1982 Aria Pro II Japan CSB-380 Cardinal Medium Scale Bass (Transparent Blue)

1982 Aria Pro II Japan CSB-380 Cardinal Medium Scale Bass (Transparent Blue)A beautiful Aria Pro II Cardinal bass made in late 1982 by the Matsumoku factory, this one looks great wearing a seldom seen Transparent Blue finish with a matching headstock. Ash body, maple neck and rosewood fingerboard (32" scale length), it's recently been restrung and plays nicely. Weighing 3. 6kg's, the CSB series are some of the most underappreciated medium scale basses around, a compact body loaded with Japanese quality.

The neck pickup ring has cracked but still holds the pickup in place as it should

the 2453 was Ibanez's take on the Gibson Howard Roberts hollowbody

The Greco branded tuners and Japanese hardware are tidy and working as they should

the more fuzz you create

this is a Custom Order model FGN Expert Odyssey Series Superstrat made for the famously fussy Yamano Music company in Tokyo

set maple neck with the famous V profile and a 22 fret rosewood fingerboard (648mm scale length

The pots were flushed and lubed and the jack was cleaned so it sounds great

Factory Kahler USA tremolo system and Grover tuners

Seemingly all original including Yamaha Spinex high output humbuckers with a coil split push pull on the tone pot and Gotoh tuners

silver screw model with batch code 8700

please use a 9V center positive AC adapter

Currently plays very well with a functional truss and straight neck