Man... All it needed was a cleanup and either a Satin or Matte clear coat to protect it. Instead, we got a poorly painted, typical red guitar that wasn't even sanded between coats OR wet sanded and polished after the clear...
@@GazcoybUTFT I agree, also the pick up wiring was not Fender like. This is just a rather new fake that probably first is made to look old and ugly in a non-believable way. The replacement neck was also not a real Fender. it is some strat looking neck with fake Fender stratocaster stickers.
And who gives up a $2 bill these days? That part was fairly obviously staged. Also knowing the vintage guitar community, there's almost a mania for keeping original parts, so I've got to imagine that neck wouldn't be so easily junked. Seems like I'm one of quite a few who clicked on the video just to call it out.
I am sure you are correct but did a little research. Korean made Fenders were made of plywood in the early 90's. I also looked up the serial number on the new neck, it is indeed an early 90's Korean Fender.
Great video, I don't question the authenticity of the guitar, the skills required to put old junk into perfect shape and working order are unequivocally authentic and effective, also the video production is outstanding, kudos
But restoring a cheap plywood? 😀 just for views I guess I bought a cheapo E335 copy put in the whammy /pickups and a little touch sounds/looks great but that’s it
I stripped a mexican fender ~1994 AND IT HAD A PLY BODY. I bought a 2002 mexican strat and redid the bridge and electronics and thought the same, this had a flame veneer tho.. Sound is 99% in the pickups and electronics... 1% the wood IMHO.
ragazzi, oltre a restaurare questa "chitarra" forma simil Stratocaster, il tipo è un vero professionista nelle inquadrature e dettagli, fotografati in maniere eccellente. Bravissimo per l' ottimo set fotografico!!!
Ich kann es nicht verstehen, das jemand so ein so tolles Instrument so behandeln kann. Ich könnte heulen wie ein Kind. Toll was Sie damit machen. Alois, der unbecknterste Gitarrist der Welt aus Dortmund 👍❤🎸
Heja BVB! Heja BVB! Heeeja Heeeja Heja BVB! I'll likely never get to see Dortmund BVB play in person so I wanted to pass that along to someone who might like it.
That is absolutely NOT a Fender : The internal routing, the thin block tremolo, the cheap 5-way switch, pots, wires, etc... But hey...If it makes him happy to say he restored a Fender...🙂🙂 He did a good job though...
When you sand a radius into a neck with a radius sanding block, you don’t want to wrap the sandpaper around the sides of the block because it changes the radius of the final piece due to the sandpaper bending at the edges. You want to glue the sandpaper to the bottom of the block. This will give you a much better radius on the neck. When you are dealing with a small radius like 7.25, changing it the tiniest bit can drastically change the final radius. And you can end up with uneven surfaces where the radius changes randomly. Now I know this is just a TH-cam restoration, but if you ever do this for a customer or for your own guitar that you mean to play regularly, use glue.
Ah, the NotFender Plycaster™️ my favorite brand. It's also interesting how the body is all jacked up, yet the internals and wiring look perfectly fine 🤔
Nice work. Fun to watch. Whatever guitar it is. For 97.9% of audiences, as long as you can use it to play “Satisfaction,” “Stairway to Heaven,” and “Summer of ‘69,” you’re good.
I don't think it was important how genuine it was. The scope of the transformation is awe inspiring. From a piece of trash to something playable. If it had been genuine, he could have taken the process a few steps further. That guitar can now inspire some kid to learn to play. It has my vote for an amazing video :-)
I used to flip pawn shop and yard sale squires like that. And make money but, I never tried to represent them in any way other way than what they were. People would inquire about it and tell them everything that was done and invited them to try it out. They usually smiled and bought it. Fat '50s, or 57-62 pups from fender, CTS pots, oaks grigsby switch, steel trembloc, a switch craft jack, and a good set up job can make even squires truly sound pretty good. God bless.
Great job on all the restorations. So what if it’s not a real Strat! It’s a beautifully restored Fender copy. Much respect for the attention to detail.
