More pictures of early Fly prototypes: First and second picture are found on https://www.jazzguitar.be/forum/players/82423-bill-frisell-playing-ken-parker-archtop.html where a user shows a prototype from 1985 with three seemingly conventional single coils. Third is Bob Palmieri of https://www.dunela...

Patzag wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:13 pm Unusual to ask for an offer without listing a price.

He is probably going to wait for a couple of days until offers stop coming in and then select the highest bidder.

On Reverb offers from Italy and Spain have been in the 2500€ region. Right now there is this refined Fly in mint burst for 2300€ with the original hard shell case. Although its a bit banged up and is missing the tremolo bar. https://reverb.com/item/79611193-parker-fly-deluxe-2005 There also was a eu...

25k is a bit much. However if I ever get my hands on a Fly with messed up electronics I might build something similar.

I didn't know about a sale. The metallic teal color and lack of pick ups while still sounding like an electric are cool to me.

Hello, is there any information about the guitar Reeves Gabrels is playing during this set? It at first glance it looks like a Bronze or Concert Fly but there seems to be some sort of MIDI system above the bridge?

Hello Oliver, I went through some past eBay and Reverb listings and at the moment the asking prices for a pre-refined fly supreme seems to be around 4500€ to 6000€ with examples in very good condition and all the accessories even going for up to 7000€. For example this one fairly recently sold on eB...

Yes, I’ve heard of others doing this—I did once string up a hardtail Fly with phosphor bronze strings and the piezo output sounded comparable to my Fly Concert. Understandably so, magnetic pickups didn’t really work 😁 I had a similar thought of stringing up a regular Fly Deluxe with nylon ball end ...

Any thoughts on if it would be wise to wait to find a better deal on them or do you guys think the prices will jump back up? For similarly "niche" brands with higher production numbers (such as Strandberg), resale prices have been trending downward with the exception of limited edition co...

Is the chat with the reverb support also a part of the scam? Because these messages are also somewhat weird. Unfortunatly we are currently having problems with our PayPal payment system, so some payments are not going through succesfully. 15:01:19 Reverb Support We are now going to refund your payme...

I have been contacted by Reverb Support and got a refund: Unfortunatly we are currently having problems with our PayPal payment system, so some payments are not going through succesfully. 15:01:19 We are now going to refund your payment to your PayPal account, and provide you a personal payment link...

Just highlighting some beater Fly listings trending downward in price: Black '95 Deluxe (311045BP) - $2,600 Red '96 Classic (278026BMH) - $2,510 Ken-era Candy Apple Red Deluxe (serial not photographed) - $2,399 Green '95 Deluxe (230115BP) - $2,299.99 Black '96 Deluxe (094116BP)- $2,215.32 (Italian ...