Aria Pro II ZZB Deluxe 1984 demo

So this is the mythical ARIA PRO II ZZB DELUXE bass, produced from 1982-1987 by Aria guitars, a japanese company. Whitesnake's bassist used one of these, nobody's really heard of them before, but Cliff Burton used an Aria (not this model) and I love this bass. They still make guitars in this shape. Two passive humbuckers, volume knob, tone knob, three way pick up selector switch, goodtone variety. I can get uber fat bass tone on neck and then switch pickups and have clear bright trebly tone for clean bass solos. After I go to stop the recording and then I magically reappear right afterwards, I just tacked on a little bit of me kanoodling on the bass, trying to get the right tone for the vid. Enjoy.

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[Ikillpeopleforfree]

Dude. Whoa. Are you from like California? You could have been in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure with the way you talk. I just wish you had really decent sounding vids and not a camera mic that distorts the tone. Anyway I ordered my B600H today and got the neo 2x10 and neo 1x15 cabs. What band do you play in with that rig? Classic rock cover band?

[themanonthebass]

@Ikillpeopleforfree Haha yes I hail from cali. I just saw that movie for the first time last month, it does most totally sound like me. Yea I do as well, the tone is not adequately conveyed, but what are you gonna do. You are much smarter than I, 2x10 and 1x15 is WAY better than a stack. My future set up is two 2x10s. Yea I don't have this exact set up any more, but classic rock cover band and metal bands.

[PsychoholicMaggot]

I have an aria myself, great basses. but my question is how does a "Z" style bass feel? i only ask because when I'm playing i feel like the cutaway gets in the way. I was thinking about getting a Dean Metal-man Z. thanks in advance.

[themanonthebass]

@PsychoholicMaggot I love the Z style bass, The weight is more spread out, so it feels less heavy when I'm wearing it, and the cutaway doesn't get in the way anymore than the other basses. I'd recommend getting the Dean Z tour bass, with the EMG pickups, because my razorback's stock Dean pickups are dead after three years of playing on them.

[BassUpYourAss]

That is a beautiful bass. Great tone from the neck pickup... love it. I'm thinking about buying an Aria Pro II ZZB Custom on Ebay... it just looks and sounds so awesome. It's apparent that so many people want them; one of the ZZB's that was being sold a while ago was going for around $650 in near-perfect condition!

Anyway, great video. I also thank you for playing Electric Funeral, good sir.

[LordLBlock]

First of all, this bass sounds epic. I love the uber fat bass sound that gushes out of the neck pickup. I am extremely jealous. The bass also looks quite bad-ass as well; the gold hardware, the red stripe... just plain awesome.

Also, to contribute to the discussion regarding the Z bass styles... they are extremely comfortable for me. My first bass was a Dean Metalman Z, and it feels great. For the price, it is an excellent bass, especially if its your first one.

[Car1th3TRUTH]

Would you be interested in selling that bass?

[saadsnake6]

wastage of money on bass guitar

[FLoYdInPink]

Nice shirt but i like that poster behind you better...

[themanonthebass]

@BeastOfCT nope that was electric funeral by black sabbath. Close though!