Snagged this the other day. Was talking to another guy and I caught him in a couple of lies and he would not deal on a guitar that had been listed for over 6 years. The second guy was much better to deal with and he accepted my offer for MUCH less than the first guy was wanting.
It has an ABR1 bridge on it so I had to flip the A and D saddles around to get the intonation right. It plays so easy you'd think it was an air guitar. The quality of workmanship is impeccable. I did put a new stop tail on it, the gold plating was worn off of the original. The frets are perfect. Whoever owned this took care of it. It is a 2002 model made by Samick in their higher end shop. I'm sure Aria was very involved in the manufacturing and quality control on this model. Not many around. It had gold top hat knobs on it but I can't stand them and they make the guitar look cheap so I put a set of amber notched speed knobs on it just like the ones on the PE-R80. This thing is one sweet piece of kit! There is abalone inlay in between the layers of binding, the inlays are pearl and abalone and done very precisely and the headstock is matching quilt. No foto flame here. Came with a very nice locking hardshell case to boot.
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