Handwired Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) Great playing and sounding bass, the neck and frets are in very good shape, it has Grover tuners and the electrics are sound. There are numerous little scuffs and marks on this bass but nothing to major for a 1986 instrument. Priced to sell quickly. No case. [attachment=198776:Aria Pro The Cat.JPG] Edited March 23, 2016 by Handwired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Nice bass at a good price - but I have to point out that this is likely a Korean-made bass, MIJ Cat & RSB series Arias will state Made In Japan on the neckplate. Not sure if the serials on these work the same as Matsumoku Aria Pros but the first number will be the year, if so. GLWTS! Jon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Time warp....I remember seeing some fella playing one of these in Denmark Street way back when - made it sound fantastic - I had some serious lust for one for ages. GLWYS (probably won't need it at this price). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthaside Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I've been rebuilding one of these, great little workhorse sadly I did terrible things to mine in my youth such as spraying it dark purple with car paint .. I had no idea how decent a bass i'd picked up in the 90's it was better than i deserved . The neck feels great and the pickups are expressive and versatile and it stayed in tune , while all of my mates crap copies were re-tuning every second song. [size=4]I'm salvaging it and treating it to a nice respray with real guitar finishing paint this time around.[/size] [size=4]FYI they had one on Denmark street for in wunjo's up for around 300 in a rather nice white finish, so this is probably a pretty fair price.[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebo1 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I had one of these, it was a really good bass. Cheap, decent neck, P/J pickups - I loved it. I totally destroyed mine with a screwdriver, sandpaper and a chisel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbrag Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 my first bass was one of these in red. Have a bump on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handwired Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 Now £120 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Probably the reason this bass has been here too long, is because nobody can see a cat Have a bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Jones Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 A black Cat was the third bass I ever owned in the late eighties and the first I gigged. I think I ended up having it defretted. Sure it's landfill by now. Bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 [quote name='Handwired' timestamp='1423333350' post='2683697'] Now £120 [/quote] Bargain these are cool basses GLWTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebo1 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 [quote name='Brother Jones' timestamp='1423612833' post='2687165'] A black Cat was the third bass I ever owned in the late eighties and the first I gigged. I think I ended up having it defretted. Sure it's landfill by now. Bump. [/quote] You know, j think I defretted mine too. How funny. Putty in the fret gaps then a layer of boat varnish. Not a pro job by any standards!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronner Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 (edited) [quote name='Brother Jones' timestamp='1423612833' post='2687165'] A black Cat was the third bass I ever owned in the late eighties and the first I gigged. I think I ended up having it defretted. Sure it's landfill by now. Bump. [/quote] Funny so many here de-fretted the Aria Cat bass ... here's my story. My childhood friend owned one, and I convinced him to de-fret half of it ... oops ... ... ("Wouldn't it be great if you could play half fretted and half fretless?"). It seemed logical more than three decades ago, then I saw a custom builder offering this option; well it didn't work when we tried it. Edited March 17, 2015 by Bronner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Have a bump for a really tempting bass at an amazing price. If nobody here buys it then this simply tells you that nobody here needs a bass like this. It's not the price. Glwts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I have a blue Cat Bass. I still play it from time to time because the neck feels so right. It had rave reviews in its day and I have used and abused it since the 1980s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handwired Posted April 4, 2015 Author Share Posted April 4, 2015 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handwired Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 Still for sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 [quote name='Handwired' timestamp='1439929348' post='2846898'] Still for sale [/quote] I can't see the pics. Is it just me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 [quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1439931476' post='2846929'] I can't see the pics. Is it just me? [/quote] Nope they seem to of gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 [quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1439931719' post='2846934'] Nope they seem to of gone [/quote] 1 pic is back up again. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handwired Posted October 10, 2015 Author Share Posted October 10, 2015 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handwired Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prm Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 (edited) Cool bass bump. P.M.d about gear. Edited November 11, 2015 by prm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handwired Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jassbass Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 What's the controls? Thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Volume. Pickup select toggle. Tone. Jack Socket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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