1981 Aria Pro II Japan CS-400 Cardinal Double Cutaway (Brown Sunburst)

1981 Aria Pro II Japan CS-400 Cardinal Double Cutaway (Brown Sunburst)Japanese made by the Matsumoku factory in 1981, the CS 400 was Aria Pro II's simplistic double cutaway model. Unlike the one smashed by Kurt Cobain, this is a higher end model with a set neck construction built with a sen ash body, maple neck and 22 fret rosewood fingerboard (628mm scale length), it weighs 3. 3kg's. Factory loaded with a pair of Protomatic pickups (with a coil split toggle) controlled by a three way selector and a pair of volume tone

Maple top and back with a maple centre block

Released in the 1990's

Made in Japan to replicate the CBS style Stratocaster's of the early 70's

Direct recording into your console for state-of-the -art

Produced (and virtually unchanged) for over 20 years

A selection of Maxon circuits in one handy enclosure that runs off a single 9vDC power supply (not included) and includes headphone output

The nickel-plated hardware includes a classic-style Tune-O-Matic bridge and keystone tuners

5-way switch and a trio of STD-FAT single coil pickups give this a great playing experience and sound

Loaded with the original PJ passive pickup configuration controlled by a pickup blend knob and master volume/tone controls

One of the guitars we hand selected on our most recent Japan trip

two humbucker style passive pickups and a nice clean 24 fret fingerboard (with great access)

as pictured