vjmanzo wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 8:59 pm A good setup with a well-cut nut and the right action will, in my opinion, be more noticeable as far as sustain goes.

Thanks for saving me! Can’t wait to send the mojo off to Patrick…

Congrats! Agree with VJ. Fwiw The graphtech saddles are my favorite. I personally haven’t had issues using powerchip with them. Some do feel the ghost preamp is noisy though. I have been considering trying these out, mostly for the claimed added sustain. Do you feel that they positively affect sust...

Wow, this is beautiful!

Stealth on the Verb: https://reverb.com/item/56465898-parker ... t=56465898

This is an excellent article. Completely agree! I always appreciated my Fly, but it was when I first read this article that I began to appreciate the guy that made them and some of what it took/takes to inform his decisions about making instruments. Yeah, Ken is a creative genius. I was pretty impr...

There is a difference between mine — can see hexagons on Deluxe, whereas the Mojo almost looks bead blasted

mmmguitar wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 7:50 pm

Gregsaab wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 7:14 pm
Can you share some pics of this?

I posted a crummy photo in this thread. I’ll try to remember to take more photos.

That’s a beaut. The two tone on those really catches the eye.

Pretty great that you have that piece on hand, thank you for verifying that for me. Just noticed it last week, just wasn’t sure.

Edit: missed the bit after photos. My 2011 certainly doesn’t seem to have CF.

Is it accurate to say that the presentation side of the pre-refined headstocks have a layer of CF, whereas the refined do not?

But swaps are fine...especially if any grabs this one up!!! Wow! https://reverb.com/item/55559856-parker-fly-supreme-2007-trans-honey I have one of those with a Sustainiac and 13 pin-out. Maybe we can swap toys at some point down the line, with the same gentleman's agreement that I sell it back to ...

vjmanzo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 12:20 pm
We’ll said, Paul. Did you ever read this interview Ken have with the New Yorker?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007 ... -and-frets

This is an excellent article.

methylblues wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 2:26 pm But swaps are fine...especially if any grabs this one up!!! Wow!
https://reverb.com/item/55559856-parker ... rans-honey

Looks like he dropped asking by $1 recently

I've check in with Ken and Cameron: they check relief at about the 4th/5th fret—the 5th fret is about halfway to the 12th fret, which is why he chooses to check at the 5th because "as the string gets shorter it needs less relief". Interesting. So .007” @ 5th with 1&12 depressed. Thank...

Having the step stop toggle and external balance wheel is great - so much easier. What is the reason that Parker switched from conical to flat fingerboard after USM acquisition? Just cost stavings? Has anyone noticed a relationship between balance tension and buzz/unwanted resonance? On both of my F...

That sounds amazing, great playing. Those are beautiful instruments.

Was that relief measured with frets 1,24,12? I recall seeing something about Ken measuring @ 9th.

I looked at my notes from a conversation I had with Ken a few years ago. Ken and I speak regularly about projects, and from time to time, he entertains my questions about the Fly and I write whatever he says down, so that I can organize and memorialize it here on FlyClone. We also spend an unusual ...

Nice - how did you confirm the Bond relief?

The intention was to give the neck the correct shape ("zero-relief" as Marc pointed out) at the factory. Here's a fun fact from @Ken Parker: the guitars were strung up and the relief was adjusted before the carbon fiber strip and fiberglass layer were applied! So that shape of the neck wa...

mmmguitar wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:21 pmEvery Fly with the factory-installed nut that I have encountered was built with a zero-relief setup in mind.

What does this equate to in terms of measurements?

Thank you, I will reach out to him!