Hondo LP H-732
I bought a Hondo LP H732 as one of my first electric guitars. I bought a secondhand one in orange – certainly not a colour I’d usually go for – I can only say it must have been its playability and price! Looking at the prices these vintage guitars now, they must be pretty good guitars with the Orange being listed as not surprisingly ‘rare’.
The Hondo H-732 was introduced in 1981 as Hondo’s Korean version of their Professional Series H-1020, a Gibson ‘The Paul’ copy. It was part of the Deluxe Series and, later, the Deluxe Series Mark II. The next step up was the H-737.
Specifications
Body
- Beveled, solid Nato body
- Multi-piece ‘Pancake’ construction
- Belly carve
- 42.5 mm thick body
Neck
- Bolt-on Nato neck
- Rosewood fretboard with dot inlays (+ 1st fret inlay)
- Color-matched Wavy headstock
- Silk-screened Script logo
- Silk-screened Sunrise logo
- 22 frets
- 24 3/4″ scale
Electronics
- Two black open coil X-14 humbuckers
- Double-cream X-14s (BL & O finishes)
- 3-way switch
- 1 Vol, 1 Tone
Hardware
- Chrome hardware
- Individually enclosed tuning machines
- Black ‘notched’ speed knobs
- Fish shaped truss rod cover
- Tune-O-Matic bridge and stop tailpiece
Finishes
- Black (B)
- Red (R)
- Gloss Walnut (WA)
- Satin Walnut (WA/S)
- Brown Sunburst (BS)
- Antique Violin Brown Sunburst (AB)
- Burgundy (BG)
- Violet (VL)
- Blue (BL)
- Orange (O)
- Yellow (Y)
- Pink (PK)
Also branded as:
- Crestline
- Royce RO-621
About Hondo
The Hondo brand was created through a joint-venture between Samick and Texas-based IMC (International Music Corporation). The new company introduced modern American and Japanese production methods to the Korean market, while taking advantage of the low-wage level in Korea to offer inexpensive, entry-level guitars.
