Aria Pro II Fullerton

Think it is US made. Purchased in Australia. Strat set-up with three single coil p-ups, two tone controls, volume, five way selector etc. Maple neck. Black finish and white pickguard/scratch plate. Came with gig bag.

I've had this guitar since 1996 when I bought it as a back-up guitar to take on tour (in case I busted a string etc). I've since toured it around Australia, the US etc. It's a well travelled guitar.

It's great value for money for the sound. It's very much a strat-style sound, though not the same calibre. I've used it sparingly in the studio on rcordings - I have better guitars for studio stuff - but live it's fine for me as a fall-back.

I play roots-rock but I've used it for rock, hard rock, country etc. It has the Strat's versatility but it just isn't as sweet in some spots.

All the pick up selections have their own character - a little different in response from the Strat. I guess if you changed the pickups you could get a better sound because the wood on mine is really nice with great resonance.

The guitar I bought new and it was pretty much ready to go. I set the intonation and the action and have been happy with it since.

I really like the way the jack input points up (you can tuck it straight under your strap) and the way the scratch plate is a different shape to the Strat style, becasue this guitar is not just 'another' Strat copy. It has it's own character.

Main problem from a finish point of view was that the tuning nuts can lift out (the bit that you wind the string on to) but this only happens when there's no tension on the string - only an issue when changing strings - but I guess you could pap some schallers on there if it was an issue

Yeah, I've gigged with it for years. Everything's fine.

No problems so wouldn't know

I'm selling this guitar because I've got a bunch of others and I want to buy another acoustic. It's a good guitar, reliable, has fulfilled the purpose of why I bought it in the first place. If you are looking for a reliable guitar, this model is likely to be some great value for money.

i don't know what year it was made or what country it seems very cheap so i suspect korea...22 fret 3 single coiled strat very light weight and easy to play very worn in feeling...the finish is a very cheap looking sunburst wich looks good with the odd shaped dirty white pick guard and maple fret board...it's just a cheap trem guitar with cheap tuners i'll need to replace...it's got a very thin surprisingly fast neck i really like the feel of...the pick ups suck -1 the tuners need to be replaced-1 the frets need to be filed-1 and it could use a better nut -i

it has a good brite punchy kinda grinding sound i really like that i was really able to accentuate by putting a duncan jb junior in the bridge it has a really awesome iron maiden meets the exploited kind of sound i play a kind of metal punk fusion that can best be discribed as holy hell and this is my new favorite the moment so for my purposes i give it high marks in this catagory

the action is good the pick ups aren't even close to being alinged with the strings but i only use the bridge pickup anyways and i like the uneveness it sounds raw as opposed to smooth and raw sounding rock tones is what i wanted this guitar for in the first place

yes you can beat the hell out of it it's very durable

i've been playing for 8 years i've owned several guitars i currently own 2 epiphone sgs one of wich collects dust and this thing now i really like the light weight and thin neck this was a steal at $99 the orginal pickups sounded so bad i can see why they put it on clearance but i knew it was going to be a great fixeruper i'm very pleased with this

I don't knopw what year it was made in, my estimate is 1996-1998, 22 fret strat copy with S/S/H pickup configuration. 5 way switch with a splitter for the humbucker. For this price, you will find no better buy! I use it as a drop D guitar and a spare for my Fender strat.The tuners are are gotoh and hold well for their class. Just your average tremolo system, nothing too special.

Versatility MAX!!!! This was the only guitar I owned for 4 years straight and satisfied every different musical phase i went through. The Beatles, Then red hot chilli peppers, Blink 182....It slays them all! The thing I like most about the sound is it will sort of mould to whatever your amp settup is. So on it's own, it isn't really distinctive. I personally think that it's strength lies in the driven department. The middle single coil is harsh if not set up exactly right.

All the other reviewers have said thatt this guitar is pretty weak in this department, but I had a pro set it up when I first got it so any setup problems it once has are now long dead. But this is also related to the fact that over the years I have worn it in a fair bit so it has lost the trademark low price cardbord-necked texture.So thhis good news for all you people with sweaty hands!

