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« on: January 18, 2012, 11:40:10 AM »

a couple of photos of the until recently troublesome XR


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« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2012, 11:41:27 AM »


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« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2012, 11:45:03 AM »

scratches and dings all over the place but it only adds to the appeal
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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2012, 11:56:58 AM »

Glad you like it. My Aria 714 continually pisses me off Angry
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« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2012, 12:00:39 PM »

why whats the deal with it?
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« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2012, 12:07:39 PM »

Everything. The original tuners were simply pathetic, the bridge I dislike simply because its not fixed and its impossible to set the intonation (you have to loosen a little screw, pull the thing back manually and then somehow tighten the screw again. Then you repeat that untill its correct. Then you move on to the next string Facepalm) Also, the neck constantly warps, I need to adjust the truss rod about once a month. Crazy. The tone knob does literally nothing. All the knobs are very hard to turn and the pickup selector rattles around constantly. And it sounds like crap. But she does look good, ive got to say that.

Oh and the input jack keeps losing a ring that holds it in place and then slides into the guitar Angry
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« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2012, 12:27:25 PM »

jeez is it one of the new Aria models? they dont make em like they used to! replace the hardware though and you'll have a sweet little instrument
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« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2012, 12:38:45 PM »

or maybe not... missed the part about the warping neck... that sounds like a pain in the arse
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« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2012, 02:04:42 PM »

Yeah totally. The body is really nice but thats it. Id still never get rid of this guitar though just because it was my first guitar lol.
It seems Aria is capable of making good instruments though. I cant read the inscriptions on the pics. Did you change the pickups or are those stock? Mine came with "Duncan Designed". Honestly the worst pickups Ive ever heard.
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« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2012, 03:04:35 PM »

*cough* new guitar *cough*
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« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2012, 03:17:37 PM »

well its a completely different company to what it was in the 80s,  i think it was in the early 90s when the company moved from japan to china so thats where the main difference will stem from haha
the pickups are stock, it just says "aria pro II" on them. they sound decent enough and they dont hiss at all on full gain, but theyre hardly top quality pups
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