Aria Pro II Magna X Series

Made in Japan in the plant Matsumoku
24 frets
floyd rose lisensed Under
2 pickups: a humbucker floyd side and a single side handle
1 volume and 1 tone with push / pull (split humbucker)
A selector 3 poistions
Bolt and mechanical Gotoh

some pictures of my guitar (I replaced the original pickups):
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UTILIZATION

A guitar neck more comfortable and enjoyable and easy.
access to the acute-is easily the handle is fine (Ibanez type) and slide your fingers well
the guitar is rather well-balanced it was not broken back after a few hours of play standing
Finally, the floyd, although not "genuine floyd rose" like fine tuning at extreme dive bombing!

we must nevertheless learn to use the guitar volume and tone
because the range of tones that can be obtained is very wide.
it gives the advantage of developing his ear for music (which earned him an 8)

SOUNDS

I play at home with a peavey VK112 and I use as an effect jaques tubeblower (overdrive), a BOSS DS-2 (turbo distortion) and a crybaby wah-wah, compressor (fat burner) and a chorus (Boss CE-5 )

its side, the microphone was a simple little soft and the level of output humbucker was honest.
Everything is better now that I've changed (and noiseless fender humbucker acted donLace)
I play Hendrix, from clapton, nirvana, metallica's from Led Zeppelin and I am more than satifsfait sounds that I draw.
clean sounds very clear in its simple and round with the humbucker,
can grow both in acute and medium blues crunch sound
request that a more serious rock rhythmic accompaniment

Note the push / pull which increases still sounds obtained and sometimes giving a boost effect on the tone:
thanks to the push / pull in combination they have little micro:
S (stick) - S (handle) + HB (bridge)-S (stick) + S (qd bridge HB split) - H (bridge) - S (bridge qd HB split)

OVERALL OPINION

I play with this guitar for almost 11 years and it still sounds like new
I know ARIA has produced models with very low-end boxes chipboard etc. .... Nevertheless, in 80-90 years they have factories in large models with advanced electronics .... Some models will exceed the 10000F at the time

I bought it used 1500F and I've seen for sale on a new site in Germany to € 609 a few days ago.
It was a great guitar to start and I realized that then you could really use it fully
when not a very big budjet not leave on such a guitar and change the pickups is a good compromise
I think with experience it's a good plan that I would do today!!
Be careful though in aria There's good and less good even in the magna series! I think I'm a little special!

Apparently made in Japan.
Floyd Rose bridge.
2 knobs (1 volume, 1 tone splittable)
Channel fine.
Mine is stamped "Magna Series" no "X" but the model with no "X" found on AudioFanzine is not, and the one above is a replica of my model except for the color:
Mine is not degraded completely red pearl black.

UTILIZATION

Handle very fast with its finesse and very comfortable in form.
The handle is ideal for small hands like those of my wife for example.
Access to acute is a picnic facility.

The guitar is fairly well balanced, the form is focused on finesse.
The sound is very forward in the neck position.

SOUNDS

I think this guitar is not necessarily comfortable with the blues but its usability as it sounds.
I do not play disappointed, and I passed on to my stepfather, who played on a Fender amp 112.
He had no electric guitar, and that is where I part most easily.

The neck pickup is very biting sound very critallin.

OVERALL OPINION

I bought it new in 1993 to 3600F, and I confess that at the time the purchase was related to Floyd Rose.
Over the years, the Floyd does not strike me at all as an argument, or as necessary (far from it) with my style of play

I have never sold as the only guitar that my wife is able to play without getting too tired by the smoothness of the handle. But in case of hardship, this is the first (and probably only) from the sale.

With experience, I think I will not repeat that choice because I do appreciate it more like the early days of purchase, although I must admit, it was not blurry in 14 years.