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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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!

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...

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...

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...

I'm pretty sure it's a 3/16" allen wrench. Most of my other brands use metric, but these are odd.

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...

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...

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, ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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.

I don’t really see the point in doing metal demos; as you can throw a rock in any direction on YouTube to hear someone demoing how a particular “pickup” sounds when only the lowest string is palm-muted and tremolo-picked through a Decimator, compressor, Maxon 808, another Decimator, 5150 amp sim in...

I'd buy 3 of these.

I tend to think this is the A slot in the nut that a touch low. Because fretting at the first fret makes the buzz disappear completely. I minimized it with a touch of truss adjustment, but I may need to raise that slot a skosh. Never done that before so ... time to learn! I think I have a couple of...