Recent content by Tom Owens

ah! my people! talking about older boutique basses! i've got an old aria sb1000 i'm trying to suss out. it has a few features that i don't see often, the battery cover is a plastic oval near the rear of the bass, and the wax covered pot inside has reddish/brown wax, not black which i heard most...

i bought mine when i lived in the suburbs outside chicago, so i got the opportunity to go to the factory! one particularly dry winter, my neck contracted enough to have the fret edges stick out... they were sharp and i didn't know why that was happening so i called them to ask. they said to...

thanks, that's really crummy to hear....

i own one, i bought it in 06 i think... i see the website is down! anyone know what happened to fred or his company?