Early 70's Aria Ebay purchase

[TyGuy]

Hello Everyone,
So I have taken the plunge and have purchased my first vintage guitar. An early 70's Aria... Diamond perhaps?


Here are some pixs:




I have done some research and believe that I got a pretty reasonable deal. I am just posting this to get some feedback and any info good or bad about this model guitar. Thanks -Ty

[VintAxe]

Hi Ty, congratulations on your purchase.

You've got yourself an Aria 1803T, it has the same pickups and neck as my 1832T. You can see mine here:
http://www.vintaxe.com/cgi-bin/vintaxe_ ... riadiamond

I've found my 1832T to be a handy recording tool. The pickups produce a bright tone that cuts though on multi-guitar mixes. The neck feels very close to my Strat and it stays in tune reasonably well.

The main downside to me is that the pickups are a bit noisy when recording.

It appears yours is in good shape and you got it for a good price. The knobs look like replacements, you can probably come up with black witch hat knobs that will look better and be closer to the originals. I think you've done well. sb