Anyone know about aria basses?

[herman]

Hello all, I've got a 5 string aria pro ii bass,got it secondhand about 8 years ago,I've searched on aria forums but I'm still none the wiser as to which year,model etc.I will try and get some pic's up when poss, its a 5 bolt neck and say's made in korea, the serial number is S7020917 if anyone could give me any idea of what it is, I would be most grateful!!

Thanks,herman.

[Mykesbass]

Is it active, with soapbar pickups and have a five way selector? Could be the 404/5 More recent ones were Chinese built and with the through neck.

[herman]

Hi mykesbass, yes it has a 9v battery in where the tone,volume pots are, also there is a little black plastic box with 4 small sliders on it, on the box is the name/word KOCH,and just underneath it say's BPA, there are 3 control knobs on the bass, volume, tone and pickups? The pickups are not soapbar size, more like the width of jazz bass pickups,there is a toggle switch also, could it be for active/passive? Quite a difference in volume between each position of toggle switch.

Many thanks,herman.

[herman]

Had a look on aria website,the headstock is the same as the IGB integra basses,and the basses that aria are showing have 2 soapbar pickups,and also 1 pickup versions and completely different volume/tone controls!!

Thanks herman.

[Mykesbass]

Not the one I thought it was going to be then but as soon as you can post pics I may be able to help - was an Aria dealer 10 years ago and had one of their basses from that period.

[Bolo]

Maybe the people at koch amps (no relation) can help you:
http://www.koch-amps.com/support.html