Aria AD-35

this was a new guitar-shipped in box from music 123-it is a martin d-28 copy -solid sitka spruce top-rosewood back and sides-rosewood bridge and fingerboard-mahogany neck-nice smooth frets-neck was comfortable to me - no electronics-good crome tuners-no case-come with a truss rod wrench

well this guitar sounds good and full now-I own a few martin- guitars also-hd-28-d-35-d-28-and I hate to say how good this guitar sounds-I was playing it in a store my friend owns and a guy walked up and commented on how good it sounded-when I told him what I paid for it he was to say the least suprised-it is loud-good balance on strings-good bass

well here we go-when I got this guitar out of the box-it was unplayable-because of the bridge saddle-way way-too low-I put a drop in bone-had to sand it a little-put on medium guild phosphor bronze-wham -what a sound-the workmanship in the guitar other than the saddle-is clean inside- good gloss finish-clean everywhere-and I am comparing this to higher priced guitars-frets were very smooth-which was a surprize-I must say A+ workmanship-I gave this a 7 because I had to replace the saddle and it should have been checked by the factory before it shipped

well as I say it is new- has a lifetime warranty-but with a little care-I believe it would serve you well

the only dealings I ever had with aria was good I needed a repacement tuner on a mandolin and they took care of it-no problems-this guitar has a limited lifetime warranty

this guitar-to me-is well worth more than I payed-if you want a d-28 martin and cannot afford one- you will not go wrong here-they remind me alot of the old takamine copys-from the 70's but these are louder and fuller-I may buy another one-aria sometimes discontiues models -I think these will go up in time-I know they sound and look good now-a great buy for the price-I could play this guitar anywhere-and not be ashamed of it