy the neighbours I think. I'll need some leopard print and hairspray as well.
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