I have an Aria pro II SB-R150 fretless generally as this spec:
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in good condition, fretless, through neck, brass bridge metalwork. active with a battery compartment to the rear. I picked it up from the bass place in Birmingham in the early 90's and stopped playing live in '94. it's in very decent condition and she plays beautifully, things being what they are, with a heavy heart, i'm contemplating sale.
and here we come to the problem. When i talked to aria about another of my basses just after i bought this, i was given the impressionit was quite rare and that only 5 or so were ever imported into the country. at the time they told me I should insure it for £1,000 - that was over 20 years ago. I have seen it's little sister the sb1000 for sale for anywhere between £600 and £1000.
Of course, just because they are for sale at that price, doesn't mean they will sell at that price. So how would I go about getting a value placed on her?
Does anybody here collect Aria basses? could someone point me in the right direction?
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