What the HECK is an Aria Cardinal Guitar?

[@scottkendall6672]

Used to have an Aria Cardinal short scale fretless bass from the early eighties. Really good build quality. I also remember lots of people having Arias when I was first playing in bands 89 /90 ish. Decent LP and ES335 copies I remember.

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Yeah they used to be everywhere, them earlier ones were something special 👌

[@JayBirdsRockWorld]

are they related to the Aria pro 2?

[@rafaelcabralwilliams]

Nice to see you're back on track Rob, you went from several montha without any content, to be a nonstop videomaking machine, great!

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Rock on 🤘🎸💯😎

[@jakespencer431]

Videos back 👌👌

[@petermartin1967]

Great video mate 👍🏻 Nice looking guitar, looks great after the clean up. You got a bargain there. I think it sounds great with the overdrive/ distortion 👍🏻

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Thank you, she definitely comes alive when you add the dirty stuff 😁

[@slawaschwed]

Nice pickups!

[@theguitarmanifesto]

The bridge especially

[@MrAcEsNeIgHtS1188]

She cleaned up great! Nice test drive! Is this the same Aria as the Aria Pro II's?? I couldn't walk in to a music shop in the 80's without seeing those. They really marketed them to the metal player. You made your money back with the pickups and tuners. I never bought any of those "label remover" products. Here we have one called Goo Gone. I've always used lighter fluid/Ronsonol (naphtha). It doesn't hurt the finish. It takes stickers and price tags off. Doesn't leave any residue. One less bottle to look for😹😹😹

[@shaunw9270]

A couple of metal heads I knew in the mid 80's loved their Aria Pro II guitars! At the time I believe they were being manufactured in the Cort factory when they were in Korea.

[@theguitarmanifesto]

I'm sure the cardinals are somehow taken from the Aria Pro II, again I'm not that clued up on arias. I had a few arias back in the day and they were great. As long as it removes the glue I'm good 🤣

[@MrAcEsNeIgHtS1188]

@@shaunw9270 Cort and Korea? Cool-thanks!

[@MrAcEsNeIgHtS1188]

@@theguitarmanifesto I never had any of them. But there was no shortage of shape-variety or color! Yes-whatever works!!🙃

[@shaunw9270]

@@MrAcEsNeIgHtS1188 Yes ,Cort's original factory from 1973 was in Seoul, South Korea . Later relocated to Indonesia.

[@SatelliteSounds]

Love a good bargain, in fact, most guitars I've had and have were a good deal.

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Awesome, that's how it's done 👍✅

[@carpathus]

Stole that one. Cleaned up nice too. Cheers!

[@theguitarmanifesto]

It was a great deal 👌😎

[@lostgroovemusic8494]

korea i would say could be samick factory really nice guitars Aria are don’t matter china , Japan, korea very nice guitars i have a Aria telecaster guitar made in china a newer one i love it i wouldn’t sell it for fender ever.

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Yeah they're awesome 💯👌

[@shaunw9270]

A bargain at that price for sure. Pickups are a bit pony clean imo, but have character with the dirt on .

[@theguitarmanifesto]

To be fair the amp didn't help 😄

[@shaunw9270]

@@theguitarmanifesto I didn't notice mate , the Line 6 something? No good?

[@theguitarmanifesto]

It's the workshop amp