cocco Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Hey guys. I've recently bought an Aria SB II Elite off a fellow BCer and am a little stumped as to what the controls do. Anyone got any ideas? Research would suggest it has the same electronics as the SB900 and SBR 80 but I'm going on what I see alone here. HELP!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_of_the_bass Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 [quote name='cocco' post='639515' date='Oct 28 2009, 11:06 PM']Hey guys. I've recently bought an Aria SB II Elite off a fellow BCer and am a little stumped as to what the controls do. Anyone got any ideas? Research would suggest it has the same electronics as the SB900 and SBR 80 but I'm going on what I see alone here. HELP!!!![/quote] Off the top of my balding pate; Stacked volume/passive tone for each pickup, three way toggle switch for p/up selection, two mini toggle switches, one for coil tapping, one for series/parallel. I think thats it, might be wrong but there we are! Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Admiral Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 [quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='639530' date='Oct 28 2009, 10:25 PM']Off the top of my balding pate; Stacked volume/passive tone for each pickup, three way toggle switch for p/up selection, two mini toggle switches, one for coil tapping, one for series/parallel. I think thats it, might be wrong but there we are! Nick[/quote] I had one of these - my first decent bass, and I regret selling it, but I would agree on the above - from distant memory of course! A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 It's as above but a 3 way rotary pickup switch and the two mini toggles are series/parallel switch for each pickup, at least that's how it was on my SB-R80. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatEric Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) [quote name='cocco' post='639515' date='Oct 28 2009, 10:06 PM']Hey guys. I've recently bought an Aria SB II Elite off a fellow BCer and am a little stumped as to what the controls do. Anyone got any ideas? Research would suggest it has the same electronics as the SB900 and SBR 80 but I'm going on what I see alone here. HELP!!!![/quote] Hi. Excellent choice! If it is the same as mine, the knob near the socket is the tone, the one near the back pick-up is the volume for the back pup and the other is the volume for the front pup. The switches, from memory, are parallell & series. Switched down, where I always leave mine, is series - a lot more balls than the other setting. You will find that the back pup appears to be weaker than the front, so I have the front on full and bleed in some of the back for a bit more "Bark". Gigging with both mine, tonight. Great stuff!! Cheers. Flat Eric. [attachment=35330:3arias.jpg] Yep, that's how mine works - gigged them both last night. Not played them for a few months - forgotten how bright they are. The grey one has worn in Rotosound's and I was getting shades of Bruce Foxton! Edited October 30, 2009 by FlatEric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_of_the_bass Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 [quote name='Doctor J' post='639702' date='Oct 29 2009, 09:09 AM']It's as above but a 3 way rotary pickup switch and the two mini toggles are series/parallel switch for each pickup, at least that's how it was on my SB-R80.[/quote] Sorry - I had a vision of a toggle p/up selector! You are correct, its a rotary job! Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Yup, what he said :-) lol. Told you it made your head go funny. It's something to do with the way they nteract that confuses it if I recall. Something along the lines of each vol acting as a master when one pick up is selected or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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