Product: Aria 1803T
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
06/30/2007
at
07:22am
by
yakir ari
Features
:
8
3 strange pickups, 1 tone 1 volume.
Rosewood neck, and 21 frets.
Mine is with a sunburst finish, that actually looks quite good, on the back better than on the front. Strat body, that weights more, but is actually thinner. Don't have the trem, which I will try and fit from a jag or a jzm. The strat trem won't fit. It's a solid ash body, as far as I can tell.
This is the link for the guitar specs :
http://www.matsumoku.org/models/aria/solid/str/str.html
Sound
:
9
A unique guitar, with a really strange mix between everything you thought. It looks like a Jzm that was mold on a Stratocaser, but sounds like a Telecaster. These pickups are so unique.
I think it's a great guitar for Rithem, just cause it lacks that sharp sound of Tele, but it still comes out with a round bell like sound.
It should be versatile, just because you have 6 different configurations, but they actually sound similar. They all sound different than a regular fender, but actually very pleasing. Should be a 7-8 on this category, but being such a cheap guitar with such a surprising sound I'll give it a 9.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
8
Then neck has a 1000 cotes finish, so though it's a pain to play with, it still looks brand new. So does the fretboard. Pickups sound like they left the factory today. The body is a bit poor with the finish, but hey, for the price you paid it is still better than a Mex fender or a Korean Epi.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
It's amazing this guitar is from the 70's.
I'd give it 5 years top, and it's been gigged. came with no case. I wouldn't try and brake it on stage.
Customer Support
:
1
Forget about it. You're lucky I found something. Most people think it's a diamond, though you can see that it doesn't have the diamond logo.
Overall Rating
:
10
If you see one, buy it.
Don't go over the top.
It's a cool guitar, and I'm quite sick of American fenders.
If you wanted something that's interesting to see, and interesting to hear, you've got it. It's a cheap guitar, but hey, maybe you can make it famous.