Aria RS Straycat Review

History:

Purchase: I bought this guitar new back in 1986 at a small local music store. I paid $200 at a half off sale with the case.

Pros: Narrow neck makes it easy to shred and the action is outstanding. Two double/single coil humbucker pick-ups that sound great for the old 80's metal. It has a generic tremelo but it works quite nicely and stays in tune well. Very easy to play.



Cons: The holes on the back cover don't really match up with the string holes so I have to used the tremelo bar to position it so I can change strings without taking the cover off. Other than that I can't complain, I've had it a long time and it has never let me down.

RS Straycat Quality: This guitar is very well put together and SOLID. It has a pull switch built into the tone knob for switching from double to single coil in the pick-ups. pretty cool. I have beat the daylights out of it in the 18 years that I have had it(and I play it a lot) and it takes the beatings and keeps on rockin'.

Aria Summary: I really like this guitar alot. I have several other guitars of more respected names(IBANEZ and GIBSON) and this one stands up to them all. I have gigged with it for 18 years and its still sounds great and plays perfectly. I have heard people scoff at the name ARIA PRO II, but I suspect that some people just think if it doesnt say Fender, Jackson, Ibanez or Gibson etc, then it must suck. I give it an enthusiastic thumbs up.

Rating of this product: 4

This Aria Electric Guitars Review Submitted By: Dave Henninger

Date: 2004-03-20

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