SOLD: Aria AW 200F Acoustic plus JustInCase hardcase - £100 or trade for loop switcher/HX Stomp

colourofsound

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Selling my very first guitar! This is a great beginner guitar and my dad bought it for me when i was 13.

Oddly enough I have no emotional attachment to it, it seems that spiritually my real 'first guitar' is my 1985 Fujigen Squire Strat

Anyway, details worth noting (and some mildly interesting story):

• There’s a pickup fitted under the bridge and the jack socket is integrated as the strap nut on the base of the guitar.
• Has a hole in it, and I don't mean the sound hole The pictures show a Pearl Jam sticker at the base of the instrument. We had a Great Dane and she bashed it with her hind elbow (legbow?) and put a whopping hole in it. I had some PJ stickers lying about (back when those shops existed where you bought band stickers and really baggy jeans) so 'repaired' it and its been like that ever since. Doesn't effect the instruments function....
• Comes with a solid 'Just In Case' (haha) hard case. As old as the guitar and in great nick aside from surface rust on the latches (pictured)
• Searching online reveals it might be Japanese, but I think its more likely Korean or Chinese - no where on the guitar does it say 'Made in Japan'; and the sticker inside says 'Supervised by Aria Japan' - which implies its not Japanese made. I'd probably keep it if it was! EDIT: @ICBM has told me it’s probably Japanese

Looking for £100 pickup or £125 posted. Ideally would trade for the below.

Trades wise, I'm looking for a GigRig QMX6 or OneControl Agamidae Tail Loop; or HX Stomp

Based in Chester

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iPad me

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Still have this; great first guitar

ICBM

That’s Japanese, mid 80s. I had a 12-string from the same series - the ‘Made In Japan’ was a small black and gold sticker on the back of the headstock if I remember rightly. ‘Supervised by’ is because Aria was not actually a manufacturer, they were a brand who contracted the production to different factories - most notably Matsumoku for the electrics, but I’m not sure where the acoustics were made.

The Just-in-Case is a piece of history now too! The bass player in my old band has one too, but you don’t often see them now. They’re an early Hiscox copy, basically - I think made in Korea.

Good luck with the sale.

colourofsound

@ICBM thats interesting! Would you say the value is correct?

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After a kind message from @ICBM I have updated the price and added further detail.

ICBM

No problem - best of luck . If it was a 12-string I might even have been interested!

In case anyone's worried - a hole in a plywood guitar is not a big deal, it won't progressively crack round the whole side like it can in solid wood. The sticker is a perfectly adequate fix and a nice bit of history .

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robinbowes

I shall PM you.

colourofsound

Sold!