Alright, first...Much respect for taking this on. I hate when people do not first give credit where it is due and I want to be clear that you have great skills. Now, just because you put a fender neck on an old strat style body does not make it a Fender Strat. Second...if you are going to all this trouble to completely refurbish this old guitar then please put another coat of pain on there and do the wet sand to get rid of the orange peel.
this is not a old body , propably some cheap chinese fake out of plywood , made to look beat up , you can see it when he takes of the pickguard , above looks like it stayed in seawater underneath the pickguard basically brand new
@@alkamz indeed, that was a fake neck, Fender never used that shape of stickers. Tuners are also not FenderAlso not Fender pick-ups or a Fender body. He has skills but this is not a Fender.
You're pissing on my leg and tell me it's raining . There is nothing Fender about this guitar it's missing any and all Factory markings the parts are all Chinese @@PeterW1951
@@PeterW1951I also noticed at beginning the headstock was split on the grain. The headstock towards the end of the video was solid, nice bit of magic there.....
You don't Lemon Oil a maple fretboard, you spray it clear. Plus your paint has a ton of orange peel...and learn to intonate the bridge saddles for each string gauge.
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Long nose pliers to undo the the tone/volume knobs? At least buy some half decent tools, and why bin the original neck? Could have at least try to fix it?
Мне кажется, это то, чем я должен заниматься. Трудностей ее вижу, ну, может, тоько с электроникой я не очень, но всё остальное посильно, и, главное - нравится!
Before you fixed it the guitar looked exactly like the one in my room exept mine is in better condition and it was a custom made guitar not actually a fender, even though built like a fender. Side note, it was passed down to me from my uncle who got it from my grandfather who died a couple years back and even has a signature from from Elvin Bishop which is pretty cool. Another thing that is cool is that my grandfather made it with a store owner of a local Musicworks store. Ok, i’m just flexing now, sorry bout that😂
now thats what you call "custom shop reliced" they went way too far especially on the neck so you dialed it right back . looks great! and i adore how you restored that old radio. infact my parents had an old bush radio and i actually wired in a jack so i could plug my guitar in to it.it sounded great with a fuzz pedal when i was like 14 or 15! ha ha! thats what kids used to do back in the late '70's
Fantastically, cool and interesting video, but no way I would put that much time and effort into a laminate body! But you’re not gonna find any real old fenders for two dollars so I guess that makes sense for the application 😅
It's not a Fender.....as he says in the title. And, it's not a Squier either. It looks like it used to be a $200 Stratocaster clone. Look at the headstock at 0:08 mark.
@wyattblackwood3927 I bet you're the same guy that list an epiphone on the local market and call it a Gibson. Same guy that list a squier as a Fender.
Very well shot video, one critiques, as a 25years guitarist and carpenter who dabble in luthier work. Lemon oil only goes on rose wooryor mahogany necks, never on maple.. you will wreck the polyester coat that's on both sides of maple necks.. still, looks and sounds Sick AF.. nice work bro 🤙🏼
Nice work. When there is original Maple, mahogany or other wood on a restoration guitar, I think it is great to just use stain the natural wood rather than paint to show the beauty of the wood and give it more of your unique personal touch.
@@zeekfitzroy4986 Helter Skeler, Get your eyes checked. There's clearly a Fender decal on the headstock. How many of you critics out there can restore a piece of crap to a nice, playable guitar?
What really matters is how he rebuilds this sad guitar whether it’s the original or not. I’ve owned a Stratocaster and it’s a copy the name is Aria and everyone that’s ever played it falls in love with it, they’ve been trying to get me to trade with their original strat but no way! It has a sound of its own and I’ve always been able to pull sounds that can’t from a Stratocaster original. It’s a little heavier and after wearing it a while it will take it’s toll on you but hey I was much younger than. It was made in Japan and believe it or not is worth much more than a strat . I bought it in 1974 , and it holds a tone like no other guitar I’ve ever played and had, it’s a light wood grain with the darker strip up the neck with a white pick guard . Maybe some may not like that wood grain look but you can’t get tired of it! I’m only saying some knock offs were made better than the original Aria last I looked for one was a little over 2k I have no idea what it’s worth now ?
It's not a Fender guitar, it's a laminated plywood guitar.
Korean 89 they do so!
There's a vast amount of dodgy wood hiding beneath the paint of many a pricey guitar.
Uh, no@@BoojayDeeth
That’s a star caster
oh serious?
it broke my heart that you removed the original finish. It looked so cool.
