To identify the manufacture date of an Aria guitar, first locate the serial number, which is likely located on the back of the neck on an electric or in the body of an acoustic guitar. If a serial number is not present, the guitar was likely manufactured prior to the mid-1970s.
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just wondered if anyone out there could help me date and origin my aria pro 2....at has "aria pro 2 xrb series electronics" on the headstock, on the neck plate it says "aria pro 2 accurate bolt on system and the serial number "7101346" i have tried the net but info seems pretty slim, if anyone could help i would really appreciate it.many thanks in advanceChris.
Six digit serial numbers date from the 70s, covering '71 through '80. Seven digit serial numbers date from the 80s, covering the period '81 through '90. The first digit gives the year. Yours is a seven digit, starting 7, making it a 1987.There weren't many models in the XRB series, but what ones were manufactured appeared between '87 and '89. To the best of my knowledge these were manufactured in Japan, although Aria did move a large portion of its production to Korean at this time, '87 onwards.
I think I'm right in thinking if the neck plate doesn't read Made In Japan, then it's Korean. Matsumoku stopped building Aria Pro (or anything else) in 1987, and I would expect that economic conditions would have meant that only the higher-end Arias would have continued being Japanese-made.Apropos of nothing, early Matsumoku serials, eg on the "Steel Adjustable Neck" plates, appear to be random & not dateable. Early (pre 75-ish) set & through-neck instruments appear not to have serial numbers at all.Jon.
[quote name='Bassassin' post='746345' date='Feb 15 2010, 07:25 PM']Apropos of nothing, early Matsumoku serials, eg on the "Steel Adjustable Neck" plates, appear to be random & not dateable.[/quote]Yea, if there is a key to the code for deciphering 70s and 80s APII serial numbers then it has been lost to the mists of time. (Although I could have tried to say that in less prosaic terms!)
[url=" _main/archives_ebass02.html"]The Aria Archive pages[/url] [i]imply[/i] that these are Korean. There's also a poor quality [url=" _arianp_1987_12.html"]1987 Catalogue Scan[/url] here.As Jon rightly states, 1987 marks the end of the Matsumoku plant - although precisely [i]when[/i] it actually closed seems to be rather elusive (it was ownedby Singer & they were having financial difficulties.) Exactly what got made where in this transitional year is open to debate.I used to own a Korean-built Magna Series 5 string & it shared several design features with your XRB - notably the "conventional" pickups, "bent tin" bridge & the small dot markers. I don't see any string trees, does your headstock have a backwards slant as well? Also, is the neck painted or clear coated?The nearest thing to the XRB in the [url=" _pages/nikki_cats/86/whole_enchilada_inside.jpg"]1986 Catalogue[/url] are the RSB/Straycat models which have a very different flavour - pointy horns, soapbar pickups, die cast bridges, larger dot markers etc. - all of which shout Matsumoku.My money's on yours being a 1987 Korean-built example.Pete
[quote name='Bloodaxe' post='746452' date='Feb 15 2010, 08:20 PM'][url=" _main/archives_ebass02.html"]The Aria Archive pages[/url] [i]imply[/i] that these are Korean. There's also a poor quality [url=" _arianp_1987_12.html"]1987 Catalogue Scan[/url] here.As Jon rightly states, 1987 marks the end of the Matsumoku plant - although precisely [i]when[/i] it actually closed seems to be rather elusive (it was ownedby Singer & they were having financial difficulties.) Exactly what got made where in this transitional year is open to debate.I used to own a Korean-built Magna Series 5 string & it shared several design features with your XRB - notably the "conventional" pickups, "bent tin" bridge & the small dot markers. I don't see any string trees, does your headstock have a backwards slant as well? Also, is the neck painted or clear coated?The nearest thing to the XRB in the [url=" _pages/nikki_cats/86/whole_enchilada_inside.jpg"]1986 Catalogue[/url] are the RSB/Straycat models which have a very different flavour - pointy horns, soapbar pickups, die cast bridges, larger dot markers etc. - all of which shout Matsumoku.My money's on yours being a 1987 Korean-built example.Pete[/quote]thanks pete some really good info therewell its certainly lacking the "made in japan" stamp on the scratchplate,no string trees, the neck does slant back, and the neck is painted in the same finish as the body....by the sounds of it Kim Jong-il may have played a part in its construction
[quote name='noelk27' post='746665' date='Feb 15 2010, 11:03 PM']I'm not so sure about that. The information I've always had was that Aria didn't start production in Korea until '88. I don't have definitive information that production continued in Japan before '88, but it seems a fair assumption to make in the circumstances.If your memory isn't playing tricks on you, and yours was the active model (SLB2A) as opposed to the passive model (SLB2), then you're looking at a date post '90, as that was the year the active model was introduced. Any time after '88 if it was the passive model.FYI, the SLB series was manufactured in Korea.[/quote]So if mine has a 7 digit serial number starting with a 7 (denoting 87) but is also active then its post 90?
