The introductions thread!

Here she is…




You can see where my brother stickered it. I managed to peel some off, but it left a mark…can't get the other sticker off at all.

See the big crack near the E string tuning peg? Is that going to cause me issues when it comes to tuning or anything of the sort?

I don't think you can see it in this pic, but the body has a crack running on either side of the base of the neck.

Anyway, hopefully someone here can tell me what this girl is. My dad can't remember. I also can't remember if he bought it here in Australia, or back in South Africa before we moved here almost 18 years ago.

FB series Aria Pro II; made by Aria guitars, a Japanese manufacturer. After some googling, it seems they started off back in the ‘50s making cheap Fender knock-offs but eventually upped their game and started producing higher quality guitars. This one looks like an ’80s model, but I'm not 100% on that.

Yeah, let's just say my brothers didn't bother to look after it. It has been caseless for who knows how long and it sat languishing in a cupboard for a few years after my brother bought his own bass (which, incidentally he does look after…seeing as it was his own money spent, not my dad's). Now if I could just get that blasted sticker off…..

No problem.


And it's a good thing. Skill, I have; if it were a matter of knowing all the technical aspects or musical theory or being able to indentify every scale and note you play, I'd be screwed LOL

The link contains info about breaking necks…