1985 Hondo H-7600 VHT - Van Halen Stripe - Red
Light up the Sky!!!
Check out this sweet '85 Hondo! The VHT (Van Halen Tape) paint job was a 15$ upgrade on a handful of Hondo models in the mid-1980s, but was quickly discontinued due to the stout legal presence of the Van Halen folks. No stripes for you!
Two of the pickups were swapped out for blade-style single-coil-sized humbuckers. The rest of the guts are original. The poly finish on the neck is cracking and starting to flake off. The guitar is fully playable, but if we were to keep it for ourselves to play, we would strip the finish off the neck. Honestly, we would probably also ditch the pickups and pickguard and give it a single humbucker and single volume control, but that's just the EVH nut inside of us talking. :)