I have a Samick from that era and it is nice guitarįrom Wilkipedia so can't swear it's true. In the late 80s and early 90s both Hondo and Samick used the same headstock inlay design on some Les Paul copies By the end of that decade, Hondo was selling nearly 800,000 instruments per year before fading out in the 1980s. Hondo added a variety of instruments to its line during the 1970s, including banjos, while continuing to make product improvements.
By 1974, the company's electric guitars had achieved a certain level of quality, and Hondo became one of the largest-selling entry-level brands by the mid-1970s. Hondo initially produced a line of classical and folk guitars before adding its first electric guitars in 1972. production methods to the Korean market, while taking advantage of the low-wage level in Korea to offer inexpensive, entry-level guitars. "Samick formed a joint venture with Texas-based International Music Company (also known as the Hondo Guitar Company).
I have read that begining around 1982 Samick started building guitars for the company that owned the Hondo name (Link)
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