Aria FA-71 (UK)

[doug80]

Excellent condition. Very nice low action. Only selling at I have acquired a Hofner New President which has a louder, more resonant acoustic voice. It's its good enough for Jim Mullen etc etc.

Ideally collection from North West UK. No case so reluctant to ship. However we can discuss options if local collection is not an option. Asking £450.

Please ask away if you have any questions. Thanks.

[Rob MacKillop]

Wow, great price! These are decent guitars.

[garybaldy]

Nice guitar but I already have one!

[doug80]

Thanks @Rob, I agree
@garybaldy very nice, hopefully you too can vouch for the quality

[garybaldy]

Thanks @Rob, I agree
@garybaldy very nice, hopefully you too can vouch for the quality

Yes I can. A lot of guitar for the money.

[Gitterbug]

The prices for these seem to be all over the charts. One was auctioned in Sweden for 294€ in 2022. OTOH, I've seen 1K+ asking prices. Not having touched one, I'm wondering how this Aria compares to Epi Emperor Regent, which I know well and consider underpriced.

[Sigmund451]

I have one. It tends to sit unplayed becuase I just love my carved archtop with a single coil floater.

The Aria is a good guitar and I think well built. I saw this thread and it prompted me to get it out and play it again. Mine has a very even scale and its on the darker and smokier side of things when compared to a carved archtop (with roundwounds). Sale price in the EU tends to hover around 700 euros. Sometimes you see them for more but they sit and dont sell. Its got a pretty heavy top so its not real loud acoustically but you cant have everything!

For a while I had a kent armstrong single coil in it and enjoyed it. When I got my carved top I snagged the pickup out and put it in that guitar. I may grab another single coil sometime. Problem is its a project that costs money and Im really more of a one guitar guy.

[Sleeko]

Back in the day - 1998, I was looking at buying my first jazz guitar. It was between this model and the Emperor Regent. Ultimately I went with the Epiphone as my local music store carried Gibson and Epiphone plus I liked the Frequensator tailpiece. I don't know if they were made in the same factory but looked pretty close. I'm sure this is a solid build as the Epi certainly was.

[GuyBoden]

I got an Aria after seeing Jim Mullen in the late 1990's.