Product: Aria Pro II Avante Steve Bailey 4
Price Paid: US $530
Submitted
09/28/2004
at
06:37am
by
Anonymous
Features
:
10
2000 Model.
Solid body ash, maple neck, ebony fretboard.
Semour Duncan steve bailey bassline pickups that rock.
Electronics are active baby!
Aria shaller style tuners
all black hardware
34" medium frets or no frets (mine has frets)
Sound
:
9
Incredible sound, in and out of the studio. The Semour Duncan pickups are top notch. Little noise with highs turned all the way up. Very jazzy, punchy sound.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
8
Purchaced new, with no complaints except for the action. Havent been able to adjust strings and neck to get the action exactly where I like it. Strings sit just a little to high off the board. Definately tolerable though, and would still highly recommend.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
I have gigged weekly, and been in and out of the studio, using this bass as my first choice. Shows no wear. Still looks and plays like the day I bought it.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Never have needed. Owned for 30 months.
Overall Rating
:
10
Terrific bass for money. Retail is well over $1300. If you can find one for under 6 or 7 hundred bucks, consider it a great deal. Semour Duncan pickups alone are worth that much.
Product: Aria Pro II Avante Steve Bailey 4
Price Paid: US $450 used
Submitted
04/10/2002
at
04:21pm
by
Jeff Litchfield
Email: Christlike_02 at yahoo<dot>com
Features
:
9
This is a2000 model, made in korea.
Solid body ash
volume bass treble mute (all active)
active j/j
semour duncan steve bailey basslines
Electronics are active baby!
ash body, maple neck, ebony fretboard
light sunburst (bu not too light)
jazz bass ish shape
hefty bridge-badass or gotoh style
aria shaller style tuners
all black hardware
34" medium frets or no frets (mine has frets)
Gig bag, fits in std. P-bass case
Sound
:
10
This bass fits my style quite well. Normally I play rock, but I also play contemporary at church. Fills in the gig
I use a DI box most of the time & this bass shakes the walls, but not as much as say an ernie ball. Through an amp, this bass is very punchy and maintains clarity even at high volunes.
this bass is very quiet too-no hum.
this bass will sound sweet, brittle, dark & throaty, etc. just play with the EQ (active bass & treble). It does just about everything.
In the studio & on stage, this bass kicks out. you really only need one bass- a vesatile one...it's versatile.
Over all, this is a good bass. I don't like the resale though...it lists at $1495, but used ones go for about $450. thats insane!
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
this bass is set up nicely. the frets are well dressed.The action was a tad high, but it was easy to remedy.
the neck is smooth and fast
pickups straight kick outthe only gripe I had was the action-personal taste of lower action.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
This bass will gig well as long as it's taken care of (i.e. put in case & on a stand), just like any other instrument. the hardware is good quality, as are the SD activepickups & finish. I cant comment on the strap buttons, because I changed them to dunlop straploks (only the best, baby).
I depend on this bass a lot, however I always prefer to take a backup, 'cuz you never know what that dern drummer's gonna do.(ha,ha!)
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Customer Support: N/A
don't want to or have to
Overall Rating
:
10
I've played bass for about 7 years, guitar for like 9. I still am primarily a guitarist. Bass wise I used own a '76 Gibson Ripper (Gene Simmons) that I traded for this; and guitar wise I have two late '70s Les Pauls, a strat, a Lindert Locomotive, a Dano doubleneck 12/6, and some acoustics (incl. a 12 string)
If this bass were stolen, lost or broken I'd probably go get another if I could find one or an Ibanez SGX4. If it were broken, I would definately repair it in my shop.
I love this bass, I bought it because it was affordable.
I'd also like to stress that the resale is crap. You will lose about a grand if you buy it new and then sell it.:(