Agreed
Agreed×100
Man... All it needed was a cleanup and either a Satin or Matte clear coat to protect it. Instead, we got a poorly painted, typical red guitar that wasn't even sanded between coats OR wet sanded and polished after the clear...
it was not even a fender stat as it had no name on it
@@GazcoybUTFT I agree, also the pick up wiring was not Fender like. This is just a rather new fake that probably first is made to look old and ugly in a non-believable way. The replacement neck was also not a real Fender. it is some strat looking neck with fake Fender stratocaster stickers.
LOL! Fender!! That plywood body aint fooling me! Good Job though. Now its worth $2.99!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
100%
I noticed the plywood body too
And who gives up a $2 bill these days? That part was fairly obviously staged. Also knowing the vintage guitar community, there's almost a mania for keeping original parts, so I've got to imagine that neck wouldn't be so easily junked. Seems like I'm one of quite a few who clicked on the video just to call it out.
I am sure you are correct but did a little research. Korean made Fenders were made of plywood in the early 90's. I also looked up the serial number on the new neck, it is indeed an early 90's Korean Fender.
Great video, I don't question the authenticity of the guitar, the skills required to put old junk into perfect shape and working order are unequivocally authentic and effective, also the video production is outstanding, kudos
Totally agree 👍
He faked it all bro wake up
Fake begets fake
I mean it definitely ain't a fender, but that looked like real aging to me.
But restoring a cheap plywood? 😀 just for views I guess
I bought a cheapo E335 copy put in the whammy /pickups and a little touch sounds/looks great but that’s it
Plywood and not a Fender or even Squier I would say. Nevertheless, a calm and soothing video with lots of craftsmanship tips. Heads up!
For what it's worth: it's a Squier neck made in Korea (Sunghan) in 1993.
Sand between coats, cut & polish…. Terrible paint job as you’ve left it
Some Squiers were ply in the late 80s early to mid 90s.
I stripped a mexican fender ~1994 AND IT HAD A PLY BODY. I bought a 2002 mexican strat and redid the bridge and electronics and thought the same, this had a flame veneer tho.. Sound is 99% in the pickups and electronics... 1% the wood IMHO.
read up 89 Korean
ragazzi, oltre a restaurare questa "chitarra" forma simil Stratocaster, il tipo è un vero professionista nelle inquadrature e dettagli, fotografati in maniere eccellente. Bravissimo per l' ottimo set fotografico!!!
Ich kann es nicht verstehen, das jemand so ein so tolles Instrument so behandeln kann. Ich könnte heulen wie ein Kind. Toll was Sie damit machen. Alois, der unbecknterste Gitarrist der Welt aus Dortmund 👍❤🎸
Heja BVB! Heja BVB! Heeeja Heeeja Heja BVB! I'll likely never get to see Dortmund BVB play in person so I wanted to pass that along to someone who might like it.
We all know building or buying a new one is much cheaper and easier but we are watching anyway because it's so satisfying.
You labeled this as a 1992 Fender Stratocaster. Yet the headstock mysteriously has no logo and is not even the right shape. Come on, dude.
That is absolutely NOT a Fender : The internal routing, the thin block tremolo, the cheap 5-way switch, pots, wires, etc...
But hey...If it makes him happy to say he restored a Fender...🙂🙂 He did a good job though...
Well. It's not even done with solid wood. It's plywood!
There are $99 guitars on Temu closer to a Fender Strat than this POS. This guy should get censored for clickbait.
Not to mention, changing the color on a restoration, not sanding between coats of paint, etc.
Garbage guitar. Not worth the time or effort to restore it. Absolute not a Fender.
That’s the “Plycaster” with “True Laminate Sound” technology! 😆😂🤣🤣…😢
When you sand a radius into a neck with a radius sanding block, you don’t want to wrap the sandpaper around the sides of the block because it changes the radius of the final piece due to the sandpaper bending at the edges. You want to glue the sandpaper to the bottom of the block. This will give you a much better radius on the neck. When you are dealing with a small radius like 7.25, changing it the tiniest bit can drastically change the final radius. And you can end up with uneven surfaces where the radius changes randomly. Now I know this is just a TH-cam restoration, but if you ever do this for a customer or for your own guitar that you mean to play regularly, use glue.
