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04-19-2009, 08:01 PM
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Free GAS!
Ok so it's not up there with some of you guys' epic GAS adventures, but you can't argue with free GAS!
My girlfriend and I went to her parents place in Scotland the other weekend and they had her old guitar packed away in a cupboard. It's an 80's Aria Pro II RS Wildcat, and while its metal stylings are a little cheesy, and I would never actually pay for a guitar like it, it actually plays and sounds rather nice. It was an absolute state when I pulled it out, the fretboard was hardly visible under the ming and muck and it was missing a few parts. So I brought it back down to london and cleaned it up and I'm quite pleased to have one more toy to play with    The 'bucker can actually be split with the tone knob which is quite handy. I had to improvise a clamp system on the headstock as part of it was missing, but some bolts and washers serves the purpose!
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04-19-2009, 08:12 PM
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Free is good
 I agree about the 80s stylings of that guitar, but I rate Aria - mine is top quality. Good swag. 
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04-19-2009, 08:14 PM
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It looks great in a funky kinda way.
I do not want it (see, I can deny GAS!) |
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04-19-2009, 08:17 PM
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good free GASsing
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04-19-2009, 08:17 PM
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04-19-2009, 08:24 PM
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I love those!
They play and sound great once set-up. I love Aria's attempts at 80s rawk designs - far more interessting than the usual suspects. Lovely body shape.
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04-19-2009, 08:39 PM
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Not bad for free. Well done!
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04-19-2009, 08:58 PM
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Erm, actually long time ago I used to want one of those because Alan Murphy (RIP), the guitarist for Kate Bush and Go West used to play one.
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04-26-2009, 08:02 AM
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Free is good! And it doesn't look that bad, seen worse!
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04-26-2009, 01:04 PM
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if its free its always good
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