I have taken good care of my Aria and thus have had no troubles so far. As I said before this is a very stable guitar so the only reason you would need spare on stage would be due to the busting of strings.
Strap knob buttons are a bit of an issue.

Never had to bother

Squier, Casino, Magnum, Samick, hang your heads in shame. This guitar runs rings around many guitars that are twice the price. Do yourselves a favour and buy one!

I've had this guitar for about 4 years now. It has served it's purpose.It has 22 frets and a three single coil pickup configuration. 5 way switch. Two tone and one volume knobs.Its a strat style body with larger cutaways and a very thin neck(very fast).Nice setup for the price. Spot for a tremelo arm but i wouldn't recomend it.

I like to play everything from reggae to metal and it works for all of it. I play it through my DOD death metal distortion into my peavy rage 158 studio amp, and it sounds awsome for any alternative rock or classic rock. All i do is crank the volume, turn down the tone, and use the neck position pickup. It sounds great to me. When i play it through my sunn concert lead 100w head and marshall cabs the tone could bring down my house. Loud is good with this guitar.

The factory setup was sloppy but with a little tweaking i had it sounding great. The neck connection was loose when i first got it but i cranked on the bolts and haven't had problems with that since. I also replaced the tuning keys because i learned that they were made of plastic. Bad idea.

I like to jump around and swing my guitar around. It hasn't failed me yet. to me its as durable as steel. The is one problem with the pickup selector switch though, it needs to be wiggled every once in a while....? but...other than that its solid.

never dealt with fixing it.

i've been playing for about 9 years and this is one of if not the best midpriced guitar i've ever played. I often choose it over my fender. I'd definetly buy it again if i had too.

i OWN A 24 FRET, FENDER SRAT COPY. IT HAS TWO SINGLE COILS AND 1 HUMBUCKER.IT HAS A VOLUME CONTROL AND A TONE CONTROL, WHICH WHERE MADE OF METALLIC STEEL BUT REPLACED THEM WITH DICE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YAER IT IS, BUT IT WAS MAD IN THE U.S, PROBABLY NEW JERSEY. i ALSO HAVE A PEAVEY AMP, 65 WATTS OF PUR POWER.

IT'S GREAT. IT ALWAYS SOUNDS GREAT, ESPECIALLY WITH A BOSS PEDAL. it's loud and has a rich tone, it's no les paul, but that's not what i wanted.I like it alot.

crappy. I started to know this about christmas. The action was good, but the strings were to far away. I want to get some acsseries.
Other than the lead jack, everything was fine. I like the coluor red, It's hot(cool looking, not stolen),

It's good, but I wouldn't know the durability because I don't abuse it.

Really good

I've been playing for one year. I would diffently buy another one, but in a wood colour. It whoops squires and is up to par with strats . My friend is a jack@$$, he thinks his berecuda $hit is better than mine.

22 frets, S/S/H, thin neck, tone, volume, 5-way toggle, and coil selector... strat style with a slightly larger cutaway...

Used in a variety of different music styles, it has worked well especially for clean tones. Does have a tendency to feed back when distorted but than can be remedied with pedal distortion as opposed to my Marshall valvestate amp distortion. Sound seems to change on a gradual basis, sometimes for worse, sometimes better, currently it emulates clapton's "woman tone" quite well however...

Crap, for the most part, I didn't know at first cuz i was a beginner, and I had the damn thing for 2 years before i pulled it apart, fucked with the pickups adujsted the truss, replaced the screwes, tone knobs, etc...

I've beat the shit our of it for almost 6 years, and it has showed very little strain, its dependable.

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Great for a beginner to itermediate player, always good as a backup, and probably if you treat it well it'll sound better for longer than mine...

My Aria Pro II was made in Japan. It's a 22 fret, maple neck solid-top guitar with a double cut slightly more defined than ur usual strat. It came with a volume and tone knob, a 5 way selector and a coil switch for the humbucker. I don't know what the make or the models of the pickups are, but they are in a S/S/H configuration. Like i said, it's got a maple neck which is quite thin but comfortable and everyone that plays it comments on the brilliant neck. The tuners are non-locking and the bridge is a standard Strat bridge with a input for the tremelo bar.

