Product: Aria AW 20BS
Price Paid: US $149.95
Submitted
12/23/2002
at
03:02pm
by
Anonymous
Features
:
No Opinion
Spruce top, Whitewood sides, Hardwood neck, Rosewood fingerboard and frets, Chrome, and Brown Sunburst finish.
Sound
:
7
It sounds good. The sound is bright and not as warm as some other guitars I tried in the same price range. It produces a loud solid sound that I am please with.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
8
The Brown Sunburst finish looks fabulous. That's what really won me over. It sounded nice and it looks beautiful. As-is the guitar is setup nicely. It was very easy to play without having to have the guitar store so anything to it. My only complaint is about the finish and this complaint is a small one. I noticed some residue of wax/polish around the hole and a small chip on the hole. Where the fretboard connects to the guitar I noticed some more wax/polish and was removing it and found that a small sliver of wood wasn't finished at all.
Reliability/Durability
:
7
The guitar seems heavy enough to make through any punshment I'll take it through. I'm only a hobbist so it won't be out on gigs or anything like that. I bought this guitar to be a guitar I could leave at my Mom's place so I don't have to take my guitar over her house all of the time.
Customer Support
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No Opinion
Just got the guitar and haven't had anything go wrong yet. The store I bought it from said they would do any adjustments for free.
Overall Rating
:
7
I bought this guitar to have at my Mom's house. I live in another state and I hate travelling with my guitar on the plane. Since there is so much hassle now with carry-ons I thought it would be best to just have one at her house. So I was looking for something inexpensive and something I could live with. I found it.
This is a good guitar for beginners. Even though I'm not a beginner I did find the guitar good enough for me to play and easy on the eyes. I've been playing since 1980 (yikes!!)
If it were stolen I would replace it, but not nessessarily with this particular guitar, but a guitar in the same price range. If I found this guitar again and it had the same appeal over the other guitars I'd buy it again.
I compared this guitar to others in it's price range. The only manufacturer I can remember is Starlite (I think?)
