Posted by the texas guitar company on October 15, 2007 at 11:54:10:
In Reply to: Re: Hondo Guitar History posted by natan on August 29, 2006 at 14:55:44:
if your label is on the neck block inside the guitar, and if "use only light or med gauge strings " is pressed into a brace inside the back, you have a copy of an old martin. some of these guitars are great, but as with everything in life, even the most expensive guitar can be worthless and unplayable. i use a percentage rating to determine how many guitars are professional grade if you were to see ten of them at once( one could be good out of ten, or nine or any other number could be good out of ten). any guitar made could turn out to be a gem, but the possibility goes down with price, time and place of manufacture. hondo is all over the map for reliability and quality.
if you ever want to sell it give me a shout and send some pics! thanks, robert