![]() However, even by the late ‘60s the success of the Japanese was being eroded by their very success and the strength of the yen. Japan had taken over from Europe as the primary supplier of budget-level guitars during the 1960s. Hondo was founded by Freed and Tommy Moore in 1969 with the intention to open up guitar production in Korea, at that time a non-player in the guitar game. Hondo gets little respect from most guitar aficionados, but it really should, both because it contributed quite a bit to guitar history and actually made some pretty good guitars (though not all, it must be admitted). ![]() Apparently he had some prototypes made by a Western Canadian company, though those my never have gone into production.Īt some point thereafter he apparently hooked up with Jerry Freed of International Music Corporation (IMC) of Fort Worth, Texas, the owner of the Hondo brand name. It didn’t take long for guitarist Dean to begin working with guitarmakers on a guitar design he could call his own. They caught on big and for most of the decade cranked out hits including probably their signature tune, (Everybody’s) Working for the Weekend. Loverboy was founded in Calgary in 1980 and released its first record in Canada in that year. 1983 Hondo Paul Dean II Electric Guitar (Hondo PD-2)
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