Though you've likely thought of it: One of my Flys has the 9v routed through a push-pull pot I leave in the "up" position when I'm not playing; so I can leave the guitar plugged in during the dozens of times in a typical noodling session I set it down to go be distracted by something in an...

Apologies for missing this thread the first time around, JimmyFly . If the rear bridge height adjustment screws are running out of travel due to the trem bottoming out in the rout, you can shim the neck pocket with a strip of paper or other pliable material near the front to achieve lower action thr...

colliderman , It’s an Artist listed by someone who only knows that Parkers are worth a bajillion dollars, and who was in such a hurry that they appended only a single photo which may be a placeholder depicting a guitar that isn’t the one being sold. The listing further claims that the neck is made ...

I have lost the little ball bearings on the G string of my Parker Nitefly. Is there a way to replace that without buying the whole bridge? Yes - You're in good company with this particular issue. Per VJ, the "Team Associated 6581 14 Carbide Diff Balls 3/32" fit, and you can find them on A...

No, it's permanent, sadly. I plug it in and within 5 or ten seconds it's making non-guitar sounds. I am in the market for a new preamp! The Fishman preamp used from approximately 2003-2012 is the Powerchip: https://fishmanstore.com/products/powerchip?variant=40233662415043 The current retail price ...

I'm starting to think the thing to do would be to disable the piezo. Has anyone ever had the guitar just start making a weird sound like this? It reads as though your preamp freaked out from a component failure. It’s common enough that you’re in good company. Thankfully, the Powerchip is still prod...

Having sold two guitars in the past week means that I am very much fighting the urge to buy that VG99 setup; and am hoping to continue telling myself that it would be redundant to the GR-55/SY-1000/Axe FX rig I've had in mind.

@mmmguitar I wouldn't say I am active, I am a member there and I made a thread just to get some opinions. Tripleplay was suggested but I don't think I'll go that route. I found your thread after posting - If Elantric says the TriplePlay is the best bet, then I agree with staying with the GK5 for no...

Are you active on the vguitarforums , Jupiter ? They're always on the bleeding edge of guitar synth tech, with very objective and critical reviews of the latest stuff as they put it through its paces. My meager contribution to the topic is that the whole guitar synth scene seems to be a matter of &q...

6 months and no updates, or did I just miss them? Nah - You're in good company. The impression I've been under (merely a notion, on my part) is that Terry selling his NOS batch of Excel 9 and 10 springs on Reverb has freed the parties invested in this undertaking to take their time with it. Between...

Anyone here catch this baby? I saw it. Hopefully the new owner's happy with the condition. Now that a week has passed (and the buyer has indicated his overall satisfaction), it seems appropriate to document the informal market experiment I volunteered my '97 Classic for: Original context for purcha...

there is an awful buzz. Should every component be connected to the same ground? Only to the extent necessary to avoid hum-generating ground loops. So long as every component’s ground signal is being passed along to the appropriate lug of the jack in a linear manner, everything should work. You can ...

A guy in the FB groups recently converted a Deluxe to a poplar-bodied Concert by filling the cavities and repainting. In the last few years of USM production, you could actually order Flys without pickup routs (I seem to recall dayn or someone else having a tangerine Deluxe with only RMC saddles as ...

mikejcurtis , scroll down this post a ways and you’ll see the factory illustration for the NiteFly M wiring. From those two photos, it looks as though neither of the pickup hot wires are soldered to the selector switch, nor their series connection wires to the middle lugs of the tone pot’s push/pul...

Absolutely gorgeous, @Augustonian. How is the sustainer driver performing at that distance from the strings? If you're happy with it, I'll probably deepen the rout of my Belew to allow for it (I pick over the neck pickup; and prefer as much clearance as I can get away with).

jserrins , I did some fast and loose caliper measurements on my way out the door: The official spec width for your “dog bone” iteration saddles (of which I have none on-hand) is 10.5mm. The Graph Tech saddle I measured showed a 10.3mm width. The “USM” iteration saddle I measured was 10.92mm (which ...

Being as none of my guitars are set up for approximating acoustic stuff, here's a quick demo of some lower fret string buzz comparing the piezo sounds of the RMC PolyDrive, Graph Tech Acousti-Phonic, Variax 1.0 model of a '59 Martin D-28 and, finally, the Roland GR-55's modeled D-28 (which seems to ...

Im guessing the lack of responses is my answer… I had been following your issue since seeing it in the other thread; and was hoping a NiteFly owner with firstand insight would chime in. Are you willing to post photos? Please correct anything I'm getting wrong: *You have a '97 NFV4 with a non-functi...

Wow great reply. I contacted Fishman last week and learned my measurement was off. The Powerchip volume pot is actually 20k linear as someone had pointed out in the forum earlier (so much info in here). I had asked the same question about a capacitor recommendation and no one has responded yet. Der...

My question is, what size cap do I use on the tone pot for the piezo? My apologies for the delay in replying to this - I emailed Fishman; and am waiting to hear back concerning their prescribed component values. Because I have no firsthand experience with adding a tone control to a Powerchip (in wh...