Thinking about getting an Aristides guitar, but I've never tried one

[nightlight]

I saw one thread on the forums about Aristides guitars which had a total of six posts, so please don't slam me for asking about these in 2024.

I am thinking of picking up one of these, and was looking to learn more about them.

I know that they're made of arium, and that they sound even across strings tonally. I also saw some videos where people describe playing on them as effortless.

I like my wood guitars, they have their own individual character and quirks. That said, I like the idea that the Aristides guitars may be more environmentally sustainable, and people who have played them say that it has killed their gas for other instruments.

Not too sure how I feel about a Richlite fretboard though, I'm so used to wood.

Hoping some owners can weigh in with their thoughts.

 

[braintheory]

Aristides have some nice things about them, but didn’t keep mine. On the positive they play very nicely, are super consistent (I’ve tried so many), resonate well acoustically, and they change sound with pickup swaps more than most wood guitars

On the negative, they lacked for me in tone the richness, warmth, growl and complexity of wood guitars and despite what they say mine wasn’t more stable. As the season changed from summer to fall mine needed a setup badly more than the other guitars I owned at the time. The action raised a lot somehow

 

[mooncobra]

Fun to play, sound pretty good.