** FOR GUITAR COLLECTORS AND PLAYERS*** ... THIS SG COPY... MODEL SG 414 (this tag on neck plate can be searched to Hondo guitar).... HOWEVER..... I HAVE SEEN EXACT GUITAR BRANDED WITH LYLE IN GOLD ON HEADSTOCK.....NOW HONDO WAS MADE AT SAMICK KOREA PLANT EXCEPT FOR WHEN HONDO WORKED WITH MATSUMOKU TO PRODUCE THE PROFESSIONAL LINE OF GUITARS........WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THIS IS A MATSUMOKU MADE HONDO...FROM THAT TIME PERIOD... WHY??? BECAUSE THE EXACT GUITAR LABELED WITH LYLE (made by matsumoku) , THE PICKUPS ARE ALSO FOUND ON UNIVOX COILY GUITARS (made by matsumoku), and also the bridge,knobs and tremelo unit are same as found on other matusumoku guitars.... ALL THAT BEING SAID... WHO KNOWS...I WASN'T THERE WHEN IT WAS MADE... JUST MY RESEARCH.....BUT THIS IS A VERY WELL BUILT GUITAR .. NECK IS STRAIGHT..WITH GOOD FRETS AND FLAT RADIUS .... ACTION IS GOOD AND LOW AND THE PICKUPS SOUND GREAT...EVERYTHING FUNTIONS... AND LOOK AT THAT LAWSUIT HEADSTOCK....YOU KNOW WHO AND WHAT THEY WANTED TO COPY...THIS IS A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION OR FOR JUST PLAYING....BUYER PAYS $30.00 SHIPPING WITHIN 48 STATES... ELSEWHERE HIGHER.... THANKS