Recent content by wesbrown12

The bass here with two pickups should be a '79 or '80 SB-900. Going by Andy's hair, looks like first album material.

Great input Zuma and ModuMan! If we go back to early 1982, Duran was severely on the rise. The first album was a solid success. They had just finished up their first small US tour in 1981. So, just thinking logically Aria will want to provide him their best, most expensive, new option. Also...

Awesome pics for sure! Thanks for posting. Definitely one pickup. The recording of Rio took a few months - this may or may not have been what made the final recordings. Yes, it could have actually been a SB-1000..... or like he says here a 1200 with two pickups and active. My only thoughts...

I have the benefit of reading John Taylor's autobiography. Per his words in the book......for the Rio album, and I mean the whole of it, he used an Aria Pro 1200 that was given to him by Aria. This had two pickups and active electronics. It was NOT a SB-600 or SB-1000, although he used both...