Aria 5120
Aria 5120
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Dates of manufacture:
1970 to 1975
The Aria 5120 was a hollow bodied bass made by Matsumoku from 1970 to the mid 1970s. It had twin pickups with dual controls, deluxe heavily chrome-plated machine heads. Sunburst finish on the front and back with an adjustable maple neck. Rosewood fingerboard with offset pearloid dot position markers. Chrome plated adjustable bridge wtih a custom desgined spring type mute. Trapeze trail-piece with wooden insert. This model was identical to the Epiphone 5120 bass - both were made in the same Matsumoku factory.
Source: Aria 1971, 1974 catalogs
Specifications (21)
General
| Dimensions | 45.125 × 15.75 × 2 in |
| Finish effects | sunburst finish |
| Made in | Japan |
| Number of strings | 4 strings |
| Scale length | 30.5 inches scale-length |
Controls
| Controls material | black controls |
| Number of control knobs | 4 control knobs |
| Pickup selector controls | 3-way selector switch |
| Tone controls | 2 tone controls |
| Volume controls | 2 volume controls |
Electronics
| Pickups configuration | 2 double coil pickups |
Body
| Body style | ES-335 style |
| Hollow body | hollow body |
| Pickguard material | black pickguard |
| Soundhole | 2 f-holes |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | offset dot fingerboard position markers |
Hardware
| Hardware color | chrome hardware |
| Tailpiece | trapeze tailpiece |
Neck
| Number of frets | 20 fret |
| Tuner layout | two-each-side |
1 Comment
Question about this model
Submitted by Jacques Steyn (not verified) on
Hi
I have an Aria Diamond 5120, on which I learnt to play bass in the early 80's.
On al the pictures of this model I see on the internet, the word ARIA is very big
On my bass the word ARIA is small and the word DIAMOND is written much bigger.
However, everything else looks identical to the picture above.
Do I have a replica? Is it a Diamond bass or is it an Aria?
Please email me: I'm not sure how old this thread is or if anyone is monitoring it..?
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