gardo 648 Posted December 16, 2019 On 12/5/2019 at 10:10 PM, badpenguin said: It's bottom feeder territory. Made from plywood, and crap pieces. I believe it was made in Korea after 87. Unless it's dirt cheap, avoid. If this guy says they should be avoided I would take his advice . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
badpenguin 629 Posted December 16, 2019 15 hours ago, Louis C said: Hey guys, I found an aria pro 2 fs from the 80's on facebook for 50euros , do you think it is worth ? Idk at all about the quality of these guitars but for 50 bucks... What do you think ? ok, what model? Arias ran the gamut from pure crap, to brilliance. It all depends on the model and the year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwguitar 1 Posted January 3 On 8/23/2012 at 11:37 PM, chimi said: Saw this thing on ebay. Did not bid but boy was i tempted. This thing just looks stunning http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&hash=item27ca440dee&item=170897182190&nma=true&pt=Guitar&rt=nc&si=VzqnGAYZ3OIbAntr9WO%252FSIT4smI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc#ht_11913wt_1271 Made me wonder just how good these things are? Are we talking epiphone quality or higher? Also what's the difference between Aria, Aria Pro II etc.? Never got that. I really like the Aria Pro II guitars. Here is a video of me playing my PE-LUX guitar. This is not a Matsumoku made guitar rather this is a recent Japanese made model. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJtnKqSWS7E Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arcticfox35 1 Posted yesterday at 12:57 AM I can speak about guitars from the 80's. I have a 1985 RS Knight Warrior; bought it used in '87 for $125. Two years later I bought a Fender Strat, and put the Aria away...until last year. I began playing it again because the neck agrees with my hand (pain from middle age, lol). I never thought it was on par with my Fender, however, the neck is top notch! And just a tad narrower than Fender. At 35 years old, everything still works! It stayed in tune sitting in the case for years. I feel the pickups are, well, subdued. Not good or bad necessarily, just...subdued (compared to others). But I recently recorded a couple songs with it, and I think the sound quality is just fine. I have a link below if you want to hear what it sounds like. I played all the guitar parts (and Bass) with the Aria, through a Peavey Vypyr amp. I would buy another. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKIKggB7JAo Hope this helps. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil O'Keefe 12,297 Posted yesterday at 02:00 AM Nice video, and it's cool that your Aria II is working for your hands and lets you continue to play. Welcome to HC Arcticfox! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