He’s obviously not a guitar player…
@@bryanyork4848💯
Just a youtube restoration lol
Done mansplaining?
@@loliplayguitar8601 if you think that is mansplanning you need to learn what the word means.
Excelente servicio. Tal vez en el futuro haga un vídeo con esta ingeniosa idea. Saludos
Ah, the NotFender Plycaster™️ my favorite brand. It's also interesting how the body is all jacked up, yet the internals and wiring look perfectly fine 🤔
Lmaoooo
The underside of the jack plate was the cleanest piece of this entire mess.
it is a real Korean Strat from 1989 do your reading
@@chriscannon3859 good job on actually researching instead of making blind assumptions
@@chriscannon3859except no strat has that hawk-like head stock. On top of that, the video is staged
shoddy craftsmanship all around. I can feel the frets and paintwork from here.
Nice work. Fun to watch. Whatever guitar it is. For 97.9% of audiences, as long as you can use it to play “Satisfaction,” “Stairway to Heaven,” and “Summer of ‘69,” you’re good.
I don't think it was important how genuine it was. The scope of the transformation is awe inspiring. From a piece of trash to something playable. If it had been genuine, he could have taken the process a few steps further. That guitar can now inspire some kid to learn to play. It has my vote for an amazing video :-)
Ce n’est pas une Fender! C’est une réplique parmi tant d’autres ! Cela dit bon travail tout de même
Yes replace the Strings, the pots, the wiring, the bridge, the neck, and the body. Easy restore.
I used to flip pawn shop and yard sale squires like that. And make money but, I never tried to represent them in any way other way than what they were. People would inquire about it and tell them everything that was done and invited them to try it out. They usually smiled and bought it. Fat '50s, or 57-62 pups from fender, CTS pots, oaks grigsby switch, steel trembloc, a switch craft jack, and a good set up job can make even squires truly sound pretty good. God bless.
Nice job! 🎉
Not a single Fender original part in this guitar
Korean made Fender? Samick made them under licence in the 90's to fill the demand on asian marked , basically a shitty squire
Another fender ",expert"...shutup
@JANvanX He's right though!
Not exactly a restoration.
Never was. It's an old hondo.
Great job on all the restorations. So what if it’s not a real Strat! It’s a beautifully restored Fender copy. Much respect for the attention to detail.
Alright, first...Much respect for taking this on. I hate when people do not first give credit where it is due and I want to be clear that you have great skills. Now, just because you put a fender neck on an old strat style body does not make it a Fender Strat. Second...if you are going to all this trouble to completely refurbish this old guitar then please put another coat of pain on there and do the wet sand to get rid of the orange peel.
this is not a old body , propably some cheap chinese fake out of plywood , made to look beat up , you can see it when he takes of the pickguard , above looks like it stayed in seawater underneath the pickguard basically brand new
And they did not even show the serial number,if there even was one.
@@ABCDEF-ks5op Isn't that because the pickguard protected the area underneath...
that was not a genuine fender neck
@@alkamz indeed, that was a fake neck, Fender never used that shape of stickers. Tuners are also not FenderAlso not Fender pick-ups or a Fender body. He has skills but this is not a Fender.
The guitars are cool the way you ability to play them well, and priceless
5 Second Look at that guitar even from the thumbnail and it's not a fender clickbait on fake restoration
The original neck was split at the headstock. Would have been nice to see it glued and repaired.
You're pissing on my leg and tell me it's raining . There is nothing Fender about this guitar it's missing any and all Factory markings the parts are all Chinese @@PeterW1951
@@PeterW1951I also noticed at beginning the headstock was split on the grain. The headstock towards the end of the video was solid, nice bit of magic there.....
Put together brilliantly regardless. Great job.
If that's a Fender, I'm Leo Fender
Love the camerawork and editing! Primo! Great eye.
You don't Lemon Oil a maple fretboard, you spray it clear. Plus your paint has a ton of orange peel...and learn to intonate the bridge saddles for each string gauge.
Don't put ANYTHING on it except your hands.
@@SGobuck Maple fretboards are varnished.
