New PAN hollow body!

brandon. · Post by **brandon.** » Sun May 16, 2010 4:14 am

Hi There,
I just scored this awesome guitar off a local message board for $50 bucks. A set of flatwounds and a neck shim later, and it's incredible! It was in pristine condition and the pickups sound great. It's called a "Pan", which is a rebrand of Aria, Made in Japan.

anyone have any idea for a whammy bar replacement?

what a delightful faun

the pickups look and sound awesome

thanks for taking a look!

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Sun May 16, 2010 12:43 pm

Thats sweet what a steal!

I don't know about the trem arm I'm guessing a bigsby copy might work? But thats just a shot in the dark.

mongoose69 · Post by **mongoose69** » Sun May 16, 2010 12:45 pm

So she sounds good, yes? How about playability and tuning stability? I love 60's Japan kookiness, but have never had good luck with the hollowbodies.

ohyeahfuzzbear · Post by **ohyeahfuzzbear** » Sun May 16, 2010 1:06 pm

mrperson wrote:Thats sweet what a steal!

I don't know about the trem arm I'm guessing a bigsby copy might work? But thats just a shot in the dark.

Yeah do a bigsby...

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun May 16, 2010 1:24 pm

Looks cool. If you gave a close up shot of the tremolo someone might recognise it.

brandon. · Post by **brandon.** » Sun May 16, 2010 2:07 pm

mongoose69 wrote:So she sounds good, yes? How about playability and tuning stability? I love 60's Japan kookiness, but have never had good luck with the hollowbodies.

I strung it up and adjusted the truss rod, but the strings near the body were way off the fretboard. Anything past the 5th fret was sort of a pain in the ass to play. I read that these japanese guitars had amazing necks, but not so amazing neck pockets and that they usually needed to be shimmed. I threw a shim in the pocket and now it's incredible. No problem with action or tuning stability. It really has blown my mind.

Here are some closer shots of the trem

would one of these work?

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Sun May 16, 2010 8:09 pm

brandon. wrote: would one of these work?

I think so, as long as you have the correct screw/fitting thing. But it looks like it could work.

Berto · Post by **Berto** » Sun May 16, 2010 8:32 pm

i have the same tremelo. a regular bigsby trem arm will work

brandon. · Post by **brandon.** » Sun May 16, 2010 10:33 pm

incredible, thanks everyone!

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sun May 16, 2010 11:04 pm

Very nice score for the price. I like the Gibsonesque headstock.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Sun May 16, 2010 11:37 pm

thats a fuckin awsome looking geetar $50 well spent I'd say

now make friends with someone with a black jazzmaster and start a Wilco tribute band

brandon. · Post by **brandon.** » Mon May 17, 2010 1:21 am

I have a black jazzmaster! ONEMANWILCOTRIBUTEBAND!

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Mon May 17, 2010 3:04 pm

brandon. wrote:I have a black jazzmaster! ONEMANWILCOTRIBUTEBAND!

Result! Now change your name to Brandon Tweedy-cline and youâ€™re set

Tweedledee · Post by **Tweedledee** » Mon May 17, 2010 9:05 pm

That headstock logo is fantastic!

gavin_rossdale · Post by **gavin_rossdale** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 10:20 am

brandon. wrote:

very nice guitar.. Its always been a dream for me to play guitar that looks as good as this..

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 10:33 am

Holy shit, it's Gavin Rossdale.

wwrrss · Post by **wwrrss** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 10:39 am

OI GAVIN ROSSDALE, STOP RESURRECTING OLD THREADS.

Tweedhead · Post by **Tweedhead** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 7:18 am

Tweedledee wrote:That headstock logo is fantastic!

Lucamo · Post by **Lucamo** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 4:23 pm

Do want to see Brandon pretend to be Wilco.

New PAN hollow body!

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