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PostPosted: Tue 20 Aug 2013 08:38 AM 
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Found this one for sale online:

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... The seller is a pawn shop, and they basically know nothing about it. Looks decent to me, so I asked for a couple of headstock pictures to try to identify it, and here's what I got:

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... Still have no clue. At first glance it remembered me some old Aria Pro II and Vantage models, but I took a look at their catalogues, and they're all a bit different... And I wasn't able to find anything with that kind of strange headstock & TRC anywhere...

Help! :D


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PostPosted: Tue 20 Aug 2013 08:54 AM 
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First gut reaction is an Aria with a removed logo and replaced TRC or maybe a Korean model I'm not familiar with. Others with more exacting knowledge will be along soon, I'm sure.

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Aria 'batwing' headstock.


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PostPosted: Tue 20 Aug 2013 01:37 PM 
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I am with Squid on this one. I think it is an Aria Pro II PE of some kind. It may be a Korean but most of the Korean models had more carving, particularly around the controls. I am thinking earlier Japanese PE. Others know more so I would defer to them.


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PostPosted: Tue 20 Aug 2013 04:58 PM 
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Enough differences to make me think copy.

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PostPosted: Wed 21 Aug 2013 08:40 AM 
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It's strange actually, because Squid is right about the headstock, but the body is too wide, and the "horn" to round, to be a PE - unless it's some kind of obscure (maybe Korean?) model...


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PostPosted: Wed 21 Aug 2013 12:43 PM 
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The AP2 bat wing head has a small gibson-like open book design between the ears. This head has 2 wide spaced points.
What does the back of the guitar look like?

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Looks kinda like the neck pickup was installed straight with the end of the fretboard, but the bridge pickup was installed slightly slanted like the bridge itself. Weird.

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I've been waiting for pics of the back for two days now, I don't know if I'm actually gonna get them... :roll:


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