Jorg wrote:
Here's my theory...
Its an Aria, not an Aria Pro II, so the headstock isn't really a '79 "transition". Its probably an earlier test in a small market to see how its accepted.
I think $180 with a hard case is a fantastic price.
glad to hear this! (I can call it "frankenstein" now hahahah, due to it's composite / experimental traits).
By playing a friend of mine told me that the pickups are probably "diMarzio", but I'm not sure about this... what are the most commons pickup on the AE-300 model LP copy? (from all the models I've seen, it's the one that resembles more the body).
Forgot to tell you that the owner threated her very bad
a volume button was missing (replaced with four new golden gibson top hat), many parts were severely rusted (the pickguard screws in particular) and I changed them with brand new pieces which fitted without problems. Also the guy painted the "original" (?) pickguard with black paint (and he did it very bad, because it looked like it was covered in mud
) so I have also replaced the pickguard with a gibson cream one. The saddles were in bad quality plastic, kinda ruined (and I fear not original from the guitar), so I replaced them with stainless steel saddles in my local guitar shop. And last but not least, he used glue to "fix" the little circle "Tremble / Rhytm" (don't know how to call it in english, but you've understand of what I'm talking
), which wasn't the original one because that piece was ice-white, when the guitar details are all cream-white. Of course I bought a gibson one of the correct color, and after removing the glue traces (HORRIBLE, I hade an headcache for the nervous) with a product for wood I just putted on the new piece. After almost 60$ of new pieces and an headcache I think I made the best to keep her in a good condition
(I still have every single "original" part in a box, just to be sure).