I play mostly hard rock, predominantly stuff from 1985-1992 but i also play some older stuff like aerosmith, van halen n zeppelin, as well as newer stuff like 3rd eye blind, collective soul and limp bizkit. It's the only guitar i've owned and i've had it for 4 years and it suits most of the stuff i play, most of the guitarists i'm into (slash, mick mars, snake sabo, joey allen, reb beach) use gibsons and ibanez, but I honestly think Fender style guitars will get you that sound better, cuz the fullerton is obviously a lot closer to the fender sound than the gibson sound, if u want the gibson sound and feel, don't even look at this guitar. At the moment i'm using a shitty crate amp and i've been using the guitar with it for 3 yrs now and it's been great for clean sounds. I also managed to rack up some boss pedals over the yrs (not my favourite pedals but i got a good deal) and so now i use the following setup:
Guitar-Boss PSM 5 power supply-Boss FW3 Wah-Boss CS3 Compression Sustainer- Boss BF2 Flanger-Boss CE3 Chorus- Boss SD1 Overdrive-Boss HM2 Heavy Metal- DanElectro Daddy-O Overdrive-Boss DD2 Delay-Amp. Pretty elaborate setup but it's gotten me the sound i want, although i have to agree with the majority of people, unless u have a real good distortion, u're screwed cuz this guitar just makes too much unwatned noise with distortion, I recommend either a good pedal or really, really soundless pickups.
Also, I use this guitar for some jazz songs n if u roll the tone back to bout 6 n use either the middle or the neck pickup, u get a pretty sweet sound. All in all, this guitar is great for a clean sound and a more rhythm sound, although it's great neck and feel makes leadwork a breeze.

The pickups and the set-up aren't that great. If u have the money, i'd suggest gettin this guitar and fixing it up a little cuz if u brought the pickups down a little and did a few little other personal things, this could be a great guitar. Apart from that, it's pretty good. The action is nice and the finish is a nice black outline that fades into a darkish patchy green.

I've had this guitar for over 4 yrs and in the last 3 yrs i've really been playing it a lot and taking it around and nothing has happened. However, within the first 6 months that i bought it, the input jack started gettin quite loose and so did the strap pegs. Also, to my amazement, the coil switch for the HB kinda fell back into the guitar n i can't get it out without opening up the guitar and i'm not interested in doing that. Apart from that, the guitar has held up fine, i play live without a back-up and i've never had a problem and neitehr would u unless u seriously mis-used it.

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All in all, I think this is a great guitar, especially for beginners, it will get you most sounds you want and I personally really like it compared to other guitars in its price range. OFcourse, if u're lookin at gibsons n fender over $4000 then obviously skip past this guitar but if u're looking for a cheap, durable quality guitar either to start off with or as an extra guitar, this guitar will suit you. If it were stolen i'd be damn dissapointed cuz i wouldn't find a guitar as good and as cheap as this anytime soon, but i doubt i'd get another 1, i'd look elsewhere. I'm about to buy the marhsall avt150 and i tried my guitar out with it and it's a great, great sound so like i said, u need a good amp n a good pedal n this guitar will sound very, very cool.

Made in the U.S.A. (Just like me). It has 23 frets, 1 tone, 1 volume 5-way selector and a coil tap switch. S-S-H configuration. The neck is really thin, but I like it like that. I bought mine used, and the tremolo was missing.

You can play just about any type of music on this guitar. Right now I have a sh**ty crate amp, but am in the market for a Fender amp.

I love the way it was set up when I bought it. I think the previuos owner rigged it up real nice.

I hear a lot about the durability of this guitar. . . Right now mine's in the shop getting some neck problems fixed. It is pretty good, though.

I highly reccomend it for all levels of experience, especially beginners

An American made and a truckload of pertinant features, 22-fret, 1 volume 1 tone, S/S/H with 5-way selector and coil switch for the HB, Pickups make unknown to me. the body is alder red-to black sunburst, with fat maple neck and fretboard, along with no-locking tuners.

