PE (Prototypes) Serie: PE-800 (Aria/Aria Pro II) Specifications

Post lawsuit original design PROTOTYPE model from Matsumoku . Type: Solid-Body. Made in Japan. Model produced from 1978. End of manufacturing in 1981. Single Cutaway shape. The scale is 25 1/2" (648mm). Usual location of the serial number: Back of HS. Head Scroll top with THE ARIA PRO II in gold. Tuning machines: Chrome MG-55C rotomatic. Neck Heeless neck joint and chrome bullet truss rod adjuster. Set Neck. 22 frets. Laminated neck. The neck is made of Maple. The fingerboard is made of Rosewood. (MOP dots). Body Carved top, with single ivroid binding. Contoured back.. Body width is 13 inches. Bound body. Body is made of Ash. Top of the body is made of Ash. No pickguard on this model. Electronics Configuration: HH. Protomatic IV humbuckers. Volume controls: 1. Tone controls: 1. There is a pick-up selector. The pick-up selector has 3 positions. Hardware Wood topped volume and tone knobs. This guitar has a one-piece bridge/stop. Bridge: SUPERMATIC.

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