I like ebony fingerboards, but not if it cost $1670. I bought my Aria for 30 dollars Canadian on a street corner. The Ramirez lists for $1700 American, if it's in stock. I would compare its tone favorably with a Ramirez Model 1, which is laminated rosewood. It has a solid cedar top and a solid eboncole body. It has the exact same rosette as a 2014 Ramirez Model 2 for sale on the internet. The bracing pattern appears to be vintage Ramirez. Like all of the forums on Aria guitars, it provides no definitive answers, it just implies a lot of interesting questions. There are also several full color pages of vintage instruments, and a considerable amount of conflicted history. My instrument was built in an era when the factory was manufacturing less than ten classical guitars a week. Unfortunately, I am not yet familiar enough with this forum to provide you with a link. I have left a couple of posts regarding the A552 that might interest you. Fortunately, they are still available and very inexpensive, a mere fraction of what a comparable modern instrument would cost. You've got a really old Aria, one of the more interesting models.
But I have to ask our expert and Forum member waikuentsui for verification.Ĭongratulations. The problem is that Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) did not reign 87 years, so, it may be that the number represents a date but in the Western Calendar: June 11th, 1987. This is certainly the date of manufacture of the instrument.
However, having read another post in this Topic, I looked more carefully into the interior of the guitar and also found a number engraved on the top of the transverse bar: 870611.
#Aria guitars serial
Trying to determine the date of fabrication, I did an Internet search some time ago and, among other findings, I came across a site with a catalogue of Aria guitars, which refers to your model, the A552, among others ( ).Īs when my guitar was made, according to the search, as it had not yet a serial number, my Aria A558 must have been fabricated in the early 1970s.
#Aria guitars serial number
You see, I also have an Aria, model A558 (excelent sound) but with no date and no serial number either. I've just joined the Forum and tumbled upon your post quite by accident. Was this model all solid, basically a Ramirez clone, factory made/hand assembled/hand made and where did they fit into the Aria catalogue? Anything would be helpful.Īlso, does anyone know how their numbering system worked in those days? Bigger numbers means.? Scot Tremblay wrote:Just wondering if anyone has any information, or can point me to something online, on the mid 1960s Aria guitars.