Aria & Aria Pro II Club

[Russell foulkes]

my aformentioned"beat to ****" aria and i covering cliff burtons solo.


what good replacement pickups are there?
i want a bit more punch.

any ideas?

 

[fretless bass]

contact Aaron Armstrong in the UK. He makes exact size replacements to any spec you want. You can get them from his father Kent Armstrong in the USA too. Hope this helps!

Aaron Armstrong Tel (UK) 01233-822120

or [email protected]

 

[Russell foulkes]

awesome,thanks man,when i get a bitve money,ill deffo contact him!

 

[Dee_01]

Can I join? My wife just bought me a lovely SB-R150.

Here's the pics the seller sent to me via email. And here's the auction:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=120413714691

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[Dee_01]

I've never seen anything like it. Crazy looking bass. What's the story behind this one, excane?

 

[excane]

I've never seen anything like it. Crazy looking bass. What's the story behind this one, excane?

Just decided to make it into a project bass about 10 years ago. Plays and sounds great.

I did a little carving of the body, putting on those scrolls with epoxy and compound, finishing and painting, and finally an active EMG PJ set.

 

[milnersXcoupe]

Here's my Aria Bass - the designer sourced D'angelico's 17" body width & design attributes [as did James L. D'Aquisto] for this early Aria Thinline Bass.

Unplugged the Sound is full & rich - plugged in the Single Coils put out a solid signature that's current for most recording & gig work . Weird & Wonderful.

 

[Dee_01]

yes the p-ups fit like gloves
im modifying it right now and ill put a "metal pickguard" for it
and about the stickers, i stripped some of it
I just left my 2 prides
my name and the flag of the REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES!!!!!
MABUHAYA ANG MGA PINOY RAKISTA!!!!!!!

My hero is from your country. Greetings to all Filipino's.

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As for your bass, the JPJ-3, I remember seeing those many years ago. I played one and it sounded HUGE!

 

[Winston TK]

Can I join? My wife just bought me a lovely SB-R150.

Here's the pics the seller sent to me via email. And here's the auction:

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That is one FABULOUS looking specimen of an Aria Pro II, Dee. Please send a review of the bass when you've had a chance to play it. I'd love to read it. CONGRATULATIONS!!

 

[Dee_01]

Hi Winston. Thanks very much for the congrats! I can't wait to get my hands on it. I will definitely take some good quality pics and post a review when it arrives.

 

[Dee_01]

Aria guys, I need help. My SB-R150 arrived today. Lovely bass, plays wonderfully. Upon plugging in, I find the neck pickup is totally dead apart from the occasional crackle. Also, the battery LED flashes constantly despite putting in new batteries. I am guessing this is not normal. Any ideas? Replace the pickup? Get better batteries? The ones I have are crappy and cheap Kodak ones but they are all I could find at the local shop.

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Try a decent battery.

Sounds like it could, at worst, be a loose connection somewhere.

May as well post my new Aria in here:

Was originally told it was a '77, I'm pretty sure it is a '78. Either way, it's awesome

Needs a few bits of fixing, the binding on the neck was redone, and really could be improved. The chrome is pretty blistered too. Basically needs a bit of TLC

 

[BASS SUCKS]

I posted a thread a couple days ago, but maybe the Aria club could help out?

I've never seen an Aria like this before. Dee_01 suspects it may be an Aria Pro II neck on some kind of P body, but both the P'UPs say Aria Pro II on them.

 

[Alembic83]

Aria guys, I need help. My SB-R150 arrived today. Lovely bass, plays wonderfully. Upon plugging in, I find the neck pickup is totally dead apart from the occasional crackle. Also, the battery LED flashes constantly despite putting in new batteries. I am guessing this is not normal. Any ideas? Replace the pickup? Get better batteries? The ones I have are crappy and cheap Kodak ones but they are all I could find at the local shop.

The LED flashing constantly IS normal! Don't worry about that! I was a little freaked out by that the first time I had a Matsumoku made SB-1000, but I assure you that it's working correctly.

However, the dead pickup will obviously need to be replaced. I guess your best bet is one of the Armstrong pups.

 

[bassaholicpong]

i got a little questions for Aria fans and user
i just saw this bass on sale
but i don't know what model is it
i tried to search the whole internet
but all that i know that it is an IGB but what IGB??

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[Dee_01]

i got a little questions for Aria fans and user
i just saw this bass on sale
but i don't know what model is it
i tried to search the whole internet
but all that i know that it is an IGB but what IGB??

This is an IGB-45.

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The LED flashing constantly IS normal! Don't worry about that! I was a little freaked out by that the first time I had a Matsumoku made SB-1000, but I assure you that it's working correctly.

However, the dead pickup will obviously need to be replaced. I guess your best bet is one of the Armstrong pups.

Thanks! It's eaten the batteries already. Was barely even plugged in. Either the batteries were rubbish or this thing is very hungry!

 

[superbassman2000]

I just picked this one off ebay--quite a player! I jammed with my drummer the other day to test it out and the thing is the embodiment of thunder--I love it!

Aria TAB-60
32" scale
Mahogany Body
Maple neck
2 humbucker pickups

the serial number starts with 90***** so according to the website it must be from 1990.

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

I just picked this one off ebay--quite a player! I jammed with my drummer the other day to test it out and the thing is the embodiment of thunder--I love it!

Aria TAB-60
32" scale
Mahogany Body
Maple neck
2 humbucker pickups

the serial number starts with 90***** so according to the website it must be from 1990.

I bet that has plenty of thump!

Here is my new Aria Pro II . . . maybe that's two in a week . . . one was a target of opportunity tho.

STB EXO, sitting beisde the new to me jazz . Thinking of a John East BTB MMSR 3-band preamp and Nordie MM4.2...

Sorry for the poor pictures, phone camera isnt up to much.

Thanks to our own Skelf for helping me out, great guy to deal with. Cheers again Alan!

 

[Dee_01]

What do you think of the STB? I was thinking of picking up an STB 5-string at some point in the future.

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

It's a nice bass.

Very fast neck, dream to play, right out the box. I haven't had the chance to play it through a real bass amp yet (only into a recording interface), going to have a bash with it at a band practice in a weeks time, so will give it a bit of a review then .