The other toggle switch changes the electronics from active mode to passive mode, though there is no real benefit to this as the tone is about the same in either setting, though it would be handy if the pre-amp battery happens to go dead at the most inopportune time. The blend knob seems like overkill as there is also a 3-way pickup selector switch. 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.
Aria pro 11 xrb series pro#
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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