Pics first!
It's a little dusty in this last pic - it's in 9.5/10 condition! no dents, chips or finish cracks!
Holy hell, this thing is impressive. weighs half of any other guitar I have, the neck heal is just flat and there basically isnt one
and has the lowest action of any guitar ive ever played. I've loved Parkers since my first guitar teacher had one and I found Dave Martone and after 20+ years I finally have one. From what I can tell, only the tuners are off-the-shelf and EVERYTHING is custom made for these guitars. I highly recommend looking them up because the innovations put into this instrument is stunning.
I can't help but say its "the Lamborghini of the guitar world" and while its not flawless, it's phenomenal. The upper horn does suck tho, and digs into your chest BUT I will say its not been a problem for me. I feel it, but its not uncomfortable and I'm usually a real tight-ass about that kind of thing.
Ken Parkers quote of "we were building $10k guitars and selling them for $2k" is spot on imo and that was back into the 90's.
My model here is whats known as a pre-refined model, meaning it was made before Ken Parker sold the company. The Refined models are post-sale, and the easiest way to tell is the controls layout. They tidied up the volume pots and removed the tension wheel.
I could talk about what went into this guitar for ages so I'll stop there and if youre interested, do look up Parker Fly Guitars on YT as there are plenty of deep dive videos and they are great to dive into. I didnt even mention the carbon fibre exoskeleton on the back
BONUS PIC of my cat Moxy
It's a little dusty in this last pic - it's in 9.5/10 condition! no dents, chips or finish cracks!
Holy hell, this thing is impressive. weighs half of any other guitar I have, the neck heal is just flat and there basically isnt one
and has the lowest action of any guitar ive ever played. I've loved Parkers since my first guitar teacher had one and I found Dave Martone and after 20+ years I finally have one. From what I can tell, only the tuners are off-the-shelf and EVERYTHING is custom made for these guitars. I highly recommend looking them up because the innovations put into this instrument is stunning. I can't help but say its "the Lamborghini of the guitar world" and while its not flawless, it's phenomenal. The upper horn does suck tho, and digs into your chest BUT I will say its not been a problem for me. I feel it, but its not uncomfortable and I'm usually a real tight-ass about that kind of thing.
Ken Parkers quote of "we were building $10k guitars and selling them for $2k" is spot on imo and that was back into the 90's.
My model here is whats known as a pre-refined model, meaning it was made before Ken Parker sold the company. The Refined models are post-sale, and the easiest way to tell is the controls layout. They tidied up the volume pots and removed the tension wheel.
I could talk about what went into this guitar for ages so I'll stop there and if youre interested, do look up Parker Fly Guitars on YT as there are plenty of deep dive videos and they are great to dive into. I didnt even mention the carbon fibre exoskeleton on the back
BONUS PIC of my cat Moxy
