Members treedroppings Posted April 5, 2010 Members Share Posted April 5, 2010 NGD! Alder body and Maple neck, both covered with a coat of Metallic Red poly!! It has a middle humbucker, people (and 2 pull-pots). I would give it an 8.5 out of 10, I haven't had it but 2 days now so it isn't a fair judgement, just my First Impression, OK? mostly because I like jumbo frets & the high e string has a minor 'feel' problem , but it still hits the notes?? I think bigger frets would help. The action is 0.074 inches from the high e string to the 22nd fret and 0.016 from the high e string to the 1st fret :up: the fretboard is 2.222" wide near the body and 1.664" wide at the nut. More specs coming after I change strings What kind of pickup & magnets? ? I don't know... but: not high-output, kind of like seymour aps2 but not as hot The middle pickup is a humbucker if you pull up the last pot still not high-output but Nice sounding If you pull up the middle pot and put the selector switch on position 2 or 4, you get a thin jangly sound from the out-of-phase combo of pickups, else it is pretty full-sounding alone or combined. mine had shielding in the electronics department, the cover had foil glued to it and you can see the foil running to the pots in my picture! more for country pop blues than metal unless i boost and EQ it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members treedroppings Posted April 5, 2010 Author Members Share Posted April 5, 2010 Anybody know about this?www.matsumoku.org has more info on Aria Pro 2 and Vantage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted April 5, 2010 Members Share Posted April 5, 2010 Yep. I've got 3 old matsumoku aria's and they are great value for money. Every aria neck I've tried is fantastic and seems to be one of their strong points. Old bodies are usually 2 or 3 pieces of good solid wood. Try finding that on most new lower end guitars. They did have a tendency to shoot the poly way to thick...at least they did on mine. Congratulations. Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seifukusha Posted April 5, 2010 Members Share Posted April 5, 2010 i love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members paul44 Posted April 5, 2010 Members Share Posted April 5, 2010 I had one of those when they first came out in pearlescent white.Hated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A_Gitarman Posted April 5, 2010 Members Share Posted April 5, 2010 HNGD!!! My old Aria only serves as a piece of art these days... hanging above my office window: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted April 5, 2010 Members Share Posted April 5, 2010 Congrats! (o)(o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DonP Posted April 5, 2010 Members Share Posted April 5, 2010 My first guitar was a pearl white RS Classic. I was a stupid kid back in 1985 and didn't know {censored} about distortion, pickup output, etc. I still have the body. It's been through many transformations and paint jobs. It's now a single hum bengal tiger with a Kahler 2700 Killer trem. The neck was swapped for another Aria neck with an angled peghead (not painted). I'd like to hear more thoughts about the tone of this guitar as it's been over 20 years since I last heard those pickups. I too them apart, and from what I remember they were really low DC resistance, but had two ceramic magenets on either side of the pole pieces in the bottom. The amp I bought with this guitar - the mighty Gorilla TC-35 with "Tube Crunch" LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Woody_in_MN Posted April 6, 2010 Members Share Posted April 6, 2010 I have been curious about the Aria's. Glad you like it. 2 paws and a tail up from Lamb Chop. - w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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