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by mmmguitar
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:40 pm
Forum: Fly
Topic: Fly Parker Preamp Issue
Replies: 4
Views: 67

Re: Fly Parker Preamp Issue

Fly_Help wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:10 am Found it on Amazon uk of all places.. the regular version , the long shaft seems to be for Les Pauls with the metal plate.
It seems you got it all sorted. Please let us know if you encounter any issues with the replacement board.
by mmmguitar
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:57 pm
Forum: Show Us Your Parker
Topic: My new old guitar needs some help - 94 Fly Deluxe
Replies: 2
Views: 101

Re: My new old guitar needs some help - 94 Fly Deluxe

Crumplepunch , Congrats on the acquisition, and welcome to this little corner of the Parker Guitars community. Though I can't offer a solution to all you've mentioned, we can certainly get started on some of them: The good news about your black finish is that you can fill cracks and chips with blac...
by mmmguitar
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:00 pm
Forum: Fly
Topic: Where does my bridge ground wire connect?
Replies: 2
Views: 73

Re: Where does my bridge ground wire connect?

Though I haven't owned a Parker which left the factory with Ghost saddles, Piplodocus , I've installed them on a few Flys. I take it the underside of your Fly bridge looks like this: fly ground 2.jpeg Rather than fly ground.jpeg If you have no roughed spot on the underside of the bridge, I'd say you...
by mmmguitar
Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:50 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: When Buying Used Flys:
Replies: 8
Views: 22946

Re: When Buying Used Flys:

Since VJ and MMGuitar is too nice to say it My reasoning has been that, given his selling practices were never in violation of Reverb or eBay policies, there was no reason to pillory his name in matters where merely describing what I found distasteful about the selling practices themselves would be...
by mmmguitar
Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:57 pm
Forum: Lost & Stolen
Topic: LOST: 1999 Fly Artist Natural
Replies: 8
Views: 383

Re: LOST: 1999 Fly Artist Natural

InsideInfo wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:54 am my belief is, the seller of the artist still should have received his money back from Reverb but since this was 6500 bucks, they were much less willing to take the hit. Selective relief is not protection...
Was the transaction through Reverb Payments, or a third party processor such as PayPal?
by mmmguitar
Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:07 pm
Forum: NiteFly
Topic: Pickup tone sounds tinny.
Replies: 3
Views: 135

Re: Pickup tone sounds tinny.

@mikejcurtis, we’d also be happy to listen to a recorded example; just in case the tinny sound is anything more than dialing in the new guitar for your rig.
by mmmguitar
Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:51 pm
Forum: Adaptated Parts, Mods & Projects
Topic: Guide: Fly Sustainiac Installation
Replies: 7
Views: 8527

Re: Guide: Fly Sustainiac Installation

Bump. Here's how to consolidate the Sustainer on/off and normal/octave-up switching to a single tone control pot, as the Adrian Belew Fly does: You need to modify a dual gang push-pull pot. Because Bourns seems to produce the only readily available one, that's what I'm using. You can modify a standa...
by mmmguitar
Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:58 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: “What’s This Worth?” Thread
Replies: 498
Views: 607973

Re: “What’s This Worth?” Thread

This heavily modified Emerald Green '95 Deluxe (253145BP) with Alan Hoover-installed Sustainiac and holes from a GK pickup popped up on Reverb ten hours ago for $2,480. The seller is including the Gen 1 neck and clipped ribbon assembly components so that the guitar "can be restored to original&...
by mmmguitar
Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:51 pm
Forum: Adaptated Parts, Mods & Projects
Topic: Replicate Fly piezo electronics
Replies: 31
Views: 13562

Re: Replicate Fly piezo electronics

Crazy question. Does a "best" parts list exist of exactly which parts to get to replicate a pre-refined fly? I love my 'new' guitar but to my ear there seems to be something missing that makes my '96classic sound so robust. ( I guess I should have asked that question in my initial post). ...
by mmmguitar
Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:23 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Stuff I found on Craigslist
Replies: 77
Views: 55681

Re: Stuff I found on Craigslist

Patzag wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:43 am I don’t understand the price.
It seems to be open to offers and negotiation concerning the "Diverse Dongs."
by mmmguitar
Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:15 pm
Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
Topic: PDF85 wiring questions
Replies: 10
Views: 543

