Have had an Aria for a few weeks now. First thing I did was carve a
new bridge to raise the action. The sound and feel improved, sound is
stil developing. It's got the bark and volume(to a degree) but is
still lacking. The original bridge was flat across the bottom. The
dome is a little more pronounced now.

The neck appears to be mahogany and is chunkier than any flat top,
closer to a classical guitar neck but with a radius.

In Canada, the cost was $320. and for that cost, there's no fear in
playing it as hard as you'd like. All in all, it's ok.

JJ