AWWWWW. It was art. Now it's just a garage sale junker.
@wmg1958
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful but I loved the paint job a previous owner had done.
@themidniteowl
Жыл бұрын
As beautiful as this restoration is (love your channel), I find something aesthetically pleasing about the way the owner customized his/her instrument. Like it would be fun to see a professional version of some of these design ideas :)
@jeromewagschal9485
Жыл бұрын
Well, speaking strictly as a guitar-maker I love the idea and I'm definitely going to do it 🙂🙂
@picksalot1
Жыл бұрын
My heart sank when I realized the period artwork on the top was going to be destroyed. A piece of history lost. 😥
@irrationallynegative
Жыл бұрын
It looked so beautiful before and so average now!
@epichalocat2887
Жыл бұрын
It looked way cooler before your remodel tbh
@rauschguitars
Жыл бұрын
I have a soft spot for old Japanese guitars, and this one made a remarkable transformation thanks to you. Well done!
@allenkennedy6748
21 күн бұрын
Aria Pto II are not junk guitars. They exceed the playability of many guitar brand when this was built and still perform well. This one was ridden and put away wet. But you restored it from idiotic appearance to where it could be judged on playability. Nice job.
@not1fromyourworld
Жыл бұрын
The original sunburst to black is absolutely beautiful
@pvdguitars2951
Жыл бұрын
Vintage beauty restored to glory! That DiMarzio single coil is now very rare. They sound great. I hope you will use it one of your projects!
@zibasin
Жыл бұрын
Not a Dimarzio, an Aria Magnaflux, Matsumoku clone of the SDS-1, though.
@russellfoster2400
Жыл бұрын
Guitars made in Japan are certainly not junk as you can see there under that grime was something really nice great job bringing it back to glory
@grantkoeller8911
Жыл бұрын
Guitar was never junk. I would have keep original paint, because that is the history of this guitar.
@panzerlieb
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I was conflicted on that as well. I could have gone either way. What he did came out great. But that paint (as hap hazard as it was) had a certain charm and personality about it. Again, nothing wrong with what he did, but I might have just opted for repairing rather than restoring.
@mariajukejax9649
Ай бұрын
Before it was unusual and unique. Now it just looks ordinary.
@ottovonnekpunch1268
Жыл бұрын
Wow! @ 17:48, the way you take the old hacked-out pickguard and used it as a template to trace out the new one from a blank is GENIUS! Very Nice!
@MRLapantufla
Жыл бұрын
what a treat hearing pitfall on that guitar!!! 28:28
@missyandbrianh.8578
10 ай бұрын
OMG, I didn't even realize until he started taking it apart what kind of guitar this was. An Aria Pro II RS Special V. What really surprised me is I actually have the exact same guitar, in white that I bought brand new back in the early 80s. (It's still in great shape, if anyone wants to buy it. LOL). I played this guitar for a long time back in the 80s until I figured out that the neck is actually smaller width wise. I happen to have very long fingers, so once I figured out that a wider neck is much easier for me to play, I stopped playing this one. But since this was my first "real" guitar (Not one of the $100 ones from back then), I just couldn't seem to part with it. But for someone with smaller fingers, I bet they would love it. Doesn't make much sense to let it sit here and never play it, right? If anyone is interested, let me know.
@524_
Жыл бұрын
元の状態がサイケデリックペイントみたいでカッコイイ
@fabiandaroca
Жыл бұрын
All I can say is what a beautiful restoration project. I'm speechless!!!
@Bangkokguitar
Жыл бұрын
I think you should have left the paint paint looked pretty cool but nice aspiration anyway
@drewdemien481
Жыл бұрын
I want it...what a great player guitar. Yes, that was a very expensive setup. If I recall it has Gibson style electronics for the neck, and that bridge pickup is a hotrail humbucker That was very expensive new.
