Comments on: 1984 Aria Pro II RS Series Rev Sound RS-Esprit https://www.myrareguitars.com/1984-aria-pro-ii-rs-series-rev-sound-rs-esprit All about rare & vintage guitars, guitar amps, fx pedals and more! Sun, 09 May 2021 21:58:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.26 By: Kiwi https://www.myrareguitars.com/1984-aria-pro-ii-rs-series-rev-sound-rs-esprit#comment-1556791 Mon, 02 Nov 2020 05:06:45 +0000 http://www.myrareguitars.com/?p=9359#comment-1556791 Alembic agreed to sell Aria their proprietary active electronics package for bass and guitar around 1984. The RS Esprits featured this system which included dummy middle coil, two single coil pickups, two active low pass filters, two Q switches which boosted at the shelving point as well as a overall boost feature. Active mode was engaged by pulling on the volume control. I’m not precisely sure what the three way toggle switch does but suspect it might involve phase.

]]> By: Scott https://www.myrareguitars.com/1984-aria-pro-ii-rs-series-rev-sound-rs-esprit#comment-1495095 Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:26:31 +0000 http://www.myrareguitars.com/?p=9359#comment-1495095 I used to have a Aria Pro II RS IV Deluxe – black with gold hardware. The guy/store that sold it to me said it had a Bill Lawrence humbucker in it (I was too young & dumb to know what that meant then so I suppose it was after market as I think they all came with single coil PUs) That thing was sweet. I traded it in for some piece of crap many many years ago (I have gone through probably 60-70 guitars in all – still have almost 50 of them). I wish I would have never gotten rid of it. I have only seen one like it in the entire world. It was for sale somewhere in the east part Russia several years ago. Haven’t seen one before that or since then.

]]> By: Stefan https://www.myrareguitars.com/1984-aria-pro-ii-rs-series-rev-sound-rs-esprit#comment-1403270 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 08:59:29 +0000 http://www.myrareguitars.com/?p=9359#comment-1403270 To Michael:
If the RS-Esprit is from 1984, I’m pretty sure it’s made by Matsumoku.

To Shane:
74407 would point to 1977, you would have had a very early PE1000.

]]> By: Shane chapman https://www.myrareguitars.com/1984-aria-pro-ii-rs-series-rev-sound-rs-esprit#comment-1387235 Sun, 30 Sep 2018 11:46:04 +0000 http://www.myrareguitars.com/?p=9359#comment-1387235 My pe1000 aria pro masterpiece was by far my finest guitar i ever played! Stolen over 10 years ago in orlando,fla it has not been found yet. I had a reciept and it had these #74407 and they ate located on back of head stock. I am aware that 1974 is a couple years early for production of these guitars so it is more likely that the # is 77407 but i remember the 407 verywell. Any help???

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