lemmywinks Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Scored this little beauty off eBay for £45. Worked out at about £60 including postage, it's an Aria STB Been looking for a cheap and nasty bass as back up as i hate having to look after 2 decent basses at a gig (2 stands, 2 hard cases etc.). Took the white scratchplate off, put some used but still good strings on it, gave it a liberal clean and lemon oiled the fretboard and it's sweet! Thin frets and quite a loose feel mean it can pull off a convincing fretless impression. The bridge pickup is great, pinched harmonics are very loud and picked notes sound full Thing is, i want to look after it and keep it nice now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rOB Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 cool, love it when cheap stuff sound good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bythesea Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Bargain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peted Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Nicely done. If it plays well and sounds good then it can't be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturm Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 why do i never find stuff like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 [quote name='sturm' post='543208' date='Jul 17 2009, 02:02 PM']why do i never find stuff like that?[/quote] It had only been on a short while. Save the following search: Electric bass guitars, Buy it now, Newly listed Keep having a look, most of the really cheap good stuff goes in the first hour Works for anything really, got my missus a P3 ultraportable laptop with XP for £20 posted! I also remember seeing a brand new Acer netbook for £50 BIN including postage when they first came out. Clicked the button and it had gone after 2 mins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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