About James Koontz Expertise Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Amplifiers, Most anything Music related... Also most anything related to security, Fire and access control, as well as CCTV system.
Experience 20 years as a sound engineer, part time luthier, and general all around technical dude for many local bands. One of which was fairly large in the 80's and 90's with multiple recordings, and was the opening act for David Allen Coe, as well as got a nashville recording opportunity. The band disbanded before making it mainstream.
Organizations Loyal Order of the Moose, Boy Scouts,BMI
Publications Highlights for Children, Mystery Magazine,several online Publications, multiple cd's from various artists.
Education/Credentials I have 20 years experience, some electrical college experience. Studied Law, philosophy, and theology.
Awards and Honors well, too many to listm and none worth much more than a paperweight to hold down the ones that are on paper.
Expert: James Koontz Date: 10/18/2007 Subject: aria guitar
Question Jim
I have an Aria acoustic guitar model HF 6810 serial #178218. It was made in
Japan. Can you tell me it's value? Can you tell me if this is a quality guitar. It
plays beautifully and looks beautiful. Thank you
Answer Just to let you know, I can't accurately give a value through Email, noone can. A guitar must be held, and inspected fully, there could be structural issues, that you might not see, but a professional will see right away, so it needs to be inspected. But for basic idea, Most Aria guitars, are very nice for the money, the serial number means nothing though, It appears to be an 81, based on the serial number.. Aria guitars are EXCEPTIONAL guitars for the money... late 70's early 80's usually run around $200-$400 Depending on many factors, mostly just luck...