[quote name='chrisd24' post='746670' date='Feb 15 2010, 11:10 PM']So if mine has a 7 digit serial number starting with a 7 (denoting 87) but is also active then its post 90?[/quote]No. The SLB2A was introduced in '90. The SLB series was introduced in '88, and phased out in '92. Yours is an XRB, and the XRB series was introduced in '87, and phased out in '89.
Cannot seem to post a new topic so I hope some are still monitoring this old post. I recently acquired a beautiful Aria Pro II FA-70, looks to be a spot on copy of a Gibson L5? Sunburst, dual humbuckers, solid back and top, nice set neck (3-piece, no scarf joint) There is no country of manufactuing on the guitar, PO indicated it was a late 1980s, early 90's date. Serial number is S020512265. I have been to the commonly referenced serial dating page for Arias with no firm answer. My best guess is that it is a Samick/Korea produced model. Sounds and looks amazing, has a perfect hardshell case. I wanna price it so I don't ask too much for it but in my mind it rivals $1000+ hollowbodies I have played/heard. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
The serial number suggests built in the Samick plant, Korea in 1994 or possibly 2004. My understanding is that the serial numbers for Korean Aria Pro 2's follows the same rules as for the Epiphones. My view is that the Korean Aria Pro guitars are sleepers just as the MIJ ones were in the past. I used to have a Fullerton MIA strat which was pretty poor and I sold on, but the Korean PE models are excellent guitars.
Serial number check Aria Pro 2 5062566 made in Japan having bother getting it My goodness I've two Gibson guitars none of this nonsense I ever had with Gibson getting year and details from Serial checker it's not MI5
Aria has changed their serial number system at least 4 times that I am aware of. Starting with a 5, could be made in 72, 77, 85, 87. Pictures would be a big help, since we can cross check the model with the years the model was available. (I'm somewhat the el facto expert on Aria's round these parts.)
Serial number check Aria Pro 2 5062566 made in Japan having bother getting it My goodness I've two Gibson guitars none of this nonsense I ever had with Gibson getting year and details from Serial checker it's not MI5
Aria has changed their serial number system at least 4 times that I am aware of. Starting with a 5, could be made in 72, 77, 85, 87. Pictures would be a big help, since we can cross check the model with the years the model was available. (I'm somewhat the el facto expert on Aria's round these parts.)
That one has Aria on an angle....doesn't have a serial number (big sign right there) and that doesn't say Made in Japan. I zoomed it in and it says something like Aria & co (can't make out the last part) and then just "Japan" under that. Red flags all around.
Dating an Aria acoustic guitar can be a daunting task for even the most experienced guitarists. There are a few things that you need to keep in mind when trying to date an Aria acoustic guitar. The first thing is to look at the serial number on the guitar. The serial number can be found on the back of the headstock. The serial number will tell you the year the guitar was made. The next thing you need to look at is the body style of the guitar. The body style will also help you determine the age of the guitar. The last thing you need to look at is the finish of the guitar. The finish can help you determine if the guitar is a later model or an earlier model.
Excellent condition featuring two piece sharp double cutaway body with cherry stain finish, two humbucking pickups with black and white plastic (zebra) bobbins and white plastic pickup surrounds, two volume controls and two tone controls with gold plastic notched speed knobs, three way pickup selector switch with original flat white plastic switch tip, two mini toggle switches for coil tapping and phase, Aria Pro bridge unit with six individual adjustable saddles, three piece maple neck, rosewood fingerboard with pearloid dot inlays starting at the 3rd fret, Aria Pro/Vantage peghead shape with cherry stain peghead face finish, gold Aria Pro II logo and Cardinal Series logo, single ply white plastic truss rod cover with CS-250 Model print, three per side tuning machines with Rotomatic style buttons, four bolt neck fastening plate with Aria Pro II, serial number and Made In Japan engravings, single ply white plastic electronics control cover plate, string through body construction with six individual metal string ferrules, two metal strap buttons and rectangular hard shell case with black Tolex covering. 2ff7e9595c
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