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Oh my, oh my, New bass day


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Are you going to tease us with some details or is it top secret?

im waiting to take delivery of a new (to me) bass too! Managed to pickup what looks to be a very decent bass for stupid money - Japanese made Aria Pro II SB Special II for £155!!!. It looks to have a lot of features in common with the earlier 80's SB range:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aria-pro-II-SuperBass-Made-in-Japan-/162194721659?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=osIDaNUttx2%252Fu9rLEi8oYpg2C1A%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

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Love them or hate them, here it is :)
This one seems to of done the rounds on here, but hopefully now it has found a permanent home.
This was a straight trade for a bass that I wasn't playing. This one slipped under the wifes radar so all good :)
Gig tomorrow and I might just use this.
Plays a dream and sounds fairly decent.
[url="https://flic.kr/p/M79cDm"][/url]

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[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1474106737' post='3135631']
Those pickups are amazing, I played one of these at a show. Any combo of MM, P or J that you want. Enjoy, I know you will.
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Thanks.
I did a straight 6 hours on it last night and it's a joy to play.
Gig tonight so will take it along. Rock n' Roll blues on it :) (might put the odd pop slap in lol)

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[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1474182444' post='3136038']
They are lovely basses. If I was in the market for a bass now they'd be top of the list.

Can't wait for a gig review!
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Thanks, they are very nice baases.

Not very good at reviews but here goes.
I used it last night for the first time live, it's very easy to play, light in weight and has a fairly fast neck.
Eq was almost flat on the bass, very slight bump to the low and top end. Only rolled the treble off for a couple of Reggae'ish songs.
I used the PJ setting on the bass for most of the set, did go double splitcoil and also humbucker - jazz for a song each, which was very easy to do with a flick of the switch.
The bass has a sound of it's own imo and it's not just cloning those classic basses.
I'm very happy with it and plan to use it again live
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Short clip below, forgive the mistakes :) and the bad b-vox, We only do it for fun.
New strings on it here so a bit of Zing, through my trusty Rumble, as well as some DI out FOH.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY51ie09pAo&feature=youtu.be

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