The guitar will be finished in the next few weeks (except pickups+cavities)
Today i carved in the "logo"
This guitar looks super bad ass and I can't wait until it's finished, but....what happened here?
Custom fanned-fret 7-string project (Parker Fly shape)
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This guitar looks super bad ass and I can't wait until it's finished, but....what happened here?
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Pikka Bird
Vaya Con Cornholio
^"happened"? What might you mean?
Look at the tuning machines.
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flaik
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the tuning machines are going in a straight line but the headstock is a little bit curved. I used a ruler on my computer screen to check
djohns74
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I'm not 100% sure, but it looks like those tuning machines are way too close to each other. 
Not that I doubt your prowess with a ruler and a picture on the internet. I disagree, they look a little off. I know the close together look is what parker does, so that doesn't bother me. Some of them seem like they went off a little.flaik said:
By no means is it bad, but I just noticed it. If I'm wrong, awesome, I'd be happy to be wrong. Maybe another angle would help.
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BIG ND SWEATY
Edgy
they look un evenly spaced to me
bluevoodoo
sanity assassin
The tuning machines are placed in an arc intentionally to have the strings converging. The one in the middle was a little off but has been professionally fixed since then without any visible mark neither on the front nor the back side of the headstock. Parkers also have this little space between the tuners though, so that was intentional too.
bluevoodoo
sanity assassin
I tried to make it visible on the pic as it can tell better than I. Please excuse me for my weak photoshop skills.
This is how it looked if the machines would be in a perfect row:
And here's what it looked like if we'd put them up in an arc (I tried to fix the position of the one in the middle):
This is how it looked if the machines would be in a perfect row:
And here's what it looked like if we'd put them up in an arc (I tried to fix the position of the one in the middle):
Well, that explains it. Killer guitar, man!
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bluevoodoo
sanity assassin
Almost there....
So, how is that new invisible pickup-technology working for ya? I hear it sounds quite amazing.
But seriously. This guitar might be one of the better ones I have seen. I tip my hat off to you, sir.
bluevoodoo
sanity assassin
I haven't decided about the electronics yet, I'd prefer a Lundgren M7 for the bridge if Johan is able to manufacture a slanted one and either some BKP or a Lace Alumitone for the neck (I've been through a lot of Bare Knuckles but haven't had the chance to try any Laces, so BKP's are more likely to get there).
bluevoodoo
sanity assassin
Compliments must go to danifigo, he's the one who put that lot of work into this beauty, I've only provided the guidelines of the build
simonXsludge
(((Ω)))
Dude...Almost there....
Necromagnon
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I'm gonna try lace alumitone (I've bought a pair of V90) on a further hollow body build. I wanted to try, and they looks prety nice. A friend also started a ff 8 str with aluma bar (normal one, not the death or I don't remember the evilish-name), if you haven't decided yet when he'll finish it, I might be able to provide you some samples.
And this parker is looking freaking awesome... You remind that I want to build a fly 7 strings (not ff) since quite a long time...
bluevoodoo
sanity assassin
Just got home with the guitar, it's gonna be with me until I figure out the electronics question then give it back to danifigo to do the routings and install the pickups 'n everything else. First impression is that it plays like butter and has a resonance that's unexpected from a guitar weighing only 2.9 kgs (6.39 lbs). Needs some work on the nut and the bridge but the guys (danifigo and his new partner in crime) left them unfinished on purpose to be done after the pickups are routed in. Action on the treble side is already amazingly low though, it would drive any Ibanez fans crazy. Details are gorgeous, especially the body carving, and the asymmetric neck profile is also awesome.
Necromagnon
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What a tease! 
Where are the pictures?!
Where are the pictures?!
bluevoodoo
sanity assassin
What a tease!
Where are the pictures?!
I can't take really good photos as I only have my phone to take pics with. But the wood grain on the top looks incredibly deep, almost as if it was some kind of marble.
bluevoodoo
sanity assassin
Tried to take a couple of pics though, sorry for the quality...
