The controls include a master volume control (that can actually be clicked to an off position), a tone knob, and a blend knob with a center detent. The body is loaded up with a set of Aria P and J pickups that are powered by a 9-volt preamp. The body is nicely contoured without losing the pleasantly traditional Fender shape. But I figure the body is still alder underneath, as it weighs the same as other ones that I have owned - around 8 ¾ pounds. I am pretty sure that all of the XRB basses came with alder bodies, but this one is unique and I have never seen one with the figured maple top and back before. This bass delivers exactly that and more: a Precision Bass body, a Jazz Bass neck, P-J active pickups, AND a pointy headstock. If you remember the mid to late 1980s, there was a lot of metal music floating around, and everybody knew that if you wanted to bang heads, you needed a pointy headstock on your guitar. ![]() These models were made from 1987 to 1989, and were some of the last Aria instruments that were made in Japan before production moved to Korea. This is a 1987 Aria Pro II XRB-2A bass, finished in transparent red over a flamed maple top and back. Today we are looking at a bass that is pretty darned close to one that I bought new back when I was in college.
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