pantherairsoft Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 (edited) I have been looking at venturing into 6 strings for a while now... and considering many options. My local shop have a rather pretty Aria SB303 6 string in which I have played today. I have done some research into this and found that Aria stopped making them around 3 years ago and there were not many 6's made. One or two independent stores in the UK seem sot have the odd 4 or 5 string going (there is a 4 on ebay at the mo) but the 6's seem to be nowhere... This particular one is quite pretty, Ash body and a stained black ash top and matching head stock, rosewood road with rather nice inlays. ll in all it looks quite 'Luthier' (from a distance!) It actually played quite well. and considering all other 6's I have tired... it was bloody light! A little neck dive but nothing I can't live with. It has an odd 5 position dial for the pickup select which is a bit odd, but does give a good mix of sounds. Overall it had great bottom and mid but the high end was not all that... So maybe some new electronics and strings would be a good call! It is priced in the store at £449, which seems a tad high as from what I can tell the newer replacement to this range can be bought for less than this. The store admitted to me that it has been there for a long long time, they have no idea of Arias last RRP for the bass and are willing to shift on price... for which they will call me on monday... Now I only got to play this through a rather poor Laney 1 x 12 amp in the shop, so I wonder does anyone out there have one/had one, can comment on sound and reliability in relation to the asking price? Cheers Shep Edited August 1, 2009 by pantherairsoft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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