So some time in August, I hit the Guitars For Sale thread on a whim and saw a Parker Fly for sale. Ever since I've seen these beauties, I've been GASing for one pretty hard, especially the carved ones (none of this Nitefly nonsense). The guitar had a few chips in the paint along the edges but it was also a hardtail, so I couldn't say no.
Now I am the proud owner of a 1994 Parker Fly Series FD. According to Blue Book and my guitar tech (who had a physical Blue Book) these were some of the first Parkers to be made and the only year they came in hardtail. Unfortunately this was also the only year they had the annoying master volume knob that gets in the way and turns itself down but I can learn to live with that.
Now, what you've all been waiting for:
Everything shipped to me fine and in good condition, only problem was that the nut came off, but my tech glued it back and it's fine. Also there's a ton of buzzing coming from the master volume so I need to look into getting that replaced or fixed or whatnot. I'm just glad that everything turned out great was this guitar and it didn't have a crack near the bridge like the other one that was for sale.
All in all I am loving this guitar. It's so ridiculously light but still sounds great and the Majik Blue colour is absolutely gorgeous if not hard to capture in a picture. The pickups are really nice and clear and the piezo system is pretty awesome. This is my first guitar with piezo pickups so I still need to get used to them and figure out good sounds for them.
Hopefully I can get something recorded soon and posted, but then again I also said that about my first build when I finished it and that was over 2 years ago.
At least now I have better recording gear and a webcam, though.
Now I am the proud owner of a 1994 Parker Fly Series FD. According to Blue Book and my guitar tech (who had a physical Blue Book) these were some of the first Parkers to be made and the only year they came in hardtail. Unfortunately this was also the only year they had the annoying master volume knob that gets in the way and turns itself down but I can learn to live with that.
Now, what you've all been waiting for:
Everything shipped to me fine and in good condition, only problem was that the nut came off, but my tech glued it back and it's fine. Also there's a ton of buzzing coming from the master volume so I need to look into getting that replaced or fixed or whatnot. I'm just glad that everything turned out great was this guitar and it didn't have a crack near the bridge like the other one that was for sale.
All in all I am loving this guitar. It's so ridiculously light but still sounds great and the Majik Blue colour is absolutely gorgeous if not hard to capture in a picture. The pickups are really nice and clear and the piezo system is pretty awesome. This is my first guitar with piezo pickups so I still need to get used to them and figure out good sounds for them.
Hopefully I can get something recorded soon and posted, but then again I also said that about my first build when I finished it and that was over 2 years ago.
At least now I have better recording gear and a webcam, though.
