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- Sun Dec 24, 2023 10:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Carpal Tunnel Relief
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1250
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 5:53 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: “What’s This Worth?” Thread
- Replies: 498
- Views: 607931
Re: “What’s This Worth?” Thread
…the "we sold 10000$ guitars for 4000$" comment… I've been seeing that adage repeated more and more often in the FB (support) groups; where the owners invoking the prices seem to be quoting different numbers every time I was going to draw attention to that phenomenon as well, which I’ve a...
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 9:27 pm
- Forum: Show Us Your Parker
- Topic: new owner new member
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7814
Re: new owner new member
For the sake of your marriage you’re gonna need at least one more Fly!
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 8:26 pm
- Forum: Show Us Your Parker
- Topic: new owner new member
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7814
Re: new owner new member
Congrats, @Swinghammer, and welcome! That’s one sweet Italian-Canadian Plum!
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:48 pm
- Forum: Fly
- Topic: Parker Fly Mojo - Seymour Duncan Pickup Replacement?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3257
Re: Parker Fly Mojo - Seymour Duncan Pickup Replacement?
I just took some measurements of my Fly Mojo and a Fly Deluxe: The Fly Deluxe DiMarzio Gen 1 pickups have the same spacing for both neck and bridge pickups. The Fly Mojo has narrower spacing for the neck pickup and a confirmed “Trembucker” “for the bridge pickup. I used Marc’s approach to trace the ...
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 3d models or blueprints of parker
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1844
Re: 3d models or blueprints of parker
Hi ohadaadr —we have 3D models of parts here and of the Fly body here . Please note that these are CAD not CAM, so you'll have to write your own toolpaths. Additionally—and unrelated to Flys, specifically—you may be interested in a project we're doing in our lab called Fretology of which Ken Parker ...
- Mon Dec 11, 2023 11:16 pm
- Forum: Video & Audio Performances, Compositions, and Discussions
- Topic: Fly Deluxe hardtail w/Virtual Jeff Vibrato Pedal/System
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7172
Fly Deluxe hardtail w/Virtual Jeff Vibrato Pedal/System
...so...I bought a Virtual Jeff a few weeks ago after mmmguitar had mentioned it a while back—thanks for introducing me to it, Marc! It's effectively a polyphonic pitch-bend pedal with a controller resembling a whammy bar that you double-sided tape to your guitar. I'm still getting used to it, but I...
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 6:10 pm
- Forum: Fly
- Topic: Parker Fly Mojo - Seymour Duncan Pickup Replacement?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3257
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 4:26 pm
- Forum: Fly
- Topic: Help identifying flat spring size
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2876
Re: Help identifying flat spring size
I’ll just add to what Mark has shared, but—stating the obvious—there is a lot to this, but the physical size of the spring, though an observable factor, is not in itself an indicator of how the spring will operate (or its rating). If your spring floats the bridge properly with a set of strings then ...
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 4:16 pm
- Forum: Fly
- Topic: Parker Fly Mojo - Seymour Duncan Pickup Replacement?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3257
Re: Parker Fly Mojo - Seymour Duncan Pickup Replacement?
…the only thing that differentiates the JB and Jazz in the Fly Mojo vs. what you'd get from the store is the mounting ears and the squared off edges of the pickup. Is that correct? Yes, that is correct. The bridge pickup JB in the Mojo is what SD refers to as “trembucker” spacing (of the pole piece...
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 11:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Paint issue???
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5537
Re: Paint issue???
Correction, not fiberglass,,,carbon. Thanks, marvin —and what a great photo!! Ken Parker confirmed that in the very early days there was a lot of carbon used on the back of the Fly, but that very soon the amount of carbon used was minimized to just a thin 1" strip with the entire back then bei...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:18 pm
- Forum: NiteFly
- Topic: I'm missing the piezo controls, what are the buttons/switches used for them?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3937
Re: I'm missing the piezo controls, what are the buttons/switches used for them?
Not a problem—happy to help 👍 if you can unscrew the pickguard and take a photo, that would help us make sense of what’s going on. If you’ve never done something like this before, you can loosen or remove the strings and then use a screwdriver to remove the screws from the pickguard, and then gently...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:55 pm
- Forum: NiteFly
- Topic: I'm missing the piezo controls, what are the buttons/switches used for them?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3937
Re: I'm missing the piezo controls, what are the buttons/switches used for them?
Hi JoshPsyken —it would be helpful if you could learn/share what you mean by “bypassed”; specifically, if the piezo preamp was removed. On an NFV2, the piezo preamp is passive, so it would be need to be run into a piezo preamp outboard (see the NiteMix ). If there’s no preamp in your instrument, the...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 6:49 pm
- Forum: Adaptated Parts, Mods & Projects
- Topic: Replacement PCB (pre-refined)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 54804
Re: Replacement PCB (pre-refined)
Hi @yanstep99—we have a replacement board in development in a private section of our site. Please DM me if you’d like to discuss some of that.
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 7:50 pm
- Forum: Adaptated Parts, Mods & Projects
- Topic: Replacement PCB (pre-refined)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 54804
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 6:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Neck nut widths of different Parker models
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1767
Re: Neck nut widths of different Parker models
Fly guitars have rather wide widths, like 1 11/16" nut widths. I can confirm that the nut width of all Flys and NiteFlys was 1.6875 or 1 11/16” during the Ken era; the Fly Nylon is the only exception. The shape of the nut changed on Flys during the USM years, but, to my knowledge, the width di...
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 6:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Putting Nitefly or Stratocaster neck on P38 or P40
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1746
Re: Putting Nitefly or Stratocaster neck on P38 or P40
If anyone would like to point out the remaining differences between a Nitefly and P38 besides the neck, I'd be interested to know, as the only other thing I'm aware of is the tremolo. Hi neoftn —I can answer this question: the biggest differences between a NiteFly and a P38 are that every aspect of...
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 2:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Paint issue???
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5537
Re: Paint issue???
According to factory employees from that era of production, Flys and Niteflys which couldn’t meet final QC standards for whatever reason were offered up as “seconds”/B stock for employees to buy or complete themselves at a discount. I’ve heard Ken and others contradict this outright and state clear...
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 11:55 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: “What’s This Worth?” Thread
- Replies: 498
- Views: 607931
Cedar Fly Artist/Concert (as opposed to Spruce)
Yes, it’s legit. Any time you see a cedar Fly, however, it’s mostly like a USM-era Fly (like the one you linked in your post) as Ken only made a handful of cedar Flys—cedar particles can stay in your lungs and become disastrous for certain folks with an intolerance to it; Ken is one of these individ...
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 7:08 am
- Forum: Fly
- Topic: Please Help Me Diagnose My Fly Deluxe
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3633
Re: Please Help Me Diagnose My Fly Deluxe
Gotcha!
Okay—then let’s keep checking toggles, pots, Flex PCB, and the jack. But before we do that, what strings are you using (brand and gauge)? A very rare scenario, but some strings have ball ends that, when coupled with the bridge, interrupt the signal flow of the piezos.
Okay—then let’s keep checking toggles, pots, Flex PCB, and the jack. But before we do that, what strings are you using (brand and gauge)? A very rare scenario, but some strings have ball ends that, when coupled with the bridge, interrupt the signal flow of the piezos.