My $60 Find!!

[thejrace]

So I was on cl last week and saw this guy for 120, so i email the guy and offer 60 and he neevr gets back to me, then 2 days ago i see the ad come up again but now he wants 150, so at this point im debating emailing him and upping my offer to 100, but decide to do it after work. Come home after work and bam, he emailed me and said hed let it go for my $60 offer. Here it is,
A MIJ aria pro 2, 5 stringer. No electronics, but think its def worth it. Yup, Came with the case as well.

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Few dings and whatnot, but this is the only real bog scruff to it.

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[Bass Note]

How does she sound?

 

[Figjam]

tone is in the fingers anyway

 

[DaveF]

Cool deal! I like the colour. Throw some weird pickups in there for maximum experimenting. Like a humbucker and a single-coil jazz or something.

 

[ashtray]

Geesh - did it come with the case too?! That's a score - though it could cost you some $$ to get the electronics for it.

 

[StarscreamG1]

Don't know Arias but if you're happy thats all that matters. I would think it wouldn't be hard to get some guts back into it and get it back up to speed. Doesn't seem like a bad deal to me.

 

[hey]

Nice find. I bet you could throw some barts or nordstrand p-ups in there along with a good preamp and the fit would be perfect.

 

[thejrace]

Yup, Came with the case too, thats how i saw it, I spent $30 on a case and $30 on a body. Trying to figure out what PUPs would fit it. Any suggestions?

 

[EagleMoon]

Nordstrand big singles?

 

[thehangingmist]

wow! amazing

 

[craniumdriller]

I would put two MEC active split coil Soapbar pickup and some nice electronics and sell it for a lot more cash

 

[Herrlster]

Sweet deal. That's a huge neck! I bet you could convert that to a 6 string no problem. Have fun with it.

 

[jim777]

Brass nut? That's a nice score!

 

[MikeBass]

How does she sound?

I'l bet it's real quiet.

 

[lamonica78]

Nice find!

I vote Glock pre with Delano pups! Love that combination in my Human Base!

 

[kraigo]

What are the cavity dimensions? I thing the dual coil Nordstrands have been good in my 55-01.

KO

 

[Buskman]

I love stories like this - great score & congrats!

Nordstrand big singles?

A huge +1. Those and a pre of your choice... you'll be sittin' pretty!

 

[The Hammer]

Outstanding deal!! well done!

 

[Eilif]

I personally prefer to not spend alot of $ on instruments that I pick up cheap. I would drop a pair of Mighty mite passive humbuckers (about 40-50 bucks on ebay) in there, wire it up V/V/T/T, and either keep it around as a backup or sell it for 200 bucks.

 

[Philbiker]

Nice find.

Good luck finding pickups that fit. I think you may end up getting some routing work done.