I wanted a Les Paul...

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:09 am

...so I bought this:

It's a Hondo II Les Paul Custom type. I researched as much as I could, and pulled the trigger. So far I couldn't be happier. Set neck is slim but not skinny, the original DiMarzio pickups are sounding nice through the new Laney, and the tuners are not as bad as they look. Threw some 11's (DR pure blues) and some straplocks on her this evening and she might already be good to go. Needs a bit of intonating.

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Fran · Post by **Fran** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:59 am

Set-neck version too, nice. Looks like the old Ibanez/Aria style TOM as well.
Played with a few bands over the years that still rock the Hondo II's, they were very popular with UK Punk bands back in the day. Affordable quality.

MrJamesBrown · Post by **MrJamesBrown** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 4:17 pm

I like the colour!

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 4:19 pm

Looks nice!

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 4:30 pm

cool. fuck gibson

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:23 pm

Looks way nicer than most Gibsons!

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:03 pm

brainfur wrote:fuck gibson

MrJamesBrown · Post by **MrJamesBrown** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:08 pm

BTW, is that a Laney in the background?

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:46 am

damienblair17 wrote:the original DiMarzio pickups are sounding nice through the new Laney

Yeah. VC30. Love it.

singlepup · Post by **singlepup** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:13 am

Fran wrote:
brainfur wrote:fuck gibson

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:22 am

A Hondo that came with DiMarzios ? Who knew ?

Digging the axe .

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:58 am

One big beautiful wine stain.

Very liek.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:55 am

this guitar looks right up my alley! (and then I blushed)

crumpler · Post by **crumpler** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:48 pm

strange looking bridge
cool guitar, love those old hondos

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