I have found this particular Guitar's sound to be just as versatile as my playing style. I tend to play a bit of many styles; hard rock, hevay metal, ska, punk, country, blues, funk, and jazz. Although finding the right sound for all of these with this guitar may be very time consuming, with a lot patience and a little luck, These sounds can come through. I also have found that has a suprisingly rich, mellow sound similar to an acoustic when played clean and open(V-4, T-10, mid/neck pickups).
There are times when looking for a certain sound, I haven't been able to find it, although have found it before. There is way too much feedback when heavily distorted(I am currently using a little Marshall G15R CD), and this feedback is similar to mike feedback. the only other downfall is that the pickups tend to make more noise than expected. all in all, this guitar comes out above average when it comes to sound.

Since this particular guitar was a gift to me from another musician, I am uncertain to whether or not the setup was the same as it was at the factory. the Pickups on the one I have were a bit too high for my tastes, so I lowered them, which wasn't too much of a problem. when I did this however, a found that the top was bookmatched sloppy. very sloppy. the bridge, on the other hand, was fitted very well. all other aspect of the craftmanship of this gutiar are well above averge. the only problems I have are with the lead jack, which is attatched well on the inside, but the fitting on the outside needs to be tightened often. this doesn't seem to have any ill effect on the guitar. the other proble I have is with the tuning pegs, in which their jackets aren't attached very well, and have a tendancy to pop up, allowing the pegs to lean foward under the tension of the strings. With all this said, this is a very well built guitar.

I have only one thing to say about the durablility of this guitar. think sherman tanks. I have yet to see a guitar that could withstand the amount of punishment this guitar can take.

never dealt with them

this is a good guitar for the musical jack-of-all-trades, as well as the heavy duty touring artist. I will get your point across.

My guitar is a 1997 model (FL-20). I really don't know where it was made, but it was a cheap guitar. 22-fret roswwood fingerboard and maple neck. S-S-H with a 5-way switch and coil tap toggle switch. Alder body (i think) and body shape ala "Strat", although the neck joint has been inproved. Standard vintage tremolo. It's a cheaper and slightly improved "Strat".

Wel... this is really the week point of my guitar... I don't know if it's the pick-up's problem or if it's the guitar's problem. It feedbacks too much on heavy distortion (that kind of mike feedback). On clean sound, it's rally good. Almost as good as a standard "Strat". As with any single-coil guitar, it hums... but it's 7 combination of pick-ups are really versatile.

Actually, it started to sound good only when I changed strings. I prefer D'Addario XL .009. But I had to re-set-up everything (since neck to pick-ups).

Live playing? Only with clean sound. The tremolo arm snapped while playing (I abused it like if it was a Floyd Rose). It's better used for a back-up guitar.

It could be better... I want to replace the pick-ups with some DiMarzio's... let's see...

I don't know when or where it was made. It's got 22 frets, solid top. Volume (1), Tone (1), 5-way selector. S/S/H configuration. I don't know what the pickups are. Active electronics. It looks a lot like a Fender Fat Strat. The rosewood neck is pretty thin, but feels comfortable on your fingers.

At first I thought this guitar sounded awful, I adjusted the pickups, different guage strings, different string types!! I still couldn't get a respectable tone. Then I realized the problem, I was running it into one of the worst amplifiers ever made..(A Crate GX-15R) I decided to go searching for a better amp. I left the store with a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. All I can say is WOW! I've gone from hating the guitar to completely loving it. You wouldn't believe the difference that tube amp had over my Crate solid state. I really love this guitar now. If you've ever wanted a great blues combo, go with this. However, if you're into metal, or really hard rock. The guitar flourished with distortion turned up all the way on the Crate. It doesn't sound like the Fender Strat (because it's not) but it's not worse or better..just different. But I really like the sound I get out of it. Roll back the tone to around 4 or 5 and I can get a great clean jazz tone.

As I picked it off the shelf for the very first time it was very easy to play. The pickups were a little high for my tastes, I lowered them a bit, and they sounded much better. The guitar was flawless except the 5-way selctor cut out a lot at first, will have to get it fixed. Plus the input jacks come loose easily, but the cord will still stay in easily, and not short out at all.

I've gigged with it numerous times. This guitar is very sturdy! And I've only gotten one tiny crack in it in 2 years! Finish hasn't shown any other signs of wear and tear at all. I've gigged without a backup.