Re: PDF85 wiring questions

Right now I am trying to figure out why I have a bit of a whine/hum when going through an amp or using the wireless on my pod go. If I plug directly into the pod there is no noise[...]is it possible the 9v is backfeeding through the system somehow? Just to be clear: Your signal path is Fluence pick...
by mmmguitar
Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:18 pm
Forum: Adaptated Parts, Mods & Projects
Topic: Replicate Fly piezo electronics
Replies: 31
Views: 13562

Re: Replicate Fly piezo electronics

I've got some VintageVibe Charlie Christians I'd love to try pop in one of these days, yet another project. Please let me/us know how you like them. I have a Fly bridge pickup wound by Pete, and have held off on asking him to wind a jazz neck pickup because all my current Flys have Sustainiacs. The...
by mmmguitar
Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:37 pm
Forum: Adaptated Parts, Mods & Projects
Topic: Replicate Fly piezo electronics
Replies: 31
Views: 13562

Re: Replicate Fly piezo electronics

The really weird thing is that the volume pot for the piezo and the magnetic pickups turn in opposite directions to increase the volume. I hadn't noticed until it was all assembled. If you swap the outside lug connections for the pot gang sweeping in reverse, it should then be wired right-handed. I...
by mmmguitar
Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:35 pm
Forum: Adaptated Parts, Mods & Projects
Topic: Replicate Fly piezo electronics
Replies: 31
Views: 13562

Re: Replicate Fly piezo electronics

from your drawing I’m not sure where the summed piezo wire goes when it enters the control cavity. The most recent drawing is a different circuit for if you want to try a 25k tone pot; in which the summed piezo lead wire is soldered to the input soldering pad on the Powerchip, and a jumper wire sol...
by mmmguitar
Mon Mar 11, 2024 2:12 pm
Forum: Adaptated Parts, Mods & Projects
Topic: Replicate Fly piezo electronics
Replies: 31
Views: 13562

Re: Replicate Fly piezo electronics

Let's figure out the tone pot first: I tried the 250k concentric pot wired as described[...]and no change to tone. Per your post on the previous page, the project you're troubleshooting is a PDF70 with GraphTech Ghost saddles. How are the saddles being summed together, and how are you connecting the...
by mmmguitar
Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:06 pm
Forum: Show Us Your Parker
Topic: New guy, 98 Deluxe, 1 owner
Replies: 1
Views: 158

Re: New guy, 98 Deluxe, 1 owner

Welcome, timshephard , and thanks for the fun background info about your Fly. Unless I’m misunderstanding, you’re having an issue getting the trem to balance against the step-stop block with a 9-42 string set using the 9-rated spring (and have had to shim it to close the distance), and are also inte...
by mmmguitar
Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:43 pm
Forum: Adaptated Parts, Mods & Projects
Topic: Replicate Fly piezo electronics
Replies: 31
Views: 13562

Re: Replicate Fly piezo electronics

I'm guessing the top 3 lugs are the volume pot with the 22k resistor bridging the outside lugs. Yes. Where it says 'solder wires to old PCB connection' do I solder all 3 vol pot lugs to the old connections or just lugs 1 & 2 All three. You're swapping a new volume pot 1:1 to the old pot's board...
by mmmguitar
Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:25 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Looking for Pre refined electronics
Replies: 1
Views: 175

Re: Looking for Pre refined electronics

I'm looking for replacement parts for all of the pcb type components. Any informations or hints welcome. If you're attempting a 1:1 restoration project, that's going to be difficult; because the iteration of the preamp used in the 1990's has not been produced for many years, and has not officially ...
by mmmguitar
Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:17 pm
Forum: NiteFly
Topic: Nfv4 bridge mods possible?
Replies: 8
Views: 940

Re: Nfv4 bridge mods possible?

Bump. For anyone curious, I did eventually confirm that the USM saddles from my 2011 Fly fit my 1997 Fly's bridge - Meaning I can't speak to the nature of the production spec or tolerances which caused jserrins' issue with his Nitefly bridge being too narrow for the USM saddles (I don't have a '90s ...
by mmmguitar
Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:22 pm
Forum: Show Us Your Parker
Topic: 1997 Fly
Replies: 9
Views: 393

Re: 1997 Fly

So I take it the pre-amp didn't change between the 97 (Gen 1 PUs) and the 98 (Gen 2 PUs) - can someone confirm? - the schematics on this website don't seem to betray any change to the pre-amp and therefore I should be able to simply do a direct replacement of Gen 2s if I go that route, eh? Because ...