Anyone Own a Parker Fly?
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I have one. They are thee bollocks!
I'll try be unbiased but i love this guitar more then anything i've ever played. The neck is made of carbon fibre, and it feels like gloss except not sticky, it really does get slicker when you sweat. It has stainless steel frets which have been abused for about 8 months now and show no signs of ware. The bridge is light and can function in 3 modes, fixed, down only and floating. It has a compound radius of somesort and it feels really comfortable. What i like most about this guitar is the stereo split function for the piezo and mag pickups.
Back when i was looking for a guitar, i wanted something highly versatile, i needed it to do everything i wanted in any situation, plus a few extras for toying with. This guitar is brilliant and i would definitely recomend it as a workhorse for the studio and live.
I have 2 main gripes about this guitar though, I LOVE the sound of a strat, and as good as the coil taps are it just doesnt have that middle + neck or bridge sound, cause funnily enough it doesnt have a middle pickup! The other thing is the battery box, some times the batteries get jammed and i nearly broke it twice trying to get it out of there. I've have one issue with the locking tuners but that was my incompitance and not the guitars.
They sound MEAN, in regards to sound the only problem i have is it can become a bit squeaky and treble when you turn the volume down, its usable for getting a clean with a tube amp but ive heard guitars do a better job in that department.
The piezo is amazing. I had a stereo lead splitting the peizo going into a PA, and the magnetic going into a marshall with a compressor and a chorus running in stereo between the 2. It sounded bitchin. I have honestly never heard a guitar sound better then that.
I paid about £900 for mine, i have the Parker Nitefly M version and it sounds and plays like a professional instrument should. Thats about all i can say really, i suggest trying one out cause it can take a good half hour to get used too.
I'll try be unbiased but i love this guitar more then anything i've ever played. The neck is made of carbon fibre, and it feels like gloss except not sticky, it really does get slicker when you sweat. It has stainless steel frets which have been abused for about 8 months now and show no signs of ware. The bridge is light and can function in 3 modes, fixed, down only and floating. It has a compound radius of somesort and it feels really comfortable. What i like most about this guitar is the stereo split function for the piezo and mag pickups.
Back when i was looking for a guitar, i wanted something highly versatile, i needed it to do everything i wanted in any situation, plus a few extras for toying with. This guitar is brilliant and i would definitely recomend it as a workhorse for the studio and live.
I have 2 main gripes about this guitar though, I LOVE the sound of a strat, and as good as the coil taps are it just doesnt have that middle + neck or bridge sound, cause funnily enough it doesnt have a middle pickup! The other thing is the battery box, some times the batteries get jammed and i nearly broke it twice trying to get it out of there. I've have one issue with the locking tuners but that was my incompitance and not the guitars.
They sound MEAN, in regards to sound the only problem i have is it can become a bit squeaky and treble when you turn the volume down, its usable for getting a clean with a tube amp but ive heard guitars do a better job in that department.
The piezo is amazing. I had a stereo lead splitting the peizo going into a PA, and the magnetic going into a marshall with a compressor and a chorus running in stereo between the 2. It sounded bitchin. I have honestly never heard a guitar sound better then that.
I paid about £900 for mine, i have the Parker Nitefly M version and it sounds and plays like a professional instrument should. Thats about all i can say really, i suggest trying one out cause it can take a good half hour to get used too.
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Thansksvery much for the info.
I played one for about 10 mins years ago & found that the horn dug into my chest so much it actually hurt. Do you have that problem?
Also, I've heard that they tend to sound weak & thin with overdrive due to the low weight & thin build.
I played it clean & it sounded amazing & the neck was the most in tune precisely intonated neck ever. chords just sounded more in tune for some reason.
I played one for about 10 mins years ago & found that the horn dug into my chest so much it actually hurt. Do you have that problem?
Also, I've heard that they tend to sound weak & thin with overdrive due to the low weight & thin build.
I played it clean & it sounded amazing & the neck was the most in tune precisely intonated neck ever. chords just sounded more in tune for some reason.
I dont really have the problem of it diggin into my chest, there are times i slouch like everyone but when your standing up its not a problem at all, I've never found it to be a problem.
As for sounding thin, nah not at all, it sounds great, it gets a tiny bit tiny when you drop the volume but nothing that would make it un-usable, here is a vid and a sample of how it sounds, its got plenty of balls and plenty of nice tones.
with this one i drop the volume for the quiet part, you can here a kind of squeekyness but nothing that sounds thin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io7XsVWjUPY
and the soundclip below was using a piezo for the clean part and a coil taps on the bridge of the more distorted part.
As for sounding thin, nah not at all, it sounds great, it gets a tiny bit tiny when you drop the volume but nothing that would make it un-usable, here is a vid and a sample of how it sounds, its got plenty of balls and plenty of nice tones.
with this one i drop the volume for the quiet part, you can here a kind of squeekyness but nothing that sounds thin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io7XsVWjUPY
and the soundclip below was using a piezo for the clean part and a coil taps on the bridge of the more distorted part.
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So much for a Parker sounding weak or thin. Both clips sound great.
The music store near me is getting a natural wood colored Mojo in soon. If I get along with it after 30mins, I'm going to get on. I LOVE light guitars & what can be lighter than 4lbs???? :hello2:
The music store near me is getting a natural wood colored Mojo in soon. If I get along with it after 30mins, I'm going to get on. I LOVE light guitars & what can be lighter than 4lbs???? :hello2:
I seriously can't see how anyone couldn't get along with it, but thats just my biased opinion! :toothy12:
But it has so much versatility and tonal possibilities that mixed with the right gear, can let you play lots of different styles really well. 80's Jazz fusion sounds fantastic on this with the coil tap engaged and the tone about half way down on the "both pickups together" setting. it sounds beast. then for your jazzy light spank kick in the piezo also and it just screams like, the word "nitejazz" i have no idea what it means but its such a comfortable guitar to play on, really really comfortable.
But it has so much versatility and tonal possibilities that mixed with the right gear, can let you play lots of different styles really well. 80's Jazz fusion sounds fantastic on this with the coil tap engaged and the tone about half way down on the "both pickups together" setting. it sounds beast. then for your jazzy light spank kick in the piezo also and it just screams like, the word "nitejazz" i have no idea what it means but its such a comfortable guitar to play on, really really comfortable.
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