@aaronbeverly4711
Жыл бұрын
Great restoration. I would have liked to hear the Humbucker, Tele, Strat pickup set up it had because it is so unique, but the pickups you put in it sounded awesome! Great work bringing it back to it's original beauty. 乙!
@FingersOnAFretboard
Жыл бұрын
Heavy tones with single coils are awesome! Lottsa times when I put a humbucker in a Strat-style, it eventually gets taken back out. You can dirty-up the lower-output pickups but you can't take the output out of a high-gain humbucker for convincing single-coil tones. Splitting coils is seemingly as lackluster as noiseless single coils seem to be...(and mixing both in same guitar is an unbalanced compromise .) This turned out beautiful. Bravo cutting that pickguard. Stay too long in one spot with that Dremel, and you'd have to start all over or accept the consequences
@babooll5632
Жыл бұрын
The art was cool. Reminded me of Clapton's Fool.
@MasterYodaBiotch
Жыл бұрын
Nice! And long live Algernon Cadwallader!
@gab_ale
Жыл бұрын
Aw. The front painting was cute. You should have tried to restore it making it pop a bit.
@evilempire1808
Жыл бұрын
Great restoration and great riffs !!!
@pxp03200
Жыл бұрын
毎回、これだけ状態の悪いギターベースを探して来るリサーチ力がスゴい😂
@emilychristoff9404
4 ай бұрын
Beautiful job❤
@charlieriffs478
Жыл бұрын
Awesome job! I love the fact that you replaced the humbucker on the neck with a single coil pickup, looks beautiful! ⭐
@BockwinkleB
Жыл бұрын
I liked the paint job. Oh well.
@claudevieaul1465
Жыл бұрын
I'll buy any Aria Pro-II (early 80s Matsumoku) that's sold as "junk". Because they never are. Beautiful restoration!! 🙏
@zappasmoustache23
Жыл бұрын
Was just about to comment, ‘these are not junk guitars!’ Anything made in the Matsumoku factory should be a collectors item.
@-XXXXXX-
Жыл бұрын
I've seen many sold for 5000¥ at thrift stores in Tokyo
@Philipmentzingenart
Жыл бұрын
Great restoration! You got some skills. I however like the paint job before. It’s super unique. Even the pickup layout was awesome. 👍
@rossettivictor
Жыл бұрын
Hi! Greetings from Spain! Well, I really like your videos, and your approach to restoring guitars. In fact, I'm running out of videos, so you've better find more guitars to restore!! From this video, I've got a few things: 1. The method for making a new pickguard from scratch. Awesome! 2. As a constructive critic: You could have put more love on the fretboard: many frets were dented, so watching you doing a fret leveling and crowning job would have been great. Also, I would have cleaned all the grease near the frets with naphta or lemon oil before waxing. 3. I like your guitar playing and your "studio" idea, but you could also earn a living being a Luthier, I think you have a touch for that. So I dare you to build a guitar!!
@calinguga
Жыл бұрын
i believe it's too late for a fret level, the guitar really could benefit from a complete refret.
@rossettivictor
Жыл бұрын
Totally agree on this one@@calinguga , but I would like to see him getting his hands dirty at that level 😄
@jamesadvincula6809
10 ай бұрын
Your playing is equally impressive as your restoration skills! More power to you 🤟🏽
@mokeimusic
Жыл бұрын
I have bought many guitars from Hard-off. Its a great place to get guitars like this. Good job on the guitar.
@guitarone47
Жыл бұрын
Me estoy volviendo loco viendo la perfección de estos trabajos...es IMPRESIONANTE
@antoine2333
Жыл бұрын
What an amazing restoration ! Well done Man, you're a pure artist, this guitar sounds and looks great ! See you next video..
@HMG
Жыл бұрын
サイケデリックなペイントの下から現れるサンバースト、大変goodです!お疲れ様でした!
@thomasbarker642
Жыл бұрын
Outstanding job sir love your work
@billyhudson2533
Жыл бұрын
Another beautiful job, great job on the restoration of that guitar!!..
