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by jester700
Thu Mar 21, 2024 2:18 pm
Forum: P Series
Topic: PDF 105, No Piezo & Non-Veneer Black?
Replies: 2
Views: 138

Re: PDF 105, No Piezo & Non-Veneer Black?

A PDF105 without piezo is a PDF100. Without quilted/flamed veneer it's a PDF70. Unless it has Sperzel locking tuners and Duncan pickups; then it's some kind of mutt.
by jester700
Wed Nov 29, 2023 10:20 am
Forum: P Series
Topic: PDF60TWH Tremolo/Vibrato Arm
Replies: 1
Views: 1462

Re: PDF60TWH Tremolo/Vibrato Arm

Just a thought - it's a plain, unthreaded arm, so if you can't find an official one, a generic one of the correct diameter could work.

It's 4.75 mm or 3/16 in.
by jester700
Fri Nov 17, 2023 6:07 am
Forum: Show Us Your Parker
Topic: Help Identifying this model
Replies: 4
Views: 9856

Re: Help Identifying this model

I think it's closest to an imported PDF85 with a custom paint job and aftermarket Fluence pups installed. Originally sold for about $800, IIRC. Similar to a USA DF622, but: The tuning keys are imports, not Sperzels (of course, they could be non-original) The neck bolt pattern looks like the import v...
by jester700
Sat May 13, 2023 7:43 am
Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
Topic: Dragon Fly Wiring Please
Replies: 8
Views: 3885

Re: Dragon Fly Wiring Please

Just a nitpick: the gloss versions were named DF624. Same guitar, gloss finish vs. matte on the DF524. Then the DF724 had flame maple veneers.

Nice guitar.
by jester700
Wed Apr 19, 2023 12:37 pm
Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
Topic: DragonFly/MaxxFly vs NiteFly SA for SuperStrat?
Replies: 3
Views: 2513

Re: DragonFly/MaxxFly vs NiteFly SA for SuperStrat?

The DF824 is the only Maxxfly with the carbon wrap and glued on frets, IIRC. The lower lines are bolt on models with ebony fretboards and tanged frets. There's a 7 string Maxxfly model with the carbon, and a couple signature models, but they're pretty rare. The DF824 is lighter and sleeker than a Ni...
by jester700
Tue Feb 28, 2023 7:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nitefly vs Dragon/Maxxfly? Please Help Me Decide.
Replies: 4
Views: 2881

Re: Nitefly vs Dragon/Maxxfly? Please Help Me Decide.

The basics: The Nitefly has an exoskeleton-wrapped neck (though generally a little thicker than the Fly Deluxe neck) bolted to a conventional body. The body's kinda fly shaped, but without all the contours that make the fly so light and ergonomic. The DF524 (also the DF624 and DF724) is a convention...
by jester700
Mon Feb 13, 2023 5:02 pm
Forum: Fly
Topic: Fly weight?
Replies: 19
Views: 5190

Re: Fly weight?

Outliers are out there: ... Anecdotally, many of the listings I've seen for Graphtech/Duncan-era 2014 and '15 DF842 and Fly models have spec'd 7.0 lbs (which lead me to pass them over). Wow. I sit corrected. I get that the later ones had thicker bodies to allow standard pups, but 7 lbs for a Parker...
by jester700
Mon Feb 13, 2023 2:31 pm
Forum: Fly
Topic: Fly weight?
Replies: 19
Views: 5190

Re: Fly weight?

I also suspect the scale. Even my maple necked Bolt on with a Floyd is only 6.25 lbs. No way a Mojo is 7.
by jester700
Sat Jan 07, 2023 7:59 am
Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
Topic: PDF-100 Fret material question
Replies: 9
Views: 3694

Re: PDF-100 Fret material question

That sure was a looker! I wonder how many were ever made? Here's a gorgeous maple fretboard one from Reverb. I'm partial to ebony, but that birdseye is beautiful!
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by jester700
Fri Jan 06, 2023 3:58 pm
Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
Topic: PDF-100 Fret material question
Replies: 9
Views: 3694

Re: PDF-100 Fret material question

mmm is correct. No imported (PDF) models had stainless frets. Within the USA-made DF line (Dragonfly/Maxxfly), the DF8xx models had carbon wrap and glued SS frets. The DF4xx had tanged SS frets on a rosewood board, and DF5xx, DF6xx, and DF7xx had tanged SS frets on ebony. I'd think these number conv...
by jester700
Mon Oct 31, 2022 10:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Artist or PRS Hollowbody?
Replies: 13
Views: 3553

Re: Artist or PRS Hollowbody?

