I grabbed this beaut from a pawn shop yesterday for an unbelievable R1000.00! It’s a 1983 Japanese made Aria Pro II CS 350. It has a switch that splits the humbuckers into single coils and a switch that reverses the phasing! The picks still sound great and the finish is pristine.
The nut needs replacing.[img]http://[/img] The owner had put acoustic strings on it so he had to widen the grooves, also the part of the nut where the lower E string goes was chipped off and he cut another groove next to it (!) causing irregular string spacing. It has an orphan bridge saddle for the upper E string. I don’t know if I will be able to find an original spare since it’s such an old guitar and the saddles are the rare offset type. I guess I will just have to put in a new whole set. Otherwise it’s in very good shape. (I dread taking off that sticker in case I scratch the finish!)
The nut needs replacing.[img]http://[/img] The owner had put acoustic strings on it so he had to widen the grooves, also the part of the nut where the lower E string goes was chipped off and he cut another groove next to it (!) causing irregular string spacing. It has an orphan bridge saddle for the upper E string. I don’t know if I will be able to find an original spare since it’s such an old guitar and the saddles are the rare offset type. I guess I will just have to put in a new whole set. Otherwise it’s in very good shape. (I dread taking off that sticker in case I scratch the finish!)
