Links

One of the most complete Matsumoku (MAT) resources:

http://www.matsumoku.org/guitars.html

One of the largest AriaProII online collections and source of information ;)  :

http://sites.google.com/site/ariaproaxes/home   

A good source of MAT guitars information:

http://www.therathole.org/guitar/here/my_guitars.html

http://www.geocities.jp/guitarofworld/newpage17.html

The Aria and Matsumoku history:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsumoku

http://www.ariaguitars.com/english/aria_history.php

http://www.matsumoku.org/ggboard/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5961&hilit=matsumoku+park

An interesting link to MMK 45 pickup characteristics:

http://www.musiker-board.de/gitarrenmodelle-kaufberatung-e-git/90262-aria-pro-ii-cardinal-serie-4.html#post1055906

Features of the typical pickups used for Matsumoku guitars production (MMK-45, MMK-61 and MMK-53):

http://www.ibanezcollectors.com/forum/index.php/topic,19647.0.html

Aria Pro Catalogs:

http://www.ariausa.com/Archive/catalogs.html

http://www.vintaxe.com/catalogs_japanese_ariapro.htm

http://music-inside.ru/catalogs/aria-pro-2

http://www.geocities.jp/guitarofworld/AriaPro2Catalog.html

http://brochures.yokochou.com/guitar-and-amp/ariapro2/1983/en_index.html

http://s227.photobucket.com/user/vintagejapanbass/library/Aria%20Pro%20Catalogs?sort=3&page=1

http://jag.tomsk.ru/index.php?page=catalogs&firm_id=1

http://www.oldguitar.jp/catalog/aria.htm

AriaPro II models history

http://www.ariaguitars.com/jp/06comp/catalog_scan_list_web.htm

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