Aria 5102G
Overview
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Dates of manufacture:
1970 to 1975
The Aria 5102G was a thinline ES-335 style hollow bodied electric. Available in sunburst or cherry it was similar to the 5102T - but had a trapeze tailpiece, gold hardware and covered humbucking pickups. It also had a bolt-on maple neck, rosewood fingerboard with block inlays, tune-o-matic style style bridge. It had a maple laminate body (almost hollow except for a 3/4" square solid block underneath the bridge),
Specifications (28)
General
| Dimensions | 41.5 × 15.75 × 2 in |
| Finish colors | Three tone sunburst, red finish |
| Finish effects | sunburst finish |
| Made in | Japan |
| Binding | body binding, neck binding |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
| Scale length | 25.5 inches scale-length |
Controls
| Controls material | black controls |
| Controls shape | top hat 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 humbucker pickups |
Body
| Body style | ES-335 style |
| Hollow body | hollow body |
| Pickguard material | black pickguard |
| Soundhole | 2 f-holes |
Hardware
| Bridge | tune-o-matic bridge |
| Hardware color | gold hardware |
| Tailpiece | trapeze tailpiece |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard inlay material | pearloid fingerboard inlays |
| Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | block fingerboard position markers |
Neck
| Neck joint | bolt on neck |
| Neck material | maple neck |
| Number of frets | 21 fret |
| Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Prices (3)
| Date | Price | Condition | Name | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | €900 | good | Michel | Lutherie de haute qualité, sustain puissant, jouabilité: du velours! Àceux qui ne connaisse pas, à découvrir! |
| 2017 | €1250 | good | Michel | Lutherie de haute qualité, sustain puissant, jouabilité: du velours! À ceux qui ne connaisse pas, à découvrir! |
| 2018 | $225 | worn | Josh G | Someone replaced the neck entirely, botched the wiring, replaced the pickguard, ditched the humbuckers, and gave it a tremolo bar. But after a few repairs on the electronics it sounds like a dream. I'm not finished on cosmetics yet and may try to get a custom neck made up but I'm in love with this guitar. It sounds like a dream and even in the state she's in looks like a million bucks. However when I stumbled across mine half the pots were non functional and the switch was malfunctioning. Not sure if it's common or a "you get what you pay for" situations. |
2 Comments
Aria 5102G pickups
Submitted by DMt. (not verified) on
As far as I can tell, the pickups are old [and very beautiful] P90s.
These are amongst the earliest Aria models, '74 or thereabouts, and despite their truly excellent quality, many of them [like mine] had shrinkage and warping issues due to climatic differences - glues that worked fine in Japan didn't necessary do so well in other countries, longer aging of critical hardwoods was required - this was pretty rapidly sorted out once the problem became clear, but you should be prepared to visit a competent luthier with it, if you're ever lucky enough to find one, and it should be worth every penny.
Any weakness in a hollowbody's structure, and the neck alignment goes squiffy pretty quick - and mine had been played so hard the fingerboard was worn away in several places...!
Aria Pro II era
Submitted by Owen Codling (not verified) on
The Aria Pro II instruments were not produced before 1975. Period. Therefore there is no such thing as an "early 70's Aria pro II".