derrenleepoole Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160582097685&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_500wt_1104"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...T#ht_500wt_1104[/url] Liking the look of this, could be a nice little bass if done up. Anyone recognise the model or confirm it's an early Aria? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Looks like seventies/eighties Aria pickups with a generic 70's far east cheapo neck. The body looks sort of home made with the "matching" control cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Looks like seventies/eighties Aria pickups with a generic 70's far east cheapo neck. The body looks sort of home made with the "matching" control cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrenleepoole Posted May 3, 2011 Author Share Posted May 3, 2011 [quote name='yorick' post='1218689' date='May 3 2011, 03:25 PM']Looks like seventies/eighties Aria pickups with a generic 70's far east cheapo neck. The body looks sort of home made with the "matching" control cover.[/quote] You could be right. The neck pickup looks slightly skew and the poles don't site right under the strings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomRichards Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Those are definitely Aria pickups from the 1980s. The top one is an MBI, I believe the bottom is the MBII. You would never find them both on the same series of Aria instruments. This is a pseudo homade bass. The neck seems to be a cheap copy from a very "vintage" instrument, and the body is definitely homemade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrenleepoole Posted May 3, 2011 Author Share Posted May 3, 2011 [quote name='TomRichards' post='1218699' date='May 3 2011, 03:30 PM']Those are definitely Aria pickups from the 1980s. The top one is an MBI, I believe the bottom is the MBII. You would never find them both on the same series of Aria instruments. This is a pseudo homade bass. The neck seems to be a cheap copy from a very "vintage" instrument, and the body is definitely homemade.[/quote] Cheers Tom, good to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Total bitsa, and quite a curious one at that. As has been pointed out, the pups are (unmatched) 80s Aria units but oddly enough, the neck's off one of these: [url="http://www.matsumoku.org/models/aria/bass/a-100_200.html"]http://www.matsumoku.org/models/aria/bass/a-100_200.html[/url] Having seen 'round the back of one, they sometimes have a 6-screw plate like this bass too. These basses appeared with many different brand names so it ain't necessarily an Aria neck but it's fair to say there's a connection. They're roughly early/mid 70s. No idea what the bridge is from, it's a tad too wide for the string spacing the neck needs IMO, and isn't aligned spot-on. The body looks quite nicely made - perhaps a bit too nice for a garden shed job - and I'd say it's been part of a different bass, looks like there are holes for another bridge visible just in front of the existing one. Could be a nice little bass if the neck's a good one - even more so if it doesn't get many bids. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelk27 Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 The black pickup could be 70s, 80s, or 90s, and is either an MB-I or MB-II variant. The cream pickup could be 70s, or 80s, and is either an MB-III or MB-IV variant. No way to tell until you take them out of the carcass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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