@user-dh2mi9hl2o
6 ай бұрын
Видно мастер потрудился на славу!
@ookami_ako
Жыл бұрын
That's Hide's painting design!
@jeromewagschal9485
Жыл бұрын
I have a RS Stray Cat built in 1982 that was in a worse condition than this one, it required a lot of love and elbow grease... I also have a 1985 Knight Warrior that I got brand new back then... That said, I'm always impressed with your skills and the end results of the guitar restoration... Great job on the new custom pickguard by the way...
@InGrindWeCrust2010
6 ай бұрын
This is one of the best sounding guitars you've refurbished. I wonder what the new pickups are.
@edwardwright5377
Жыл бұрын
I would love to own any one of the guitars you've refurbished!
@highlands
Жыл бұрын
Obviously the previous owner was an XJapan fan because that paint scheme was just like the one on Hides' Burny Mockingbird style guitar.
@everready19373
Жыл бұрын
Very nice. In July of 2021 I pulled an old Global bass from the 70's out of the trash and resurrected it. It was in tough shape with green latex paint on it. I removed the paint and used Varathane pecan on it. I replaced the bridge, tuners and shimmed the neck. The action was about 1/4" high at the 12th fret, now it's about 3mm. It plays quite well. I'm using it right now actually.
@teinkie5091
Жыл бұрын
Honestly it looked cooler before. Just needed a new pickguard and some cleaning
@VLOG-mb8cg
Жыл бұрын
クリーンの音が結構好きです
@David-fn7ro
Жыл бұрын
Nice job!
@robertdavis5616
Жыл бұрын
I like it like it was …. Only needed a little cleaning and strings. 😊
@mikedillon6233
Жыл бұрын
Really nice job! It's very impressive to watch somebody put a lot of detail into something that other people have thrown away and bring it back to life!
@MarsRestorations
Жыл бұрын
It's actually a nice finish under all that paint and junk. 🥲
@vincenzoerriquenz2356
Жыл бұрын
Excellent restoration work!👌🏼✨
@michaelo.gerrits829
Жыл бұрын
As said by others, great restoration but more so great riffs! Sound mean and dirty with the single coils!
@vagnerdasilvalago4443
Жыл бұрын
Um ótimo trabalho nessas guitarras você faz. Muito bom essas guitarras são lindas.
@pedalpukus
Жыл бұрын
That before pick up set up looked interesting!!!
@briansimpson8116
Жыл бұрын
Very nicely done. I bet you can get those small scratches out with some polish or light sanding.
@trefster
Жыл бұрын
I love what you do, but I think you did a disservice to this guitar. Surely there was a way to restore the guitar and leave the artwork!
@garyp5522
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful. And the frets and pickguard looked so nice.
@antoinevs7201
6 ай бұрын
I'm really disappointed you didn't keep the period artwork...
@workingorder2189
Жыл бұрын
A fabulous made in japan Aria restored to former glory! Kudos Studio asyl.
@Rand_al_Thor372
10 ай бұрын
Ok, where is this giant pile of guitars that somebody just left out in some field for this dude to find and restore...? Some of the rust looks chemically enhanced if not fully synthesized.
@harlansmith4133
Жыл бұрын
Great video. True craftsmanship. Aria Pros are great guitars! Cobain had one for awhile
@musicmademedoit2
Жыл бұрын
Very cool! Looks 👍🏼
@jltrem
Жыл бұрын
When looking up this model of Aria I found the auction where you got the guitar. The same one! Beautiful job!
@kojiro-ls3sj
Жыл бұрын
いい動画でした。
@Fearborne
Жыл бұрын
I really love what you're doing! By no means am I insulting your work, but the paintjob was neat. It would have been cool if you fixed up the paint and redid some areas, then covered it with clearcoat or maybe laquer.
