£509 for a recent Aria bass?

[Annoying Twit]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-5-String-Bass-Great-Condition-/270722647557?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3f0853c605"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-5-String-Bass-G...=item3f0853c605[/url]

Seems rather a lot. An I missing something?

[tomb]

its probably new, since you can see the price tag on the 2nd photo, but still, i wouldnt pay that much for an Aria

[lemmywinks]

Yeah it's one of their upmarket models.

Carol Kaye played an Aria like this and she invented music!


[b][size=1]EDIT: It's not the one i was thinking of[/size][/b]

Edited March 19, 2011 by lemmywinks

[chrismuzz]

Looks like it's got Seymour Duncan's on it, and it's in good nick. Steve Bailey used to play a 6er of one of these so they've gotta be good.. But still, that's a very ambitious price!

[lemmywinks]

[quote name='tomb' post='1168958' date='Mar 19 2011, 10:34 PM'].... but still, i wouldnt pay that much for an Aria[/quote]


Why?

They make some really good basses, by all accounts these models are extremely well made, play brilliantly and sound the nuts.

People pay that sort of money for all the branded Corts (G&L, Lakland etc.) which are overseas basses with decals on.

[tomb]

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='1168980' date='Mar 19 2011, 10:50 PM']Why?

They make some really good basses, by all accounts these models are extremely well made, play brilliantly and sound the nuts.

People pay that sort of money for all the branded Corts (G&L, Lakland etc.) which are overseas basses with decals on.[/quote]

its a matter of taste, they simply dont appeal to me

[Musky]

[quote name='tomb' post='1168989' date='Mar 19 2011, 11:04 PM']its a matter of taste, they simply dont appeal to me[/quote]
None of them?

[chrismuzz]

Come on it's common knowledge the guy doesn't like fakers

[tomb]

[quote name='chrismuzz' post='1169101' date='Mar 20 2011, 02:13 AM']Come on it's common knowledge the guy doesn't like fakers [/quote]

true, its just like jazz bass, i would either get Fender or Squier, none of the rest that looks like it. well, thinking about it, only Fender really...

I dont know why, i just dont like fake stuff... kinda feels like downloading an album from a torrent instead of having the real thing... just feels wrong to me

[Delberthot]

Its the fretted version of the Steve Bailey. I nearly bought the fretless one a couple of years ago for something like £600

Carol Kaye did play a 4 string one although that may have been James Jamerson now you come to mention it

Edited March 20, 2011 by Delberthot

[chrismuzz]

[quote name='tomb' post='1169107' date='Mar 20 2011, 02:37 AM']true, its just like jazz bass, i would either get Fender or Squier, none of the rest that looks like it. well, thinking about it, only Fender really...

I dont know why, i just dont like fake stuff... kinda feels like downloading an album from a torrent instead of having the real thing... just feels wrong to me[/quote]

I fully understand that, I'd love a Jazz one day but it would have to be a fender! Though I wouldn't object to a Sadowsky/Nordy/Lakland either

[karlfer]

[quote name='Musky' post='1169094' date='Mar 20 2011, 02:05 AM']None of them?

[/quote]


What, only one output socket? My CMI has 2. .

Weren't the origins of Fender Japan in Faker-dom?
Karl.

Edited March 20, 2011 by karlfer

[Musky]

[quote name='karlfer' post='1169139' date='Mar 20 2011, 07:02 AM']What, only one output socket? My CMI has 2. .

Weren't the origins of Fender Japan in Faker-dom?
Karl.[/quote]
Yep. Some of the early JV's had the same routing as the FujiGen made Grecos. Effectively they were Fender licensed 'fakers.