Fionn

I just saw a 1981 Aria SB900 on fleabay, identical to mine. The serial number caught my attention. It is [b]1120518[/b], mine is [b]1120517[/b] ... what are the chances of that?! Crazy, this is the bass that was next off the production line to my own. Thought I'd share that as it seems so unlikely. If I was rich I'd reunite them. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aria-SB900-bass-/130817945066?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1e755b6dea#ht_2766wt_1140"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aria-SB900-bass-/130817945066?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1e755b6dea#ht_2766wt_1140[/url]

Back in the day I recorded much of my vinyl onto mini-disc. It sounded amazing! Because there is so much compression a lot of the more extreme artifact from the vinyl is removed, but somehow the goodies stay intact. It's an interesting sound.

[quote name='3below' timestamp='1352542014' post='1864350'] Another approach might be to file flats onto the height adjusting screws. This will allow you to grip the screws with a suitable tool. [/quote] As 3below said. That's what I would do. Where the screw is visible below the saddle, grip the exposed screw with piers (parallel pliers are best as they wont slip so much) and twist it out. If it's heavily seized and either breaks or just wont budge, another option is to drill it out and tap a new thread in the hole. This will obviously take a slightly wider screw. The brass will behave the way you want it to. It's not a difficult metal to work.

Check it out!!! Steve Harris rockin it!!! BBC4 .... it's been on about 10 mins already

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1342971457' post='1743276'] Have they stopped trying to be Queen v2.0? [/quote] apparently so

The trailer for the coming MUSE album ... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqFZGnfMLMw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqFZGnfMLMw[/url] I don't know about anyone else but it made my nipples ripple. I can't wait for this!

Well, Fender basses are most certainly fashionable. I watched some of the T in the park highlights on the box last night, I saw maybe the first 7 or 8 bands and [b]every[/b] one of them was using a Fender bass. Mostly Jazzes, although there were a couple of precisions. Gretsch guitars seem to be overly popular these days too.

[quote name='noelk27' timestamp='1342656418' post='1738971'] ... or black hardware, a 1000JT (these had black bridges, tuners, and truss rod cover). [/quote] Now[i] that's[/i] what I'm talking about. Absolutely perfect!!!!! Thanks for the heads up. (picture here, if anyone is interested... [url="http://www.ariaguitars.com/jp/02prod/0102eb/sb1000jt.html"]http://www.ariaguita...b/sb1000jt.html[/url] ) The 1000JT is fitted with a Gotoh J510-B4 bridge, and Gotoh GB-70 machine heads. I might go for those as it would be an entirely reversable mod ... assuming the bridge slots in fine. I'll look into that.

Thanks for the knowledge. It's good to have some background info about ye olde 900.

[quote name='noelk27' timestamp='1342639557' post='1738564'] My first SB ... [/quote] Gorgeous! Is this an SB-900? I know that there were two different control configurations with the 900's.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1342638780' post='1738544'] maybe back then folk weren't such bass tarts and, you know, just played the things? [/quote] Aye, and they survived on potatoes and water, and lived in caves, and observed only the elder catechism.

Aye, it's all as original and as standard. Odd, eh?

I've got a 1981 Aria SB-900. It feels and sounds lovely, and to the eye it's a thing of beauty ... walnut stained ash, rosewood fingerboard, maple and walnut neck-thru-body. Braw! But (now that we have food and shelter sorted and we can afford to indulge in the pedantic) ... What the heck were Aria thinking when they slapped the hardware together on these basses?!! It's a mess of pottage, a total stramash!!! ... Black knobs switches, and pickups, brass bridge and nut, chrome tuners, and aluminium strap buttons! Others of you may like this particular feature of these basses. It's a bonnie bass, to be sure, but I'm thinking that a bit more attention to detail would have made it look [i]exeptional[/i]. Matching iron mongery and knobs ... and bigger tuners. The tuner-lugs look too small for the headstock ... only my humble opinion, of course. Anyone else had thoughts about this? I can't decide whether to modify of leave as standard. Hmmmmmmmm? O choin! [attachment=113488:IMG_0025.jpg]

Just bought a pedal from Will. easy transaction, quick, good communication ... no problemo!

I just sold a pedal to Such. Martin is a good guy to deal with ... fast payment and good communications. No worries at all

Flea demonstrating pick technique on his instructional vid .... pretty funny ... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AksXA4QlfIs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AksXA4QlfIs[/url]