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NGD - Aria Diamond 1802t 1971
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2021 3:09 pm
by pikmin
Hi,
Just got this beautiful made in Japan Aria Diamond 1802t from 1971 in a trade .
It was refinished in electric blue with stripes.
It’s a joy to play and I love how it sounds .
Happy happy .
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Eric Delsine, sur Flickr
Re: NGD - Aria Diamond 1802t 1971
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 4:15 am
by CorporateDisguise
Great looking guitar! Love the refin. I’ve always been curious about the pickups in these guitars. They seem to have adjustable pole pieces like a P90.
Enjoy that trem. Easily one of the greatest designs ever made. I know it’s basically a copy of a JM style trem, but these have a slightly looser feel that is really enjoyable.
Re: NGD - Aria Diamond 1802t 1971
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 11:43 am
by LVC
That refin is amazing! Is that an Apollo 9 sticker on the headstock?
CorporateDisguise wrote: ↑Sun Sep 12, 2021 4:15 am
I’ve always been curious about the pickups in these guitars. They seem to have adjustable pole pieces like a P90.
They sound really good in my opinion. Definitely amongst my favorite pickups . A bit boomy, so wire up a strangle switch and you're golden.
Re: NGD - Aria Diamond 1802t 1971
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 1:21 pm
by pikmin
LVC wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 11:43 am
That refin is amazing! Is that an Apollo 9 sticker on the headstock?
CorporateDisguise wrote: ↑Sun Sep 12, 2021 4:15 am
I’ve always been curious about the pickups in these guitars. They seem to have adjustable pole pieces like a P90.
They sound really good in my opinion. Definitely amongst my favorite pickups . A bit boomy, so wire up a strangle switch and you're golden.
Yes, it’s an Apollo 9 sticker, I like the refin too .
Re: NGD - Aria Diamond 1802t 1971
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 5:43 pm
by MC5tooge
John McGeoch's first guitar was one of those in sunburst. He played it on the early Magazine records before moving on to Yamaha SG1000s.
Good find.
Re: NGD - Aria Diamond 1802t 1971
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 12:55 am
by JSett
There's a cherry burst one of these, branded as a Granada, in my local shop for £399, It has slightly different pickups. It plays great and every time I'm there I nearly buy it
Re: NGD - Aria Diamond 1802t 1971
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 6:11 am
by JAGJazz
MC5tooge wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 5:43 pm
John McGeoch's first guitar was one of those in sunburst. He played it on the early Magazine records before moving on to Yamaha SG1000s.
Good find.
I've seen it listed as an Aria 1532T (or did he play both?).
https://equipboard.com/pros/john-mcgeoch?gear=guitars#
Re: NGD - Aria Diamond 1802t 1971
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:35 am
by MC5tooge
No it's me muddling my numbers up. Sorry.
Re: NGD - Aria Diamond 1802t 1971
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:51 am
by HNB
I like that headstock a lot.
Re: NGD - Aria Diamond 1802t 1971
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:03 am
by JAGJazz
MC5tooge wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:35 am
No it's me muddling my numbers up. Sorry.
Thanks for clearing that up. Both models are cool!
Re: NGD - Aria Diamond 1802t 1971
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:21 am
by bah humbuck
Beautiful instrument! Yours looks to be in great condition and that refin looks cleeeeean. I found out about these guitars because of the Cobain connection (I think the absolute peak of his live sound was the 2/14/90 San Francisco show, which was an 1802t into a DS-1 into some kind of Randall head), then realized Justin from Unwound used one too. I'd love to track one down for myself someday, or at least retrofit the pickups into something else.
Re: NGD - Aria Diamond 1802t 1971
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 1:49 pm
by JamesSGBrown
bah humbuck wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:21 am
Beautiful instrument! Yours looks to be in great condition and that refin looks cleeeeean. I found out about these guitars because of the Cobain connection (I think the absolute peak of his live sound was the 2/14/90 San Francisco show, which was an 1802t into a DS-1 into some kind of Randall head), then realized Justin from Unwound used one too. I'd love to track one down for myself someday, or at least retrofit the pickups into something else.
Justins had a humbucker in I believe.
Re: NGD - Aria Diamond 1802t 1971
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 2:43 am
by sumlin
johnnysomersett wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 12:55 am
There's a cherry burst one of these, branded as a Granada, in my local shop for £399, It has slightly different pickups. It plays great and every time I'm there I nearly buy it
I've got one of these - those pickups are great. It's like they had one last go at improving the 1802T/ET270 before production stopped and they nailed it. I think Granada was a Canadian brand/importer.
