Ever since I started experiencing shoulder pain while gigging with my 13 lb ‘78 jazz, I’ve been a fan of light weight basses. My Ibanez that I got a couple years back has served me well at 7.5 lbs, but it’s the dual single coil sound that I love. I discovered the Aerodyne and was instantly taken with it, but bummed that I could only get it in the US in the PJ configuration. The lucky Japanese got the 2J. Plus I really need the 5 string these days. Oh well, hopes dashed.
Stopped at my local music shop for some strings or some other small thing, but I always take a look around. My eyes popped out of my head (well almost) when I spotted a black Aerodyne for the first time in the flesh. And it was a “true” jazz, no P pickup to be found. And... it was a 5 string. How could it be true? I purposely did not play it, lest I become too attached.
Did some research and can find almost nothing on this one. I knew about the non-export models but I was unaware they made a 5. What were the odds? Well I confess I went back the next day.
I tried it out and it felt great. About the same weight as my Ibanez but with that meaty J tone. This thing is badass. Just to make sure I wasn’t jumping ahead too much I tried a dozen other basses. Much more expensive and fancy models. They were all fine, but crap by comparison with the Aero. I was sold.
Stopped at my local music shop for some strings or some other small thing, but I always take a look around. My eyes popped out of my head (well almost) when I spotted a black Aerodyne for the first time in the flesh. And it was a “true” jazz, no P pickup to be found. And... it was a 5 string. How could it be true? I purposely did not play it, lest I become too attached.
Did some research and can find almost nothing on this one. I knew about the non-export models but I was unaware they made a 5. What were the odds? Well I confess I went back the next day.
I tried it out and it felt great. About the same weight as my Ibanez but with that meaty J tone. This thing is badass. Just to make sure I wasn’t jumping ahead too much I tried a dozen other basses. Much more expensive and fancy models. They were all fine, but crap by comparison with the Aero. I was sold.
I didn't get it for the rarity of it... well mostly not. It's a fantastic bass as far as I'm concerned. I've never been this pleased with an instrument purchase before, and I've had a lot! I do wonder how many of these were made of course.
Seriously, they are stoopid-rare!
