Vintage 1970s Aria 5522N Natural Solid Body Electric Guitar

The vintage 1970s Aria 5522N is a pre-lawsuit single-cutaway electric guitar manufactured by the legendary Matsumoku plant in Japan for Arai Trading. The "N" in the model designation stands for its natural/blonde finish highlighting a flamed wood top. Style: Single-cutaway solid body (Les Paul restoration/copy model). Construction: Multi-ply or "pancake" sandwich body style (laminated wood back/core). Top Wood: Laminated flamed maple top with natural finish Wood: 3-piece maple neck (often with the center strip rotated for added strength). Fretboard: Bound rosewood. Inlays: Pearloid block inlays. Frets: 22 medium frets. Scale Length: 24.75 inches Pickups: Dual vintage Japanese pickups (frequently original Maxon-made humbuckers or a neck single-coil/bridge humbucker configuration depending on exact production year variant). Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, and a 3-way toggle pickup selector switch. Bridge: Tune-o-matic style bridge with a stopbar tailpiece. Tuners: Vintage enclosed or Grover/Kluson-style replica deluxe tuners.