And for awhile Hondo was kinda pushed to the side until Freed started his own business, the Jerry Freed International Company, and picked up the rights to the name. The duo had found interest in a new venture. Things were going well.ġ985, things changed. In 1979, they had 485 models and sold 790,000 that year alone. With Akai on their side handling manufacturing….Hondo Guitars was bound to take off.Īnd it did, Hondo sold thousands of instruments worldwide. But Freed was an excellent salesman and Moore had gone to school for finance. this was a great partnership, since not only did they both have prior experience in the music business, (Jerry Freed sold all sorts of music equipment and Tommy worked at his dads music shop and had other music ventures as well). (Friends that started IMC, which had always been involved in the music industry). The idea was thought up by Jerry Freed and Tommy Moore. Hondo Guitars were originally made by a joint venture of the International Music Company and Akai. Here’s everything I could find about them. Absolutely no in-between some of these have lasted decades of abuse (seriously) and still play great. Hondo Guitars, the deceased Guitar company notorious for people loving or hating them.
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