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Aria Pro II CS-200 (Refinished)
The tuners might not be stock. It would appear the neck pickup actually did come stock, albeit it is in a strange position for a neck pickup. The CS-200 supposedly came with a Protomatic IV zebra pickup(s?), but this one has been upgraded with an unknown in the neck position and Duncan in the bridge position. Note the unusual bridge and slotted screws mounting the bridge. Can anyone confirm this as stock? It appears there was never a rout for the Ray Bridge normally seen on the Cardinals.

Apparently this was made in 1985, so it would seem they were available outside the US after 1983 when the US distribution was narrowed to just the CS-Deluxe.

Thanks go to Joel from Portugal for the pics!
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Aria Pro II CS-300?
With no nomenclature on the truss rod, the only thing to go on is the description given by Michael Wright in one of his VG articles. It matches the specs given for the CS-300 and appears to be all original (save of course for the nasty dents and decoration) and possibly the knobs as all the other Cardinals I have seen were equipped with notched gold speed knobs.

The serial indicates it was made in 1981.
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Cardinal CS-2XX (Possibly CS-250 submodel?)
Same overall specs as the CS-250 but only one mini (phase) and coil cut is accomplished through center detent tone pots. Can you identify it?
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