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by Notes_Norton
Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:19 pm
Forum: Show Us Your Parker
Topic: The Eagle has landed!
Replies: 22
Views: 3018

Re: The Eagle has landed!

HNGD (belated). It's a beauty!!!
by Notes_Norton
Mon Jan 15, 2024 11:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I don't post much here anymore
Replies: 2
Views: 789

Re: I don't post much here anymore

Thanks. I got lucky.

My wife, who I met when we were in different bands, have had this duo going since 1985. The only time we were out of work was during the pandemic lockdown.
by Notes_Norton
Mon Jan 08, 2024 8:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I don't post much here anymore
Replies: 2
Views: 789

I don't post much here anymore

I don't post much here anymore. Why? There really isn't much to say. I'm gigging 20 to 24 one-nighters per month, most of them outdoors, 3 days a week right near the ocean, and my Parker DF guitars are just extremely reliable. A little DeOxit keeps the jack/plug clean, and they stay in tune well. Wh...
by Notes_Norton
Thu Jul 20, 2023 9:48 pm
Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
Topic: What do you use to clean a DF natural wood guitar?
Replies: 9
Views: 3222

Re: What do you use to clean a DF natural wood guitar?

That's where I'm at. It doesn't get it all, but definitely a 95% improvement.
by Notes_Norton
Thu Jun 22, 2023 6:58 pm
Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
Topic: What do you use to clean a DF natural wood guitar?
Replies: 9
Views: 3222

Re: What do you use to clean a DF natural wood guitar?

I think I'm just going to get some cleaner from StewMac. I can chat with a tech there and he/she should know what's best. Being predominantly a sax player (guitar is my 7th instrument) I know how to care for the sax, and I completely forgot about StewMac until a friend mentioned it. Playing outdoors...
by Notes_Norton
Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:34 pm
Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
Topic: What do you use to clean a DF natural wood guitar?
Replies: 9
Views: 3222

Re: What do you use to clean a DF natural wood guitar?

Thanks.

Guitar is my 7th instrument, so in many ways, I'm still a newbie on it.
by Notes_Norton
Sat Jun 17, 2023 9:54 am
Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
Topic: What do you use to clean a DF natural wood guitar?
Replies: 9
Views: 3222

Re: What do you use to clean a DF natural wood guitar?

Thanks!

Naphtha sounds pretty extreme, but I'll see if they carry it around here.

Notes ♫
by Notes_Norton
Thu Jun 15, 2023 10:18 pm
Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
Topic: What do you use to clean a DF natural wood guitar?
Replies: 9
Views: 3222

What do you use to clean a DF natural wood guitar?

I have a 3 day per week, outdoor gig, on the beach but under cover, in the daytime. Since it's hot in Florida, and I do some perspiring, the guitar is getting dirty. The combination of my skin oil and the dust in the air is especially showing where my right arm rests on the body. What do I clean it ...
by Notes_Norton
Sat May 20, 2023 7:55 pm
Forum: Show Us Your Parker
Topic: Hello from Canada
Replies: 3
Views: 2965

Re: Hello from Canada

Welcome. I've been to Canada many times, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Labrador, Ontario, Quebec, and Yukon. I've always enjoyed myself there and the Canadian people. I've heard some excellent music, too. I have a couple of Parker Dragonfly/Maxxfly guitars. Guitar is my 7th instrument, a...
by Notes_Norton
Wed May 03, 2023 9:36 pm
Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
Topic: Broken plastic where vibrato inserts into the tail.
Replies: 29
Views: 14612

Re: Broken plastic where vibrato inserts into the tail.

I haven't been here much either.

We're doing from 15-20 gigs per month, and learning new requested songs. I make my own backing tracks from scratch, so it takes a lot of time to crank out a new song and get it right.

But I check in every once in a while.

