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by mmmguitar
Tue Feb 04, 2025 12:40 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Wanted: Parker bolt on neck, Nitefly, Mojo, etc
Replies: 1
Views: 926

Re: Wanted: Parker bolt on neck, Nitefly, Mojo, etc

Browndog Owner wrote: Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:22 am Also, anyone selling Parker saddles. I need a few of these as well. Thanks.
Are you wanting individual saddles from a particular era of production, or complete sets of six?
by mmmguitar
Sun Jan 19, 2025 7:52 pm
Forum: Fly
Topic: Repairing surface damage around Artist neck joint
Replies: 4
Views: 6051

Re: Repairing surface damage around Artist neck joint

Guitarhawk60 , I moved your post to its own thread. Firstly, allow me to reassure you that it appears to be repairable, and perhaps even not as bad as it looks in some areas: Most of the photos demonstrate what appears to be cosmetic damage - When you removed the strings, was the neck shifting at ...
by mmmguitar
Sat Jan 18, 2025 12:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How to buy a Parker Archtop
Replies: 4
Views: 1373

Re: How to buy a Parker Archtop


It's a curiosity to me about how can we buy an archtop not on a used market, but directly from Ken himself and if so what would be a ballpark for a price range?


While you're waiting for someone with more firsthand experience to reply:

You can message Ken directly on this site, Facebook ...
by mmmguitar
Thu Jan 16, 2025 2:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Most trouble-free solution (tracking-wise) for guitar synth?
Replies: 42
Views: 30927

Re: Most trouble-free solution (tracking-wise) for guitar synth?


Thanks so much for all this info. I have always been interested in using midi guitar but I know that it would be a deep, deep rabbit hole for me. Probably not going there anytime soon but bookmarking for when I do.


What's funny about the Roland stuff is that there's actually no MIDI unless you ...
by mmmguitar
Thu Jan 16, 2025 12:15 pm
Forum: Show Us Your Parker
Topic: Hello from Croatia! Intro + Question
Replies: 3
Views: 1706

Re: Hello from Croatia! Intro + Question

Welcome, @md1993! I wish we had seen more Parkers in that lavender color.
by mmmguitar
Wed Jan 15, 2025 10:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Most trouble-free solution (tracking-wise) for guitar synth?
Replies: 42
Views: 30927

Re: Most trouble-free solution (tracking-wise) for guitar synth?

Bump:

Boss VG-800 officially announced, NDA amongst testers and consultants lifted at 0000 Jan 16, Eastern Standard Time:

https://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=38100.0

It's essentially a Guitar Modeling processor front end on a GT-1000Core

(click to enlarge)

VG800 specs.jpg

Per ...
by mmmguitar
Wed Jan 15, 2025 1:49 am
Forum: Show Us Your Parker
Topic: It lives…
Replies: 8
Views: 2383

Re: It lives…

@billy, that's one of the best marble swirl paint jobs I've ever seen - It looks downright cosmic.
by mmmguitar
Tue Jan 14, 2025 4:09 am
Forum: Fly
Topic: Fly bridge install issues
Replies: 10
Views: 1669

Re: Fly bridge install issues

Mike987 , you may have hit the nail on the head with accidentally swapping the bridge posts (I once managed to do that after having taken the time to label each one - I think I slapped my forehead with both palms once I bottomed out on the low E side and realized what had happened). But, as VJ said ...
by mmmguitar
Sun Jan 12, 2025 11:53 pm
Forum: Fly
Topic: Piezo silent in Stereo Mode
Replies: 1
Views: 552

Re: Piezo silent in Stereo Mode


When I have my Parker Fly in stereo mode (red button in the "out" position") I noticed my piezo stops working/goes silent. It works normally in mono mode though. The magnetic pickups work fine in all modes. Is the piezo behaving like this abnormal? And if so does anyone have an idea for a solution ...
by mmmguitar
Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Can piezo pickups detect nylon strings?
Replies: 2
Views: 1565

Re: Can piezo pickups detect nylon strings?

ubik55

https://youtube.com/watch?v=XxX9ENbeVNM

It works because the piezoelectric elements embedded in the saddles function via the downward pressure of the strings inducing current through mechanical stress. Aside from the extra hassle required to tie non-ball end nylon strings around the Fly ...
by mmmguitar
Sat Dec 21, 2024 8:16 pm
Forum: Fly
Topic: 98 mahogany classic very faint piezo
Replies: 28
Views: 61933

