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    • #76303
      dee.
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      Hi rsslcs,

      I have been looking for another one of these !Devices! since I got mine maybe 20 years ago (around 1989/1990), and I bought it second hand at the time so I have no idea when these were made.

      The serial number on mine is 7010912 and I haven’t been able to find it in the Aria archives either. It has Floyd Rose tremolo system etc too, but the body is a bit more pointy than yours (I will try and post some pics if I can find my camera later).

      I’d love to know more about this guitar! Thanks for posting about yours, it’s the only other guitar I have ever seen of the same ‘model’ as mine.

      Dee.

    • #76090
      rsslcs
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      THE BIGGEST BUMP EVER. (maybe)

      Sooo… Anything? πŸ™‚

    • #76096
      rsslcs
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      hmmmm.. any new news, or is there no more info? Also, what do you guys think about th white aria in the previous post?

    • #76132
      rsslcs
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      SB, what are your thoughts on the guitar on the site on page 1? Any use?

    • #76127
      SB
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      Hey stevie,

      I agree with rsslcs. This was the headstock du jour in the 80’s. It appears on American, Japanese, Korean, Etc. Guitars. Given it’s widespread popularity, I don’t think you can gain much information from a headstock shape match. sb

    • #76091
      rsslcs
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      Hi steve! you’re free to use this thread but it might lead to confusion as to what is which and whose is where πŸ˜› So I recommend you to just create a new thread. You should get more views as well.

    • #76126
      stevieboi
      Member

      Sorry to hyjack your thread, but i’ve tried searching the net for info and i’ve hit a brick wall!
      I bought a telecaster copy a few weeks ago, i was told it was an
      “Aria proII-TEX-350” it has “madaxe” on the head stock.
      The head stock is the same shape as the Aria Pro II above, so i guess is it one.
      #http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr6/stevieboi99/IMAGE_292.jpg
      #http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr6/stevieboi99/IMAGE_293.jpg
      #http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr6/stevieboi99/IMAGE_297.jpg

    • #76114
      rsslcs
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      http://home.earthlink.net/~davec69/index.htm

      that looks a LOT like it, identical except for the bridge pickup, but that was replaced, so it’s a sort-of match? The on;ly problem is that is was bought in the eighties!? My head hurts. Too many dates. πŸ‘Ώ It’s the first one (duh lol)

    • #76131
      Tim
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      SB tends to be the guy (or girl come to think of it) who can get his head round this stuff…that may well be a good starting point.

    • #76108
      SB
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      Hi rsslcs.

      Just to stir the pot, I’m going to guess your guitar was made in 1990.

      I’m basing this guess on a page description of a 1990 catalog in the Aria Archive.

      p.20:Diamond series,JX-550,JX-450,JX-400,TEX-400,TEX-350,JPJ-400

      Unfortunately, no page scans are included at the Archive so I can’t confirm whether your guitar is pictured on this page or not. It appears the Diamond series was gone by 1991 so your instrument was likely just a one year release, hence very little info available.

      If you are not familiar with the Aria Archive, you can check it out here. The fella has a pretty exhaustive collection of Aria literature.

      http://www.ariaguitars.com/jp/06comp/catalog_scan_list_web.htm

      Edit:

      Sorry, the pictures make the page so wide I didn’t notice you mentioned you had already searched the Aria Archive in your original post.

      So you don’t think the mention of the Diamond Series in the 1990 catalog relates to your guitar?

    • #76094
      rsslcs
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      Any updates? (I fear that this topic i s soon going to move to page 2 lol)

      i might just be impatient tho πŸ˜€

    • #76111
      Tim
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      No worries, I love my Aria and really want to find out about this one…cos it is a bit weird πŸ˜†
      Serial numbers aren’t always date-coded but even the format of that is odd and the headstock is very long, kinda like an old Washburn or something I’ve seen…hmm…

    • #76117
      rsslcs
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      Thx for that! THat’s wierd tho! Does anyone know when these were made?
      (and now I know how to post images yaaaay) πŸ™„
      Thx in advance!

    • #76129
      Tim
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      Not your model but there is someone else with a K prefix here…after trawling a bit it seems basically nobody knows why they randomlly used a letter πŸ™„ theories vary from letter=month of manufacture, to special custom features to putting the wrong stamp in the stamping-thing!

      http://www.matsumoku.org/ggboard/viewtopic.php?t=2297&highlight=prefix

    • #76128
      Tim
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      Looks like you linked to the page before the actual image, as opposed to the full size ones…here they are, they’re a bit huge tho lol! πŸ˜€

      #http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/9621/tgt002hr0.jpg

      #http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/8812/tgt001ib6.jpg

      #http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/1858/tgt003qi0.jpg

    • #76112
      glw
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      We need photos!

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