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I've been playing for about 3 years now. I'm thinking about getting a Standard Strat, add replacing the pickups with Texas specials to get more of a SRV tone, but I still love this guitar.

22 Fret, S/S/H, Tune-O-Matic bridge, Excellent beginner guitar

Like the way it sounds - on amp and off amp. Incredible guitar when distortion is used... some people say it hums, I didn't hear it.

The only problem I encountered was with the finish, the previous owner used it a lot and I had to buff it.

If you're ever at a baseball game without a bat, use this guitar! It's yery solid, and it survived a trip home on the airplane. Just don't use the tremolo bar, it whacks it out of tune.

They wanted $200 for it, it's well worth more. I would've paid more, but it's all I had and that's what they bought it for. Really good store: If you're ever in Erie Pennsylvania check out World of Music. If you're going north on Freeway 6N, turn right at the second erie exit and go about 2-3 miles. It's on the right.

I am not quite sure what year it was made but I know it was made in the USA. It has 22 frets, Solid-top. S/S/H. Not sure what the make and model of pickups are. Active electronics. The body is made of a solid mohogany with an ash neck. The finish is sunburst. The bridge style is a Tune-O-Matic. The Tuners are non-locking and the brand of tuners is ping. The neck is thin. I have a case for it, it is a Fender.

I think it would fit almost everyones music needs! I am using a Peavey Audition Chorus with it and seems to work great! Rich or Bright sound depeding on the way you have the tone set..

The guitar was set up great. The pickups were adjusted ok but I fixed them to my liking.

The guitar would withstand live playing. Yes the hardware has been great! The finish is great it still looks like new! The strap buttons are solid. Yes I think it is a very dependable guitar. Yes I would use it on a Gig without a backup.

Never needed to contact them yet, If I need anything I go to a local guitar store.

I have been playing the Gutiar for about 2 years or more now I think it is a very good beginners guitar! If it were stolen or lost no I would not buy the same guitar not because I don't like I would change to another style.

I'm also having a difficult time finding out what year this guitar was made,but I do know that it's an American product.It has 22 frets.With Ducan pick-ups.One volume control and two tones controls,with a 5-way selector.The pick-up configuration is S/S/H.The electronics are pretty basic in this guitar.Maple neck,and a transparent finish.It's a strat-style body but it does have it's own characteristics.The body is string-thru.Included were a case,strap,and a small amp.

The guitar is a great beginner.It will play very clean if you want it to.Personally I love it for just about anything.(Metal,Rock,chords)However I have grown to enjoying it much more after buying an effect pedal for it (the ZOOM 505)The 30 watt Crate amp just wasn't enough as far as disstortion went until i used this pedal.The guitar has it's good and bad moments with different effects.Usually the selector switch is all you need to move.If that doesn't work try adjusting the tone controls.By itself it has an almost acoustic sound to it as long as it's in perfect tune.It seems that it's a very versitile guitar when an effect pedal is used but besides that it's rather basic.Likes:Very nice clean sound.Dislikes:When using amp distortion options you tend to get a hum after you stop playing.

The guitar was set-up very well.Obiously made for someone just starting out.Based on it's very solid construction.The action was very good right off the wall,but you may want to adjust to your own preference.The pick-ups needed a little bit of adjusting but were still fine the way they were.Bridge was a problem.messed things up.I had it replaced a few days after i got it.From that time up till about a year and a half later I had no problems with it until some wires for my selector switch went bad.I began loosing channels.I was an easy fix until you had to put the pick-ups back in the guitar.The overall finish of the guitar,very nice mine is black.But it's very succeptable to scratches.They show up very easily so be careful.

This guitar is made like a sherman.You can't hurt it if ya tried...well ya could but it's not easy.It's very durable and a solid piece if work.Live playing?No problem.There aren't many wearable parts in the guitar but i've only come across one frequent problem that isn't so bad.The plug jack needs attention every once in a while.Just a little tightening thats all.The finish on my guitar is very nice.It seems that it is rather durable,but because of it's black color scratches are more visible.The strap buttons are ok they need tightening once every few moths but thats not a problem.It's a very dependable guitar.It's not perfect but I wouldn't be concerned playing on stage with it.I don't care what kind of guitar you have ALWAYS have a back up.But if you were to not have one I would feel safer using this one.I've had it for 2 years and i've only broken one string while playing.And I play it hard.