Notes
by Notes_Norton
Tue Mar 07, 2023 9:46 pm
Forum: Show Us Your Parker
Topic: Fly Concert Mike Learn Artwork
Replies: 7
Views: 4801

Re: Fly Concert Mike Learn Artwork

That's beautiful. Well done.
by Notes_Norton
Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What type of music does everybody here play?
Replies: 3
Views: 2821

Re: What type of music does everybody here play?

I play for a living, so I learn whatever my audience wants. So far I play: Rock and Roll Disco Big Band Swing Jazz Rhythm and Blues Country and Western Mambo Merengue Samba Calypso Soca Reggae Beach Music Motown Music Classic Oldies Doo Wop New Age Smooth Jazz Hip Hop Dixieland and one Opera Song In...
by Notes_Norton
Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:10 pm
Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
Topic: DragonFly Manual
Replies: 2
Views: 3649

Re: DragonFly Manual

I don't have the manual, but here is the way I understand it.

The 5 way switch is configured like a strat:
Neck / neck+mid / mid / mid+bridge / bridge

Second toggle switch:
Mag / mag+piezo / piezo

Potentiometers
Mag volume / mag tone / piezo volume

Notes ♫
by Notes_Norton
Wed Sep 07, 2022 10:14 am
Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
Topic: Stupid question about Dragonfly/Maxxfly tuners
Replies: 6
Views: 3717

Re: Stupid question about Dragonfly/Maxxfly tuners

Ron @ Sperzel answered quickly, and I'm going to get 2 sets of nickel plated Sperzels. The tuners themselves are fine, it's just the nut and washer that got rusty. And I don't blame Sperzel for that. I'm playing outdoors, oceanside, 3 days a week, and there is salt spray in the air. We're under a ca...
by Notes_Norton
Mon Sep 05, 2022 6:43 pm
Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
Topic: Stupid question about Dragonfly/Maxxfly tuners
Replies: 6
Views: 3717

Re: Stupid question about Dragonfly/Maxxfly tuners

Quick shipment isn't necessary, since they are functional. I just want to get the finish that is the least affected by salt air. I've had this gig a few months now, and it looks like I'm going to be here as long as it's owned by the present owners. We started with one day, and now 3. Most of the oth...
by Notes_Norton
Mon Sep 05, 2022 5:52 pm
Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
Topic: Stupid question about Dragonfly/Maxxfly tuners
Replies: 6
Views: 3717

Re: Stupid question about Dragonfly/Maxxfly tuners

Thanks!

I don't think they are graduated. I'll double-check. And contact Ron @ Sperzel directly.

Double-checked, definitely look all the same height.

So it wasn't such a stupid question after all. (Whew!)

Notes ♫
by Notes_Norton
Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:10 pm
Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
Topic: Stupid question about Dragonfly/Maxxfly tuners
Replies: 6
Views: 3717

Stupid question about Dragonfly/Maxxfly tuners

My DF and my wife's DF tuners are getting rusty. We play three times a week outdoors, under an awning, but on the beach, a few hundred feet from the high tide line. So I'm thinking of replacing the black tuners with chrome, as they seem to be more rust resistant. (???) Before spending around $300 fo...
by Notes_Norton
Fri May 13, 2022 10:18 am
Forum: Show Us Your Parker
Topic: First Parker!
Replies: 8
Views: 1971

Re: First Parker!

HNGD!!!

I love my DF guitars, I think you made a very good purchase. And it's beautiful, too.
by Notes_Norton
Fri Apr 29, 2022 8:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What music are you listening to?
Replies: 17
Views: 13240

Re: What music are you listening to?

We attended that concert. When we decided to go to Prague and the Czech Republic, we checked the Czech Philharmonic's schedule and wound our vacation around that concert. We also heard the Prague Symphony and Dvorak's Rusalka, put on by the Prague State Opera. Right now I'm listening to some Eva Cas...
by Notes_Norton
Fri Apr 29, 2022 8:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Could Parker guitars return?
Replies: 27
Views: 9448

Re: Could Parker guitars return?

Congratulations. I'm looking forward to the pictures and a thorough review.