Aria Pro II Integra Basses

[NancyJohnson]

Anyone here own an Integra? 

I was listening to Faith No More's The Real Thing earlier and I was always a sucker for Billy Gould's tone on that album (which I suppose is a mishmash of Geddy/dUg/JJB to my ears)...no idea whether he used one of these for the recording or whether it was just rolled out for videos.  I know they go for peanuts, crazy really.

[Doctor J]

Yeah, I have one, also because of Billy Gould 😂 
 

The Real Thing and Angel Dust are Integras, he only switched to Zon after recording had finished.

Great sound, very lightweight, ergonomically excellent, what's not to like?

 

[Chiliwailer]

Loved mine as a 15 year old FNM fan, but it was the cheaper passive one, not the higher spec on BG used. Sold it when my Stingray came along - no contest there - but would love to play on one like BG used - suppose his was Japanese? Anyone know? 

[bartelby]

I missed a fairly local SB Integra last summer for £85. I hesitated...

 

[AndyTravis]

  On 15/04/2021 at 16:57, bartelby said:

I missed a fairly local SB Integra last summer for £85. I hesitated...

 

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Yeah I saw one at £150 and enquired, got no reply and then marked as sold it ☹️

[Cato]

I remember seeing the ads with Billy Gould in guitar mags in the 90s.

The pics posted here look far nicer than I remembered it being from that ad.

*quickly googles'

Hmmm.

Reading his wikipedia entry (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Gould) it seems, despite his promise in the ad, he did indeed switch.

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Put correct wiki link in

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[NancyJohnson]

  On 15/04/2021 at 20:15, Cato said:

Reading his wikipedia entry (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Gould) it seems, despite his promise in the ad, he did indeed switch.

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I loved the his matt black Zon signature model.

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

  On 15/04/2021 at 22:08, NancyJohnson said:

I loved the his matt black Zon signature model.

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Yes, me too. I will have a Zon one day.

[NancyJohnson]

  On 15/04/2021 at 22:18, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

Yes, me too. I will have a Zon one day.

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I'm just a sucker for matt black basses...

[NancyJohnson]

Just an addendum here, I think it's glorious when bands stick with cheaper gear...the guitarists from My Chemical Romance continued to use Epiphone stuff while they were filling stadiums and doing festivals.

Credit to them.

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

  On 15/04/2021 at 22:08, NancyJohnson said:

I loved the his matt black Zon signature model.

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I didn’t even know that BG Sig was a thing. Just looked it up and it looks fab. Still has bass and treble adjustments, but tucked away, so set and forget. Plus, has the distortion circuit. Would love to try that out.

[Merton]

Weird, @eude and I were talking about Billy Gould's tone last night! Love that Zon