![]() ![]() The bass in general is in very good condition for its age but again there are a few little bumps and knocks commensurate with normal use - certainly not abuse! I have tried to capture all of these in the photos so please study them carefully - there is nothing of any real significance other than a slight crack near the jack - the bass is rock solid, everything works perfectly including the truss rod and electronics. ![]() It isnt perfect though - the gold finish was heavily tarnished and so the shot-blasting worked well but in a couple of small areas it went a bit further so there are some areas where that are slightly unsightly - I am being picky here as this is a 30+ year old bass but I want to be as honest as possible. ![]() Whilst it was being refretted I took the hardware and got it shot-blasted to get rid of the tarnish on the gold hardware - the hardware now has a nickel-like finish which looks much nicer IMO. I had it professionally refretted by a local luthier (Tony Wright of Lakestone Guitars) so it is now back in it's original form. 3 different names in only 3 years of production. Meanwhile, in Japan, they called it the SB-800 the whole time, despite the fact that there was already a bolt-on single pickup model with that name.Īnyway, back to this particular bass - it was originally fretted but somewhere along the line became a fretless which is how I bought it back in 2018. Anyway, Rudy Sarzo was playing one, so when they got him to endorse it they renamed it the SB-RSZ. When it was first released, they called it the SB-Elite II, but changed it to SB-ELT shortly after, so it wouldn’t be confused with a previous model named SB-Elite II. So here is what I know of the history behind this model(thanks to for this info!): Up for sale is the newly re-fretted Aria SB-Elite II / SB-ELT / SB-RSZ ![]() My clearout due to moving country continues. ![]()
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