I haven't had a bad enough prob;em where i needed them but time will tell.

I started playing guitar about 2 and a half years ago.This was and is my first guitar.I use the ZOOM 505 effect pedal with it.Great results.I wouldn't have asked the quesion i'm thinking of now because I probably would have ended up paying more for it.If I lost this guitar i'd definetely be in the market for another one.It may be a difficult task due to it being dis-continued a few years ago,but i'd but it again thats for sure.I love how I can beat on the guitar a little bit and not worry about screwing the damn thing up.There is only one thing I hate about it.I hate the hum I get when using my amp's distortion,but my pedal has gotton me around that problem.My favorite feature is the neck size,it seems to be just a tad bit smaller than other guitars of it's kind making play a bit easier.I really can't compare it with other guitars mainly because this is the only one i've owned but also because I don't know of a guitar this durable.I just wish it came with a nice humbucker.

I have been unable to determine the year, alothough I haven't really looked into it extensively. It was made int he USA, and it has 22 frets. The Pick-up config is S/S/H, the pickups from the what I have gathered information wise on the internet are Ducan pickups. It has a 5-way rocker switch, tone, and volume knobs, and a rocker-switch for the HB. It has a maple neck, rosewood fretboard, and an alder body. It has a semi-transparent DEEP blue finsh (personally I think its a beautiful finish). Its a strat style body, but seems a little smaller. A second tone would be nice. Came with a gig bag.

Sound is good. I play punk/ska-core and the HB sounds great. The singles give kinda a flat sound, flater than a single on a fender strat, the HB makes up for it. The HB gives it a bright sound, where as the singles, give it a more full sound. You can get a goor variety of sounds from it though. I play it through a cheap Ibanez Thrashmetal pedal (just replaced with a Danelectro Fab-tone) and a peavey Renown 2x12 235watt amp, or a fender champion 110. The fender gives a better tone, softer, where as the peavey strictly amplifies. Both are solid states, and I have played it through a couple tubes, which made a big difference, but the peavey with the fab-tone and the HB sounds pretty damn good. The HB offers a much longer sustained sound.

Action was very nice. I can honestly say after playing several fenders, that I like the feel of playing my aria better. It seems to have a thinner neck than other guitars I've played and its a pleasure to play. Not a spot of rust, and the finish was perfect when I got, even had the wrap on the pick-guard.

I've played t for 6 months, and nothings happened =-) MUST be built pretty good. In fact this thing is a wooden tank. Everything is rock solid on this! The only thing, which is really not a big deal is that every 3-4 months, the jack seems to get a little loose, but thats trivial as long as you know to check it every once and a while

NO idea, I haven't used them yet

I think it is a very good value, although from what I have found, I got a very good deal... the guitar supposedly is listed at $840, I knkow you can buy it new at www.woodysmsuic.com for around $650 new. It KILLS any fender squire, and from what I've played its right up there with the US and Mex strats... Like I said before, a second tone would be nice, but I'd buy it again in a minute

I have no idea what year it was made in nor where it was made, for I bought it used. Has a volume a tone control knob, as well as a 5-way selector. It uses a S/S/H pickup configuration, which may not be stock. It a strat body style with non-locking tuners. No other accessories were included, for it was used.

Has kinda of an empty sound which is kind of a drawback for the sound I want, which is a thick heavy sound akin to sepultura/pantera... I am using it with a Crate 15 watt solid state amp (have used it which a few others, and it retains the empty sound).

Seems like a pretty sturdy guitar, but you pay the sturdiness with a hefty weight.... does seem to "settle" sometimes and I can hear it creek.. Paint seems somewhat brittle though...

This thing is a tank... I could probably play baseball with this and it wouldn't break... If it made the sound I like, I could see myself gigging with it....

Never dealt with the company and have never heard of them.

I've been playing for about 6 months and this is not that bad for a beginner guitar, but as I am wising up, I realize I got screwed.. I would probably not buy it again, but I will probably use it until I see fit to buy a new guitar...