Cliff Burton SB aria 4oth anniversary release

[christhammer666]

Aria are releasing a 40th anniversary Sb bass to honour Cliff

Bet it will steep price wise but id love to give one of these a go

[Cosmo Valdemar]

It's hard to tell from the pic but it looks like a modern SB1000 painted black rather than a period-correct reissue. The near-parallel string spacing was one of the features that made the originals so special.

[LeftyJ]

Agreed!

 

I also associate Cliff Burton more with the SB Black 'n Gold, and not with this more "plain" SB reissue. There have been earlier signature models and tributes, and they were all based on the Black 'n Gold. 

[Bassassin]

There's been a few. A detail-perfect reissue of the passive SB Elite 1 B&G that Cliff's best known for, and as well as that a sort of Elite/SB1000 mashup that had the SB active electronics, with the Elite/SB-R inlays & conventional neck proportions. Got an idea there was a more modest spec budget version as well at some point, a bit like the current SB-One.

 

But yes -  this current thing does look like it's the current SB1000, only painted black. Nice to see that that it has the period-correct bridge & knobs, even if the neck shape's all wrong!

[Dood]

Blimey, who is THIS young whipper-snapper?? (I’d just like to add that this video is older than 8 years!) - I’m not sure what happened to the Cliff Burton bass review. 

 

 

[razor5cl]

I've lusted after an 80s Aria Pro II for years and years, ever since seeing that Day on the Green live clip which got me into the bass in the first place!

 

However it feels a bit rich paying the big bucks for one. Something more affordable would be right up my alley, even a decent used alternative with a few mods thrown on it.