Re: 98 mahogany classic very faint piezo

Bowen748 wrote: Sat Dec 21, 2024 6:43 pm there’s an actual chance my neighbor is @mmmguitar . Lol
That would be fricken awesome!
I'm afraid I moved to a different time zone last April. Still, I'll try to be as neighborly as I can.
by mmmguitar
Tue Dec 17, 2024 3:42 am
Forum: Video & Audio Performances, Compositions, and Discussions
Topic: Please help with advice about playability of a new Fly Deluxe
Replies: 17
Views: 60198

Re: Please help with advice about playability of a new Fly Deluxe

The black material on your Fly headstock is the same material as the fingerboard. If you don't see a pattern on either, it could be as simple as the epoxy layer over the CF being opaque. I think I've owned seven Flys; and not all of them had visible patterns in the CF - Sometimes the material is ...
by mmmguitar
Tue Dec 17, 2024 2:55 am
Forum: Video & Audio Performances, Compositions, and Discussions
Topic: Please help with advice about playability of a new Fly Deluxe
Replies: 17
Views: 60198

Re: Please help with advice about playability of a new Fly Deluxe


I’m starting to suspect that the fretboard is replaced


Replaced with what? Replacing a Fly fingerboard is no trivial task: They're paper-thin, epoxied on, have their edges painted over, and the frets have no tangs. If you suspect it's been replaced, it likely would have been done by the factory ...
by mmmguitar
Tue Dec 17, 2024 2:40 am
Forum: Video & Audio Performances, Compositions, and Discussions
Topic: Please help with advice about playability of a new Fly Deluxe
Replies: 17
Views: 60198

Re: Please help with advice about playability of a new Fly Deluxe

Kriss , apologies for the delay in responding to your question about the visible pattern in the carbon fiber. I had a vague memory of someone from the factory explaining in a post here or in the FB groups why there were different patterns (something to do with wax paper laid on the epoxy for the ...
by mmmguitar
Sun Dec 15, 2024 12:43 pm
Forum: Video & Audio Performances, Compositions, and Discussions
Topic: Please help with advice about playability of a new Fly Deluxe
Replies: 17
Views: 60198

Re: Please help with advice about playability of a new Fly Deluxe

Kriss , on a Fly, you typically only need a truss adjustment to correct one of two symptoms: if you're getting buzz in the first four frets or so (insufficient relief compensated for by loosening the truss), or if the string height feels especially high between the seventh and twelfth frets (excess ...
by mmmguitar
Sun Dec 15, 2024 2:58 am
Forum: Fly
Topic: Ribbon cable install?
Replies: 13
Views: 4131

Re: Ribbon cable install?



Kester "44" rosin-core solder does anything I need it to.


Thanks, Marc! Is this the stuff you use?


Yes, and it comes in different diameters (people soldering pots, switches, and jacks might prefer .031" to .020"). I use the 63/37 when I want solder joints to harden immediately (which is ...
by mmmguitar
Sat Dec 14, 2024 11:12 pm
Forum: Fly
Topic: Ribbon cable install?
Replies: 13
Views: 4131

Re: Ribbon cable install?

Thanks for mentioning those endorsements vjmanzo - I'll likely buy that soldering station and magnetic helping hand for this upcoming year's projects. I haven't done much soldering since moving last spring, and have been making do with a cheap, backup 30-watt pencil since my T12 died on me. I've had ...
by mmmguitar
Sat Dec 14, 2024 12:49 pm
Forum: P Series
Topic: Gear Acquisition Syndrome much...?
Replies: 4
Views: 25950

Re: Gear Acquisition Syndrome much...?


This requires keyboards and a sax to cover Ian McDonald's and Mel Collins' parts (can anyone recommend a good digital woodwind?)


If you're referring to an EWI, I use a Roland AE-30; and it's a fine enough substitute for my real sax that I leave it in its case and keep my neighbors happy. If you ...
by mmmguitar
Wed Dec 11, 2024 1:54 pm
Forum: Fly
Topic: Ribbon cable install?
Replies: 13
Views: 4131

Re: Ribbon cable install?


With the red button in one position I get no output. In the opposite, i do get sound.


So you're getting mag and piezo signals in the one position, and nothing in the other? And with a mono 1/4" plug, or a T/R/S stereo plug? I ask because your symptom *could* be indicative of having the "tip ...