Dating Aria Pro II lawsuit guitars?

[Pastor of Muppets]

Anyone know how to date 'em? This looks absolutely gorgeous, but I have no clue when it was made and solid info seems very hard to come by...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/__Guitars_Aria...d=p3286.c0.m14

[Chris of Arabia]

Wish I did know. It looks absolutely mint from what I can see. If I was in the UK at the moment, I'd be tempted to go and take a look at it myself. I remember having an Aria catalogue somewhere around the mid-late 70's and I'm sure these were listed in it. They used to do a really nice tobaco sunburst IIRC that I'd have had in a heartbeat.

[Chris of Arabia]

You could do worse than this site, without a model or serial number though, you could be a while. The Guitars of Matsumoku

[krankguitarist]

*obligatory and lame post about maybe buying it some flowers first*

[Pastor of Muppets]

You could do worse than this site, without a model or serial number though, you could be a while. The Guitars of Matsumoku

I spent a long time on it earlier - think it's a 1977 LC 550VS; not one of the higher price models, but still looks really good.

http://www.matsumoku.org/models/aria...t_pg3.jpg.html

The same Ebay seller is also selling two Aria bursts, one of which has DiMarzios, which suggests it's a higher grade model from what I've read on that site...they don'thave the vibe of this 550 though; the colour is incredible...I am sorely tempted, but £500 is a lot for an Aria...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-Les-Paul-...d=p3911.c0.m14