1980s Aria Pro II TA-50 JB 1980s

Aria Pro II TA-50 JB built by Aria in the 1980s at the famous Matsumoku factory, Japan. It has wear you might spect in a guitar this old, giving it a cool vintage feel. It works nicely and is super comfortable thanks to its slim neck width. It has two humbuckers that sound very well with two volume and two tone pots, a selector switch and a five position rotary switch that goes into different high and low pass filters, in the same way as a Gibson ES-335.

Aria Pro II guitars were built at the Matsumoku factory in Japan from 1975 to the mid-80s. The Matsumoku company was the General Motors in the guitar world. They made a guitar in every price range and quality level. At Matsumoku they made guitars for numerous brands such as Ibanez, Aria and Aria Pro II, Yamaha, Epiphone, Washburn, Kramer, Westone, Vantage, Greco, Frontier, Skylark and a long list. Their high-end guitars were some of the best guitars ever made.