Aria Pro II Magna Bass, What is it?

[stingrayPete1977]

Hi all, My mate in Australia just bought an Aria ProII Magna bass for £70 (off ebay Aus) Im waiting for pics but it sounds good for the money to say the least!He wants to know anything about them if anyone does? Ta (He is a guitarist a so we should keep the info simple! )

Edited July 8, 2010 by stingrayPete1977

[Rayman]

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[Bassassin]

I think they're pretty decent, although like all Arias made after MIJ production ceased, they don't fetch much - £70 is probably about right. Probably a good first bass for a guitarist!

Jon.

[Fat Rich]

Had one about 20 years ago, it sounded and played pretty well.... not brilliant but not bad either.

Mine was a blue 5 string and I got rid of it because the strings were too close together.

[stingrayPete1977]

Nice one guys im not sure how old it is yet but I will try and find out,Ta

[Bloodaxe]

[quote name='Fat Rich' post='889409' date='Jul 8 2010, 12:14 PM']Had one about 20 years ago, it sounded and played pretty well.... not brilliant but not bad either.

Mine was a blue 5 string and I got rid of it because the strings were too close together.[/quote]

There's odd... Mine was a blue 5-string too, but I sold it because it couldn't cope with a high-C, the ergonomics were a bit lacking & I landed an RSB-Deluxe 5 which made it redundant.

The neck was nice - quite slim considering & the single coil p/ups had a good growl about them. My biggest gripe with it was that the body didn't have a round-over edge, & there was nowhere to anchor my thumb so was a bit uncomfortable on the right hand.

Very definitely post-Matsumoku, probably '90s Korean manufacture. Put it in a stand when not in use as the headstock is scarf-jointed to the neck around the third fret & they don't take kindly to being dropped. Good "beater" & well worth £70 IMO.

P.

Edited July 8, 2010 by Bloodaxe

[stingrayPete1977]

Sounds good for £70 then,Active and plays well enough for a novice guitarist! I will try and get some pics off him soon.

[Si600]

[quote name='Bloodaxe' timestamp='1278609000' post='889735']
There's odd... Mine was a blue 5-string too, but I sold it because it couldn't cope with a high-C, the ergonomics were a bit lacking & I landed an RSB-Deluxe 5 which made it redundant.

The neck was nice - quite slim considering & the single coil p/ups had a good growl about them. My biggest gripe with it was that the body didn't have a round-over edge, & there was nowhere to anchor my thumb so was a bit uncomfortable on the right hand.

Very definitely post-Matsumoku, probably '90s Korean manufacture. Put it in a stand when not in use as the headstock is scarf-jointed to the neck around the third fret & they don't take kindly to being dropped. Good "beater" & well worth £70 IMO.

P.
[/quote]

To resurect an old thread, mine [b]is[/b] a blue 5 string and I've not quite just spent twice its market value on pups and a new bridge

[BobVbass]

I had a MAB-20/5 in the early nineties - wasn't great especially as I "upgraded" from a Matsumoku LEB heritage which was awesome.

The low B string was awful, no tone at all but nice slim neck and flash sparkly red finish - four strings I think were a lot nicer as were the higher range Magnas (MAB40 & 60s) anyway well worth 70 bucks!