Other than my MaxxFly guitars, my fave player is a Cort M800 - similar to the PRS hollowbody (I think it wa Cort's attempt at a copy before PRS contracted them to build the PRS import versions). Very different beasts - and I think that's why I like it, for the variety. I also love the responsive, wo...
by jester700
Sat Oct 15, 2022 8:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Half tempted to buy this knock off parker
Replies: 4
Views: 1834

Re: Half tempted to buy this knock off parker

If the silhouette of the Fly body is what attracts you, go for it. But it looks like that has little of what makes a Parker a Parker, and everything I don't like about the Fly. The body is the rough shape, but without the extensive routing for comfort and weight relief. The headstock looks like it w...
by jester700
Tue Oct 11, 2022 6:24 pm
Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
Topic: DragonFly/MaxxFly truss rod tool
Replies: 3
Views: 3723

Re: DragonFly/MaxxFly truss rod tool

I'm pretty sure it's a 3/16" allen wrench. Most of my other brands use metric, but these are odd.
by jester700
Tue Sep 06, 2022 1:11 pm
Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
Topic: Stupid question about Dragonfly/Maxxfly tuners
Replies: 6
Views: 3716

Re: Stupid question about Dragonfly/Maxxfly tuners

I've had good experience with Sperzel. You can order all manner of color & part combinations. I ordered an "all tall post" set to minimize breakover angle on a Cort that I added a trem to. Easy peasy. I tend to get Hipshots more often these days, but Sperzels are great too - and the op...
by jester700
Fri Aug 12, 2022 4:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why aren't Ken Parker's innovations being used today?
Replies: 25
Views: 5075

Re: Why aren't Ken Parker's innovations being used today?

This is basically the USA-made bolt-on MaxxFly guitars - DF524, 624, 724. I’m not familiar with those models, so I think I need to educate myself (V.J. said to himself sneakily in order to justify his compulsive guitar-buying/trying). 🙂 Like all else Parker, they're getting hard to find. I have one...
by jester700
Fri Aug 12, 2022 3:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why aren't Ken Parker's innovations being used today?
Replies: 25
Views: 5075

Re: Why aren't Ken Parker's innovations being used today?

Essentially, you’d need a “Fly Lite” model that removed many of the “impossible-ness” features—that would make it easy to make, but maybe not as desirable to own or play as an OG Fly. This is basically the USA-made bolt-on MaxxFly guitars - DF524, 624, 724. They're my favorite guitars of all time, ...
by jester700
Sat Aug 06, 2022 9:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why aren't Ken Parker's innovations being used today?
Replies: 25
Views: 5075

Re: Why aren't Ken Parker's innovations being used today?

There ARE still innovations being made, and a few brands make innovation part of their vibe, like Strandberg. There are several makers with multi-scale frets, various reinforcements to counter the peculiarities of wood necks, alternate materials, pickup innovations, and lots of steel frets (even on ...
by jester700
Tue Jun 14, 2022 2:58 pm
Forum: Show Us Your Parker
Topic: Private Reserve Maxxfly? Koa
Replies: 5
Views: 1684

Re: Private Reserve Maxxfly? Koa

That is LOVELY!

I'm not sure what model that is. Do you have more pics? Is it carbon wrapped or bolt-on? I'd guess wrapped, because the pickup mounting is sweet - no ugly rings. And the gold trem is purty!

Oh, and is it MIDI? There are extra controls...
by jester700
Fri May 20, 2022 5:35 pm
Forum: NiteFly
Topic: Nut replacement
Replies: 22
Views: 11649

Re: Nut replacement

Seems like the classic issue - At least it’s a simple remedy. Most of my guitars have zero frets and/or metal nuts due to strings “sawing” through softer materials over time from trem use being a pet peeve of mine. I’d like to try out a black delrin ZeroGlide nut with stainless fret in one of my Fl...
by jester700
Wed May 18, 2022 10:48 am
Forum: Show Us Your Parker
Topic: First Parker!
Replies: 8
Views: 1956

Re: First Parker!

Indeed. Everything I liked about my fave Ibanezes (1990's Radius & Saber) - thin, light, fast. Except better at it than either of the Ibanez attempts.