Is this Aria pro2 sb600 one of the desirable ones?

[TheGreek]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/aria-pro-2-sb600-early1980s-in-ash-colour/132503974718?hash=item1ed9da333e:g:jEIAAOSw-RhaWMU4

[Grangur]

Looks pretty desirable to me.

[fleabag]

I used to own a 600 fretless. Set neck, and poor EQ. Just my personal experience. The tone was rather dull and non-descript

[mep]

I've still got my SB600 with set neck. Looks a bit odd with a paduke red headstock.  Plays really good.  The stock pup died but a new Seymour Duncan soap bar pup has given it a new lease of life. 

[prowla]

I had an SB700, which was a nice bass, but very big; I always considered it to be the cheaper version of the SB1000 (which Jack Bruce used).

[dyerseve]

Set neck means, AFAIK, that it's not one of the better versions which are NT.

Bit like the Vantages in that respect...

[prowla]

8 hours ago, dyerseve said:

Set neck means, AFAIK, that it's not one of the better versions which are NT.

Bit like the Vantages in that respect...

Ah yes - the lovely signature stripes don't go all the way along.

[Bassassin]

It is a lower-tier SB - certainly compared to the 900 & 1000 etc but not poorer quality by any means. It's been refurbed to some extent - the knobs & coil split switch aren't original - but genuine parts (knobs in particular) are pretty much impossible to find. Starting price was probably a bit optimistic considering it's quite bashed up & has replacement parts.

What's odd is that there was an earlier, bolt-neck SB600 which is rarer & probably more collectable than the set neck.

[Donnyboy]

37 minutes ago, Bassassin said:

 

What's odd is that there was an earlier, bolt-neck SB600 which is rarer & probably more collectable than the set neck.

I've got one of these it dates back to 1979 & I've had it since 1983 ( I think). Great big solid bass & good looking - I prefer it without the stripe.  I've got a letter from Gigsville  from way back providing some info on it as it doesnt have any identifying numbers ( apart from serial no). Apparently there was a supply /demand issue and only a few were imported to the uk.