Aria Pro II PE 600

The guitar has standard controls with a volume and tone pot and a three way pickup selector switch. These are positioned just below the bridge pickup and are very accessible. The finish is good but the body seems to be made up of a number of blocks and is not particularily attractive. Nonetheless it has been hammered over the years and has stood up remarkably well.My son has broken most of my guitars in one way or another but as yet, he has failed to impact on the PE600 despite his best efforts.

I added coil taps many years ago and this gave it a variety of sounds. It is bit thinner sounding than a Les Paul and not very loud. The bridge pickup is rather course. It's best sound is the mellow neck pickup which is brilliant.

I bought this guitar from new and I don't remember any problems. Since then I have rarely had to adjust anything. It is about 25 years old and is perfect.

The guitar has been completely abused over the years. It was gigged extensivly for the first 7 years of its life and never let me down. It has been totally reliable. This is the most solid guitar I've owned and would never sell it.

Aria have always been very good with me though I haven't spoken to them for many years.

I have always liked Aria's. I have 4, all more than 20 years old. The lure of a Gibson at the time was strong but really only based on the name as the guitars were, on the surface, similar. The Aria was also at least half the price. Fender gave it no competition.

The other review gave all the specs which are like my guitar excactly.
Mine is red.

Sounds incredibly Aewsome!

Setup and finish superb!

21 years old, built like a tank yet gives out fragile clean tones, also crunches like a mother!

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I feel like the luckiest guy on earth to get this awesome guitar!

1978, Japan. This IS NOT one of the Les Paul copies currently made by Aria; it is one of the post-lawsuit PE's and represents a break from the Les Paul copy mold that distinguishes the majority of this model line. This model was only made for about three years, and is more like a cross between a Bluesbird and a tele than a typical LP. The carved-top, all-maple body construction includes the easy access "heel-less" neck joint and strategically located volume and tone controls (one of each) and three way switch (which is located by the pots on the lower heel bout). It has a unique and highly effective one-piece SuperMatic Bridge, ProtoMatic Pickups, and quality MG-55C machine heads. The "Old World method Violin Finish" appears to be an environmentally unfriendly nitrocellulose. This guitar has a 22 fret rosewood fretboard with a bone nut and large, beautifully set abalone dot inlays, on a wide, medium depth C-shape neck. This guitar is distinctive and classic at the same time - a beautiful instrument, but relatively simple in it's approach and execution. See a picture of it at http://www.magma.ca/~jimid/index.htm . I'd give it a 10, but that's a grossly overused rating...

I've used this instrument with a number of tube and solid-state amplifiers. The pickups are mid-power, warm, very "vintage" sounding (think 60's Les Paul/SG, 70's rock). They articulate well when driving a distorted amp, and are clear and full on clean. Very nice... Does that whole Les Paul thing better than many 'Pauls I've played...

I bought this guitar when it was 19 years old, so I certainly can't speak for the factory set-up. But a number of features on this guitar make it easy to set-up and maintain, such as the exposed "bullet" truss rod and the very effective SuperMatic bridge. The construction and finishing is flawless, and the quality of the electronics work is very, very good. After twenty years, the switch and pots are still smooth and silent, which ought to tell you something about the quality of this axe. Find me a Strat that can claim the same thing!!

This thing - like most LP style guitars - can withstand pretty much anything short of being dropped on the headstock without a problem. The fixed bridge means you can keep on playing even if you loose a string, but gigging without a backup is strictly amateur hour.

I own a lot of guitars (maybe 15 right now) and this is a great one. I've had it about two years now, and finally decided to add a Harmony Central review because I STILL think it's one of the nicest instruments I've ever played. A large Japanese vintage guitar site lists this instrument as one of the top-ten most collectable vintage Japanese guitars, and it's easy to see why when you play one. This is the only one I've ever seen, so I doubt I'd be able to replace it were it lost. This guitar compares favourably to any Les Paul I've ever played. If you find one, try it. Then buy it. You won't regret it.