Description
Pre-owned Malinoski Hondo, comes with gator premium soft sided case. One light scratch along the bottom edge of the back body and some tarnish on the pickups, otherwise in excellent condition.
Here is the info from Malinoski, the builder:
Lets say you like the look of a LP but you just don’t like the feel, and you kind wish it had a trem… Hondo #289 is my version of the obvious, and it came about as a dare- long story short- the Hondo model being one of my earliest set body styles slowly morphed through a couple of variations until it landed with this version 3.0. I hesitated at first, but you know, it is a very beautiful body shape I could not resist (just as so many who can not resist). I made 8 of version 3 Hondo and this is the last and only one still available brand new because I’ll never make another- the templates have been destroyed. And honestly… it’s a very nice guitar, I’m surprised I still have it.
The pickups are my Type9 HBs, which are a marriage of “F” and “G” style pickups that deliver a nice full range without the muddy middle, and they coil split with the tone push/pull pot into true single coils for an even brighter /cleaner sound. The bridge is a true floating Hipshot US Contour trem- about as sweet and accurate trem you can get to turn it into a fun ride.
Wood-wise it has a single piece spalted / quilted maple top on an African mahogany body, the neck being figured maple with a scarf jointed cherry head and wenge fretboard- glued and screwed set-neck. The scale is 24-3/4” / 12” radius, 24 Jescar 47104 and a medium soft V carve- very comfortable and easy access to the upper register without the clunky LP hump.
Hondo 289 plays as good as it looks, it sounds like you would expect but with a more full range and minus the midrange honk. It is a joy to play.
Set-up with .010 - .046
Polyfoam case included.
Hondo #289
24-3/4”" scale
24 frets / Jescar 47104
Delrin nut @ 1-11/16"
12" radius / 7/8" medium soft "V"
Dual action truss rod and carbon fiber
Hipshot locking tuners
Hipshot US Contour Trem
Malinoski Type9 HB pickups
Bournes master volume pot
Bournes master tone pot push/pull coil split
Switchcraft 3-way toggle
Oiled maple & cherry neck, wenge fretboard
Acrylic / oiled spalt quilt maple / African mahogany body
Weight - 7 lbs 11 oz