Great Video !! I have a left-handed maple neck strat ..white on white she 's a beauty .. Now i know how to do it properly ..Thank You !! 😊👍
Wait. Did I missed the fret leveling and crowning or did he just polish the fret after just filing the fret ends?
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Es falso el video.
За электрогитару - РЕСПЕКТ! Отличная работа!👍
Где? Играют на другой, гриф сравни.. Налюбилово это, развод
@@Волшебный_Фонарьдаже не удосужились отполировать. Позеры обыкновенные.
Дерьмовая работа для контента с дерьмовой гитарой. После съемок отправилась в мусорку.
@@Волшебный_Фонарьда реальный там звук говно как и гитара.
Eres.un.Gran.Atista.para.dejarlas.Bien.Bendiciones
Cuánta paciencia 😅 te felicito por todo lo q haces! No puedo dejar mirar esos vídeos 🙌 un verdadero maestro de la restauración ❤
Great angles and fun way to watch this incredible restoration bravo man
This is not a Fender Stratocaster. You mislead us dude. Cmon
I know right
Also using lemon oil on a maple fretboard
It's a fake restoration, did you expect integrity?
Long nose pliers to undo the the tone/volume knobs? At least buy some half decent tools, and why bin the original neck? Could have at least try to fix it?
@@duhopie838yeah, so? It is still playable anyways
Good job young man! Like your sense of humor, the animation and the paint color
Видно, мастер любит свою работу. Респект.
Какую? Наёбывать зрителей? В какой вселенной Фендер делает корпуса из клеенной фонеры? 😂😂😂
Да плохая тут работа. Стеб какой-то
What a MESMERIZING video!!!
Мне кажется, это то, чем я должен заниматься. Трудностей ее вижу, ну, может, тоько с электроникой я не очень, но всё остальное посильно, и, главное - нравится!
It must be very satisfying reviving an old relic, good work
It looks like a lot of work given that you need a new neck and the body is only plywood. is it really worth it?
No it’s not.
might be if you give it to a beginner,im shure they would love to learn on it.
What's the difference from building a guitar from scratch. You would save the restoration... Amazing work none the less. Well done!
Great video, the camera work is superb!
I like the unpacking of an empty box 😂
I really think hard to what should write as comment, nothing can i say except that you r a creator, wish a world full of guys like you
Trabalho artesanal parabéns 🇧🇷🇧🇷👏👏👏
Is it just me or this video relaxes you?
Before you fixed it the guitar looked exactly like the one in my room exept mine is in better condition and it was a custom made guitar not actually a fender, even though built like a fender. Side note, it was passed down to me from my uncle who got it from my grandfather who died a couple years back and even has a signature from from Elvin Bishop which is pretty cool. Another thing that is cool is that my grandfather made it with a store owner of a local Musicworks store. Ok, i’m just flexing now, sorry bout that😂
Great photography and editing. Had to watch to the end!
15:53 The guy behind the synthesizer killed me. I've been laughing for 3 hours now 😂😂😂
That's not a synthesizer 😏
@@johndo9648Sorry
Sounding and looking good! Amazing video work! Lord, fixing a beat up guitar... wow.
now thats what you call "custom shop reliced" they went way too far especially on the neck so you dialed it right back . looks great! and i adore how you restored that old radio. infact my parents had an old bush radio and i actually wired in a jack so i could plug my guitar in to it.it sounded great with a fuzz pedal when i was like 14 or 15! ha ha! thats what kids used to do back in the late '70's
Good work! You seem very patient!
That is clearly not a Fender Stratocaster. It has a plywood body and neck. Nice try.
Nice restoration! I enjoyed watching & and learning some tips. 🤘
Géniale cette dame.
Bravo, du super travail. 👍👌
Love the restro fenders guitar 🎸 bad ass. I remeber them in mid 80's rocks bands
Fantastically, cool and interesting video, but no way I would put that much time and effort into a laminate body! But you’re not gonna find any real old fenders for two dollars so I guess that makes sense for the application 😅
Nice work. Beautiful guitar.
I noticed that the body is a plywood one used on the Squier II. Great video. I was wondering if it's a Squier II model.
It's not a Fender.....as he says in the title. And, it's not a Squier either. It looks like it used to be a $200 Stratocaster clone. Look at the headstock at 0:08 mark.
