Product: Aria Pro II PE-PRO
Price Paid: US $450
Submitted
12/12/2000
at
12:02pm
by
Anonymous
Features
:
4
22 Frets, Maple neck, alder-carved top. 2 bad humbucklers, these thinks buzzed quite a bit. Almost sounded like a strat, except it's supposed to be a Les Paul copy.
Sound
:
4
While it wasnt equipped with high quality features, it suprising had a decent sound to it at quiet volumes. Try to turn it up, or add some distortion, and it went crazy. Some people may have liked the sound, but I didnt like it for what i wanted to play.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
4
Came with bad frets, off-set bridge, and a really high action. Finish was pretty good though
Reliability/Durability
:
5
I imagine it would have held up decent, but who knows, i took it back after a month for a Epi Les Paul.
Customer Support
:
9
The place i bought it from fixed all the problems i had, so i can't complain. Also i sent for info on my model to Aria, and they emailed me back and sent me a catalog and price guide.
Overall Rating
:
5
Not a bad guitar for a beginner, or someone who just cant afford something better. I traded it in for a Epi Les Paul Goldtop after a month, an extra hundred bucks gave me a MUCH better guitar, of course i'm not 100% happy with it either though. I supposed if you did some work on this guitar, changed the pickups, etc, it would be pretty good, but all guitars would be a lot better if you added higher quality equipment, so that's not saying much I suppose.
