The legend of the Aria Pro II "TS," a groundbreaking machine that dominated its era.

At the time, BC Rich was a cutting-edge guitar brand, and its innovative approach shocked many Japanese builders. It is said that Aria's development team, impressed by the brand, borrowed a Mockingbird that had arrived at a music store and conducted everything from measurements to circuit disassembly and analysis at their Matsumoto factory.

Thus, the MK series was created under the concept of "surpassing the original." The culmination of technologies cultivated there, such as the through-neck construction, boosters, and diverse switches, was almost directly transferred to the TS series. The TS was proof that Aria had absorbed cutting-edge technology and elevated it into its own original models.

Its innovative nature was met with enthusiastic support from users, and at one point it became so popular that the factory couldn't keep up with production.

The immensely popular TS model, like the PE, underwent a minor redesign around 1981. The headstock shape was changed to the same symmetrical 3:3 shape as the PE-R, and the bridge was also updated to a 2-way design that allowed strings to be strung either through the body or through the tailpiece, making it a more practical upgrade.

However, that brilliance did not last long. The TS series, which had enjoyed such popularity, suddenly disappeared from the catalog after 1983, bringing its short production history to an end.

Although it didn't have as many models as the PE series, it did have distinctive Aria-style models in metallic blue and black and gold, leaving a lasting impression on many guitarists.