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Aria & Aria Pro II Club

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I sold my Aria Pro II SB EliteII Black 'n Gold to a buddy of mine in '86. Sadly he passed away but his brother asked if I wanted the bass and I now have it. The original pickups where changed and I'm trying to replace with originals. Does anyone know where I can get original pickups for this or should I use Bartolini or Alembics?
 
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zuma said:
Glad to be of service!!! That looks downright sinister man. I'm definitely still jealous!
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You are right Zuma, there is something sinister about that bass. That bass is obviously possessed of dangerous evil spirits. You should send it to me immediately so that I can deal with them. I will send you a lovely SX bass to replace it.:smug:
 
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Headhunter78 said:
I sold my Aria Pro II SB EliteII Black 'n Gold to a buddy of mine in '86. Sadly he passed away but his brother asked if I wanted the bass and I now have it. The original pickups where changed and I'm trying to replace with originals. Does anyone know where I can get original pickups for this or should I use Bartolini or Alembics?
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i hear kent armstrong does a good replacment sb pu.
looks the part and sounds good. google him
 
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The Hammer said:
You are right Zuma, there is something sinister about that bass. That bass is obviously possessed of dangerous evil spirits. You should send it to me immediately so that I can deal with them. I will send you a lovely SX bass to replace it.:smug:
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S'okay, I already have an SX. :smug:

I could post it too but it'd mean you'd want to destroy your SX. Just like my CB, the SX leaves a wake of GAS behind it. ;)

:cool:
 
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Headhunter78 said:
I sold my Aria Pro II SB EliteII Black 'n Gold to a buddy of mine in '86. Sadly he passed away but his brother asked if I wanted the bass and I now have it. The original pickups where changed and I'm trying to replace with originals. Does anyone know where I can get original pickups for this or should I use Bartolini or Alembics?
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I've also heard Armstrong pickups are the way to go when replacing faulty SB pu's. According to Graeme Fyfe's SB pages you can contact Aaron Armstrong through http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/ and find out about getting some replacements made for you. If you found some Alembics those would probably be good, too. Please post the results, either way.
Good luck.
 
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Alembic83 said:
I've also heard Armstrong pickups are the way to go when replacing faulty SB pu's. According to Graeme Fyfe's SB pages you can contact Aaron Armstrong through http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/ and find out about getting some replacements made for you. If you found some Alembics those would probably be good, too. Please post the results, either way.
Good luck.
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+1 Please post up if you were successful getting the replacements and what the sound is like.

I'm tempted to buy some just to have them round as spares. Maybe in the future when I get my current project out of the way. I'm swamped with parts at the moment. :help:
 
#418
Hey guys, what do you make of this bass I've seen on a myspace site? Link Removed

I'm not sure if the guy is saying it was actually Cliff Burton's bass or if this is just an extremely rare all black SB-1000, like Cliff's. I contacted the guy but haven't gotten a reply yet. I'm guessing it's just a rare example of one like Cliff's, but who knows?
Anyway, here are two pics. You can view the rest from the guy's myspace site. The thing that jumps out to me is the serial number. It just looks strange. I've never seen one printed like that. It would indicate a 1985 production date which matches up to when Cliff used that model. But usually the serial numbers appear to be engraved in the wood. Everything else down to the knobs, bridge, LED light, tuners, logo/script on the front of the headstock, string spacing, etc looks to be legit. Cool bass no matter who it belonged to!
 

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Alembic83 said:
Hey guys, what do you make of this bass I've seen on a myspace site? Link Removed

I'm not sure if the guy is saying it was actually Cliff Burton's bass or if this is just an extremely rare all black SB-1000, like Cliff's. I contacted the guy but haven't gotten a reply yet. I'm guessing it's just a rare example of one like Cliff's, but who knows?
Anyway, here are two pics. You can view the rest from the guy's myspace site. The thing that jumps out to me is the serial number. It just looks strange. I've never seen one printed like that. It would indicate a 1985 production date which matches up to when Cliff used that model. But usually the serial numbers appear to be engraved in the wood. Everything else down to the knobs, bridge, LED light, tuners, logo/script on the front of the headstock, string spacing, etc looks to be legit. Cool bass no matter who it belonged to!
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Looks pretty cool! Although he has his myspace set to private now so I can't view it. No way of telling whether its Cliff's SB or not. I'm guessing (hoping) his family or one of Metallica has the basses. :)
 
#420
LuckyCondlins said:
I will post my Aria Pro II Avante Series tonight!

im at work now!

Love it, really can get any tone, only thing is, its heavy!
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Where are these pics? :smug: :)


I seem to be replying to myself a lot, but I'm sure as hell not gonna let this thread die! :bassist:

I submitted a review of the SB-1000CB to Harmony-Central in January, they finally got round to putting it up (in the wrong part :mad:). A quick PM and it was sorted and it now has its own section under Aria Pro II in the Basses category.

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Electric+Bass/product/Aria+Pro+II/SB-1000CB/10/1

:cool:
 
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