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Aria & Aria Pro II Club (Part Two)

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Phishr said:
Here is a pic of my new bass. It's pretty beat up but the neck feels great.
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I'm slightly jealous now. I've two spaces in my GAS list & one of those is for an early 4-in-line headstock 'Tri-Sound' TSB (mine's a Thor Sound 2+2) - the other's for a Padauk Red SB.

As for the finish, if it hasn't gone through to the wood, the insanely thick two-pack poly responds well to CA (Superglue) filling - especially on black.
 
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I'm not at all concerned with the dings and dents. I'm not even too concerned with the missing knob since it didn't lose functionality. I like 32" scale basses so when this came up on craigslist I had to check it out.
 
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I attach photo of my 1982 Aria Pro II and Hi! to every forum members :bassist:
 

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I own this Aria A200 which I am thinking of selling, but I got no idea of a price I can ask for.
Is it really worth selling, or perhaps just keeping it as it is a rather nice bass even if I don't play this one anymore.
 

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#427
Just picked up an '70s Aria Diamond Mosrite copy from don21480. The bass rocks. It's light as a feather and has bottom end for days. The thing sounds like Classic Rock. And looks like it too.

And Don is a pleasure to do business with. Really cool guy to work with.
 
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Both fingers and pick. My next project may require more pick, still don't know, for now I have to refinish the reaharsal room. After first few meetings with the new band I will have a clear image about how the bass tone should fit in the mix. With this bass guitar I will play metal stuff, I can't wait to start :)
 
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Rick Enbacker said:
Help me with bass aria pro 2
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f38/help-bass-aria-pro-2-a-760411/
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We're getting somewhere with this now, but there's something that I'm sure one of the Club can help with.

The OP has a Series II SB-1000 (1984). In the control cavity should be a pair of stacked pots, one for volume & one for tone. The schematic implies that the pots on each spindle have different values, i.e. they're not dual-concentric but dual-gang.

Can anyone take a test meter to these & measure their values? I'd have thought that they'll be 10k + 250k, but it'd be nice to know.

Also, what are the cap values on the tone control stack (not the 6-way switch, the double pots)?

This would be usefule stuff to add to the schematic to help future sufferers :D

Pete.
 
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Newbie here! Firstly let me thank you all for a fantastic forum! I have always loved these basses since I was a kid watching Top Of The Pops in the early '80's. Beautifully styled and that oversize headstock just sets it off nice! Having always promised myself one I took the plunge.....................
I bought my first Aria Pro II today. :hyper::bassist::bassist: From what I can gather its a 1981 'MK2' SB1000 PR. A few dings here and there but it has come up a treat with a good clean and a nice new set of roundwound 35's. Sadly its not original tho:bawl:...Its had the original electronics replaced with a Kent Armstrong active circuit with a pair of centre-click treble and bass controls. The bass control (which can get very deep!) replaces the original six position switch and the treble control sits where the tone pot used to be. Not sure if the volume control is standard as the pots for the active circuit are definitely 'new'. All this means the standard knobs have gone in favour of some rather nice champagne coloured aluminium numbers which look quite period to the bass, to me anyway. The toggle switch just cuts the output and the led has been snipped of presumably because of the drain on the single 9v battery. I took the following pics before I cleaned and strung it. Its looking better now!

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I haven't had the chance to have a look for any info on the active circuit but i have heard of Armstrong so I suppose it can't be all that bad..Anyway here are a couple of pics of it..

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It sounds and plays really well and gets close to what I imagine a stock SB 1000 to sound like. (well I thinks so!). Let me know what you think of my shiny new oddity!
 
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Nice find, bunker! If you want to try and go back closer to the original configuration on that bass, you can contact Aria and they may be able to sell you an SB-1000 Re-Issue circuit. Where are you located? But if you're happy with the sound as-is, then I'd just leave it. Yes Kent Armstrong is highly regarded and he also makes an SB replacement pickup. Also, those control knobs remind me of my parents' old stereo. :)

I've got a lot of video links on my Aria blog if you want to compare the sound to your bass. This one in particular is very good for that. It's from fellow TBer Zuma:
YouTube - Aria Pro II SB-1000
 
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Hi Alembic and thank you for your kind words! Full marks for your work on the blog too...the world would a miserable place without guys like yourself taking the time to set up and manages blogs and forums etc.

I know what you mean about the hifi knobs, I think they look really cool and quite period too.

I was considering going down that route but I have seen people say that the tone of the RI instruments is radically different to that of the original basses? I suppose this is all subjective to a point and mine isn't original anyway. It might be a job on the list but for now I think it might want a re fret first. I have never had a bass that needs re fretting but this one has some pretty big indentations in some of the frets and I might get the bridge re plated as the brass plate is wearing off.

Of course I'm always on the lookout for another SB, pref. a standard, series 1 model. I am in Manchester, UK by the way:D
 
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bunker said:
I have never had a bass that needs re fretting but this one has some pretty big indentations in some of the frets and I might get the bridge re plated as the brass plate is wearing off.
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Unless they're majorly worn, you'll probably find that a level, crown & polish will bring them back. There's a surprising amount of meat on those frets.

The bridge ain't plated, mate. It's solid brass. What's happened to yours is that the protective lacquer has worn/chipped off & it's allowed the exposed brass to tarnish & (in your case) go green. Take it apart, strip the rest of the lacquer off & get to work with a Scotchbrite pad & a can of Brasso. It'll come up a treat. For extreme polishing, use a felt pad & a Dremel.

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BTW, do you still have the original knobs?

Pete.
 
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I have been seeing a few basses around on the internet that look just like an SB-1000 (same pickup and electronics setup, bridge, neck thru, finish styles etc) EXCEPT they have almost a fender-style headstock, its 4 on a side instead of 2x2. What could it be? The pics of the headstocks are always too blurry to read whats written on the headstock other than Aria Pro II.
 
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