aria pro?

[jdr94]

anyone ever seen one of these? its a neckthru or set neck

[zeegler]

It doesn't look like any Aria Pro I've ever seen. It's certainly not a Matsumoku Aria, in which case, I'd stay the hell away from it.

[jdr94]

yeah thats what i was thinking. guy said its an 80s aria thats been refinished but ive never seen one like that. i mean they had the ironman but that had a cut out like the alexi esp. he also claims its mahogany and that the kahler is stock.

[ThePitbullofLove]

Craigslist? Same guitar came up for sale last year on CL as "Custom 80's Flying V". Was asking a small fortune for a guitar for which he provided little to no specs or info. It obviously didn't sell then....here's round 2!~

[jdr94]

yeah thats the one. i think he started at 800 sat at 500 for awhile. last ad i saw was at 300. thought about tradin my bv120 for it since i only have about $145 in it and if i could find that it was legit then thought maybe i could ebay it for $300/$350 since it has a nice case but nah i love my bv120. only thing is the guys i had planned on jammin with now dont have time so a halfstack is prretty useless in an apartment lol

[z1n]

a halfstack is prretty useless in an apartment lol

As SOON as you get rid of it youll need it and def miss it

[jdr94]

yeah thats the way it always goes.

[CowboyFromHell]

Is it just me or doesn't that resemble the Dean pointy headstock?

[jdr94]

it does kind of look like a heavily rounded off version now that you mention it. when the guy said aria i thought maybe a slightly sanded aria headstock.

edit-after looking more closely to the dean vs aria, its closer to the aria as it has more wood than the dean.

heres the cl ad

http://charlotte.craigslist.org/msg/4487055284.html

[jdr94]

actually its fatter than both. also aria have the lower point almost exactly in the middle of the 4th n 5th tuning peg, but the cl v has the point more like the 5th and 6th tuning peg. i have no idea what this thing is

[jdr94]

Ok back to this one, upon further research its a mako guitar. Anyone know about mako? Good/bad?

[CowboyFromHell]

From what I found Mako used to make Strat, Tele, Les Paul, and Explorer copies as well as modified versions of Stars and Warriors. Couldn't find any evidence of them making a V or RR copy though. It may be a Mako-mutt using their neck but no telling where that body came from. Everything I find points to them going out of business in '89.

[jdr94]

Other than the kahler its the same. Its a set neck so a neck swap would have been quite difficult i think. http://oliviasvintageguitars.com/other/guitars/3362/