Aria Pro II PE-1000

The Aria Pro II PE-1000 was an electric guitar manufactured in the 1970s. It had a Les Paul-style body and a Stratocaster-style neck.

Andy Summers owned a PE-1000 (with antique violin finish) in the late 1970s, which he played with The Police as an alternative to the 1963 Fender Telecaster custom on the Outlandos D'Amour tour, from Autumn 1978 to 1979. An Aria advert photo of Andy also appears on the back of the Outlandos D’Amour LP cover; but whether he had played it to any extent on the album itself is not clear.

The Aria played on the Old Grey Whistle test show in October 1978 appears to have black pickups whereas later photos show one with white pickups. Possibly the one with the white pickups might be an Aria PE-1500 (or 800), or it's the same PE-1000 but modified.

Specifications
Info from Aria Pro II 1978 PE Prototype Series Catalogue