Members badpenguin Posted July 14, 2018 Members Share Posted July 14, 2018 Somehow, this never appeared, so forgive me if it got double posted. Well, the other day I had another Hatching day..... sigh. So to beat the blues, went down to my fav shop in central Florida with a few guitars in tow for possible trading. First off, he teased the hell out of me with showing me a real 56 Paul Custom, followed by a 62 Ric Capri, then a Ric from the 50's, with the original horseshoe pickup, and a tin back! Beautiful beasties, but would have cost me the price of a new car to walk out with. Then he pulled out a guitar that he had just gotten in, and asked my opinion on it, since he knows I know Japanese guitars as well as he knows American. As he pulled it out, that seagull from "Finding Nemo" landed on my shoulder and said "Mine. Mine." 1976/77 Aria Pro II PE-130. All original, nothing changed, but alas, no case. So into the negotiations we went. After much whining, complaining, gnashing of teeth, arm twisting, and other assorted tactics, we agreed on a price, and I became the incredibly proud owner of it. Problem is, the bridge pickup, an ORIGINAL Uncle Matt Superflux pat pending, to my ears, one of the most horrid sounding things on the planet. Think Bob Dylan, complete with harmonica, as the pickup. Ok, you got it and understand. Nasal, shrill, and a perfection of ick, all in white plastic housing. So I knew I was replacing it once home. So..... on the way home, stopped in a nother shop here in Daytona. Decent shop, sometimes having some really cool items. (Fell in love with a Gibson ES130. Nice, but a bit out of my price range.) And in the display case I spy a pickup. "What's that?" I queried. "A Dimebag from Duncan. Give me 50 for it." Some more gnashing of teeth followed, and for 35, it's mine. Problem is, it's NOT what he claimed it was. A few minutes searching on the web, and the model number, showed me it was a Duncan CUSTOM SHOP Tony Iommi!!!! About 135-150 used. Score!!!! So a few minutes with a soldering iron, and here she is, in all her glory! Enjoy. [ATTACH=JSON]{"alt":"Click image for larger version Name:\tGEDC0392.JPG Views:\t1 Size:\t303.0 KB ID:\t32277597","data-align":"none","data-attachmentid":"32277597","data-size":"full"}[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted July 14, 2018 Author Members Share Posted July 14, 2018 And the other pics that never turned up, and somehow went to Buttfack, Jupiter..... go figure.[ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"medium","data-attachmentid":32277827}[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"medium","data-attachmentid":32277826}[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted July 14, 2018 Members Share Posted July 14, 2018 baby-danceSweet-looking LP-type, congrats on the guitar and pickup, and Happy Birthday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordite Posted July 14, 2018 Members Share Posted July 14, 2018 Nice, feels like it has history, you just kinda know it has done a few jazz club gigs. (also Nice to know someone else keeps his bedroom room as tidy as I do) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted July 14, 2018 Author Members Share Posted July 14, 2018 Oh, you haven't a clue dude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t_e_l_e Posted July 15, 2018 Members Share Posted July 15, 2018 nice guitar, may i ask how much you have paid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted July 15, 2018 Author Members Share Posted July 15, 2018 Yes you may. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted July 15, 2018 Members Share Posted July 15, 2018 Congratulations. Happy New Guitar (and Pickup) Day. It took me a minute to realize it had a pickguard. Never seen a clear one on a LP type. Cool story too. I wish stuff like that would happen to me occasionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t_e_l_e Posted July 16, 2018 Members Share Posted July 16, 2018 how much are these going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 HULEGD!* (*Happy Used Lawsuit Era Guitar Day) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 PS Happy birthday too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted July 17, 2018 Author Members Share Posted July 17, 2018 Sorry Tele, had to do that! I overpaid a bit, at about 600USD. but to me, it's worth 2 times that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t_e_l_e Posted July 17, 2018 Members Share Posted July 17, 2018 somehow i smiled and gringed with your first response hmm 600 for good lawsuit lespaul? if its really in excellent condition i think its a steal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hellion_213 Posted July 22, 2018 Members Share Posted July 22, 2018 HNUGD!! nice score on the Iommi as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mbengs1 Posted July 25, 2018 Members Share Posted July 25, 2018 Around how much does that guitar cost new? I just bought aria pro ii strat copy and it was about $150 approx. it sounds ok but the parts are kinda cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted July 25, 2018 Author Members Share Posted July 25, 2018 Let's see, it's been out of production since 1978.... so your guess is as good as mine.It's 40 years old, so probably when it was new, around the 300/400 range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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