@creepyinstigator
7 ай бұрын
Great work dude, my only criticism is the frets should have been replaced or at least leveled and crowned. Just my own OCD 😂
@markdalton6662
7 ай бұрын
You should have kept the humbucker just moved it to the bridge position and you didn't put a bezel on the side of that pickgaurd .
@lord_beethoven1169
Жыл бұрын
That thing looked like Steve Miller got ahold of it.
@user-bm5pf2xd1c
Жыл бұрын
プロの仕事ですね。素晴らしいです!
@spreemetal
Жыл бұрын
Awesome playing. Very cool
@markevon6756
Жыл бұрын
.......I be owned aria's.....nice guitars...had an Aria Pro II Cat...built in pre amp
@nihuyevo_zhmihnulo
Жыл бұрын
I was like Nooo, this paint job isn't that bad But then i was like Yeah, that's much better
@joshmackinnon6941
Жыл бұрын
Taking a cat and giving her a good ol make over
@stroker93
Жыл бұрын
Humbucker in neck...Tele neck in the middle and who knows what single coil in bridge.. I got a "strat" body someone removed some wood under pick guard with hammer and screw driver...it needs to be restored ...
@uhyan
Жыл бұрын
完成度高い👍
@garybrady9531
Жыл бұрын
great restoration
@bzbzob
Жыл бұрын
Oh no, that was hand painted by Santana!!
@sauninetivi
Жыл бұрын
Perfect!!!! You're the man!!!!
@kunyomi
Жыл бұрын
The style of the drawing reminds me the Burny Mg-145x Hide signature ❤️🇯🇵
@donwright3427
Жыл бұрын
Aria good solid machines.Own a pro ii bass and also banjo. Both been worked hard and still play nicely
@hadleymanmusic
Жыл бұрын
Glue wood back in where they chipped it out
@skoico
Жыл бұрын
amazing work!
@guitarfriend65
Жыл бұрын
Great video - nice job 👏
@markdalton6662
7 ай бұрын
See it looks weird without a bezel on the pickgaurd
@grantkoeller8911
Жыл бұрын
On bridge pickup, pole pieces do not line up to high E string . The pickup has the wrong spacing for being mounted in the slanted position.
@pipe_koma
Жыл бұрын
ASMRタグつけて工具爆音はなかなか挑戦的(耳がやられる)
@rockyou42560
Жыл бұрын
Amazing job and great guitar player , i ve got one like the Frankie of EVH
@atilcelik
Жыл бұрын
You Japanese are really crazy, my friend. i love you so much. :)
@daverice2426
Жыл бұрын
Where are you finding these, pawn shop next to an art school? You do really good, solid work but I end up preferring the "befores" a lot of the time PS You plat them really well, too; don't want to just give you a hard time!
@mikesinur1992
Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't of restored it....I would of continued with customization of it.I always thought that particular Aria model stock kinda sucked , at least it had some cool vibes going for it and I'm pretty sure it had better pickups in it before you restored it. The pickups in it now look like any other no name cheap set . I bet it sounded way better before. Just my opinion. I'm almost positive Yngwie used to play one of those back when he was in Steeler.
@penclaw
Жыл бұрын
since new pickups we will never find out how that guitar really sounded like.. sadge
@tucopacifico
Жыл бұрын
I feel like I watched someone take a painting and scrape all the paint off because they like clean, white canvases better. It could have been made playable, now it’s just another boring sunburst guitar from Japan.
@tylerlaiche8443
Жыл бұрын
こにちわ amazing video as always!
@OniDasAlagoas
Жыл бұрын
The painting was better before
@billyvitale8994
Жыл бұрын
sorry..a lot of work went into customizing that guitar... just look at the like the pickup configuration... not to mention the beautiful hand painting.. it was never a junk guitar.... aria pro iis ade great.. I probably sounded a lot better with the pickups and modified wiring that were in pla e before... restauration..
@elevacao.
Жыл бұрын
Eu tenho uma Aria Pro II STRATOCASTER e digo que ela não perde em nada para uma Fender. Belo trabalho.
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