Help With ID of Aria Guitar

[deenature]

Hi,
This Aria is difficult for me to ID exactly.
The Aria nameplate is riveted on.
The Aria Guitars paper inside has no Model# or Serial #.
The last fret has the numbers 2180 stamped in. (0 is sideways)
Looks like a cross between the 1202T & 1303T pictured on the front of the 1968 Aria Diamond guitars catalog. This Aria does not say Diamond anywhere.
Bigsby & Japan backplate.
Excellent tone & smoking action. It's a friend of mine's & we can can't seem to nail down the exact model.
Any help would be awesome. Other pics can be seen in my photostream.
Dee
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8070734@N08/4044542196/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8070734@N08/4044542216/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8070734@N0 ... otostream/

[VintAxe]

Hey Dee.

A straight on look at the body would really help with identification.

[Spud1950]

Way more helpful.

[deenature]

Hey,
Thanks for the quick reply. Again, This board kicks *ss!! Hope this pic is sufficient.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8070734@N08/4044704661/

[deenature]

Hey,
Is that last body picture I put up ok?
Dee

[VintAxe]

Yeah Dee, I just wanted to get a better look at the trem unit.

It is a 1202T from 1967.

[deenature]

Vintaxe,
Thanks alot for taking your time out & helping me with this. The Aria site is absolutely no help for identification or any real information.You'd think as Japanese take pictures of everything, they'd have a full archive of all axes. Anyhow, at least I found this board and hope to buy/sell/learn & more here. Thanks again, you rock!

[deenature]

Hey Vintaxe,
Do you know a low to high value on an Aria like this? I would say it's 90% cosmetically good. Mechanically it plays like a dream. I cannot seem to find any comparables other than Conrads or Orpheus.
Thanks,
Dee