@@jamesf.ryaniii7918$200? You’re being rather generous. I’m thinking more in the $90 range
Correct it is not a Fender. He just stuck a strat neck on it and who even knows if that is legit. This is clickbait.
@@antonsworldofvideos8096that looks like he added a "Squier by Fender" neck and just scraped off the "Squier by" bit, leaving the small Fender logo.
@@jamesf.ryaniii7918 I don't think it's a Squier, but the worst Squiers can be made out of plywood or something similar in a laminated fashion.
Fantastic job. Those Radios have the best sound. I hope you get the Tube if you need some. 😊👍
Video should be corrected...false information..
This is not a Fender Stratocaster
FANTASTIC Job !! Thank you for this wonderful video ❤️
30 seconds in, this is a masterpeice...
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That’s not even good for a soda from McDonalds anymore 😪 R.I.P. $2 dollars 1776-2024
This is fing awesome! I can use this to start doing this myself step by step. Thax a whole lot.
Muito bom ❤
You are truly an artist! Great save!
That guitar is not a Fender, is a Squire. Fender doesn't use plywood for the body.
Nobody but the Who would let a Strat get in that condition...
Tampoco es una Squier, no tienen ese neck. Es una guitarra cualquiera con un mango Fender. Adémas, no parece afinar correctamente.
Squire is made by Fender, Fender bought Squire in 1965 .
@@wyattblackwood3927😂😂😂😂😂
@wyattblackwood3927 I bet you're the same guy that list an epiphone on the local market and call it a Gibson.
Same guy that list a squier as a Fender.
Very well shot video, one critiques, as a 25years guitarist and carpenter who dabble in luthier work. Lemon oil only goes on rose wooryor mahogany necks, never on maple.. you will wreck the polyester coat that's on both sides of maple necks.. still, looks and sounds Sick AF.. nice work bro 🤙🏼
You paid $2 more than it was worth, and that's no Fender, more like a Pretender.
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constant repeats.,
Then don't watch dummy 😂🤦
Super masterpiece guitar restoration 😀🎉
LOL what a waste of time
☝️🤓LOL what a waste of time
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Nice videography in this!
Just discovering your channel ... What a wonderful job !
great job! i love watching talented people at work
Congratulations on the strat
nice edition
Great effort with the stop-motion animation!
Beautiful!! ❤
Sounds sick! 🤘🏼 Wow!
Original (fake Fender) colour was amazing, nice balls up chum!
Great job. Removed all the character out of that guitar and made it look like a brand new guitar center off the shelf guitar.
Great find! 😊
Excelente trabajo felicitaciones
One comment is betraying, you deserve millions of positive comments and likes
Congratulations, Sir , from Italy 😊
Amazing camera work as well!
Awesome video
Cool to watch 👍👍
Good work, good photography, good editing …………. That’s why you have over 900k subscribers!!!!
Great job ❤❤
Great shooting.
Great job on that rust trap to rocker transformation.
Great job. You are a Very talented person.
that's so beatiful my man..
Nice work. When there is original Maple, mahogany or other wood on a restoration guitar, I think it is great to just use stain the natural wood rather than paint to show the beauty of the wood and give it more of your unique personal touch.
Wonderfully shot. Thank you!
@@zeekfitzroy4986 Helter Skeler,
Get your eyes checked. There's clearly a Fender decal on the headstock. How many of you critics out there can restore a piece of crap to a nice, playable guitar?
What really matters is how he rebuilds this sad guitar whether it’s the original or not. I’ve owned a Stratocaster and it’s a copy the name is Aria and everyone that’s ever played it falls in love with it, they’ve been trying to get me to trade with their original strat but no way! It has a sound of its own and I’ve always been able to pull sounds that can’t from a Stratocaster original. It’s a little heavier and after wearing it a while it will take it’s toll on you but hey I was much younger than. It was made in Japan and believe it or not is worth much more than a strat . I bought it in 1974 , and it holds a tone like no other guitar I’ve ever played and had, it’s a light wood grain with the darker strip up the neck with a white pick guard . Maybe some may not like that wood grain look but you can’t get tired of it! I’m only saying some knock offs were made better than the original Aria last I looked for one was a little over 2k I have no idea what it’s worth now ?
Aria is Aria Pro.
Bravo Maestro!