To elaborate upon what I disclaimed in my listing : I spent a while hunting gremlins in the course of trying to determine why the Acousti-Phonic preamp was introducing a mild ground hum into the signal path (fortunately, it's not present when grounding the guitar by actually playing or otherwise tou...

This is a bit of an experiment: I have the guitar listed for a one week auction on eBay to better gauge demand; and will update the "What is This Worth?" thread to reflect my findings. Should the guitar not sell on eBay for whatever reason, I'll be updating this post to list it here for a ...

Thank you so much! I'll keep looking for this mystery guitarist. The search for this 'lost' song is growing quite rapidly, so we hope to solve it soon. I wish I could be more helpful. I looked through whatever promotional materials for the brand between '94 and '96 Google turned up; and didn't find...

The white nut suggests he's playing a '93 Fly.

I bought a 250k concentric pot based on the forum's feedback but the Powerchip's vol pot (I discovered last night) was only 10k! Ouch! I dug a Fishman Powerchip board out of my parts box, and found the volume pot to be linear taper ("B"), 20k -rated. Your A10k pot should still work for th...

alienfreakout Securb freqrider novomidifly1 neuguy roninracer In the worst case scenario, it looks pretty straightforward to cut one in the silhouette of the screw holes. A temporary/low budget option could be cut to shape from a vinyl/rubberized plastic food tray, wastebasket, or rigid shelf liner...

Just wonder if there somewhere that I could obtain a back plate for a Midifly that I'm considering? Not sure if this is the best place to ask this question but I will take any help possible. Thanks all! Nothing plays like a Parker!!! As I recall, you already own a MidiFly; and therefore can have so...

May the honeymoon never end.

Patzag wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 1:40 pm I just think that my friend incorrectly included the wrong trem arm. The one you see on the picture is the trem arm from my classic.

Ah. That saves me the trouble of looking through my parts boxes for a hex bushing to offer.

And, of course, congrats on your natural grain beauty.

the trem arm it was shipped with is refined (?) My black '96 was the same. I recall the retrofitting of trem arm bushings and point-to-point rewiring mods becoming fads in the first decade of the USM era, for the sake of bringing "obsolete" Flys up to modern spec; with Ken-era Flys exhibi...

I'm impressed that the forged signature manages to look so unlike the signature printed right next to it which should have served as a reference. I've also noted an uptick in sellers disingenuously upgrading the listed conditions of their pick-swirled, buckle-rashed, and/or chipped Flys to "min...

Again, I thank you for documenting and sharing your project, @Augustonian. I’ve added and credited your helpful tip about loosening the threaded inserts with a soldering iron prior to removal to the Sustainiac installation guide.

jb63 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2024 3:08 pm That is a really useable configuration!

Thanks for saying so. I'm still hoping to refine the control layouts further with my Supreme and '97 Deluxe.

(And since I'm a home player, it's also mint). Whereas all of mine are dinged to hell from banging the headstocks against everything in my house. I always wanted a white one. That thing's simply a beauty; and I again offer my congratulations for joining in our little "I've ruined other electri...

Here's what I ended up doing with the guitar after deciding I'd be selling it: Much like my '96 Deluxe , the magnetic circuit for the Gen 1s is 500k Volume and Tone, with a FreeWay selector switch for series and split combinations (I wired the neck-facing coils of each pickup to be active when split...

Bump. I ended up selling this guitar to a forum member who PMed me after I posted about the Belew. I removed most of my personal tweaks and put in a set of Gen 1 pickups, 500k volume and tone, an Acousti-Phonic board, and a 250k dual concentric pot for piezo and hex volume. The buyer wanted the cont...

Congrats, @Gregsaab. Is this your first 8 string?

White94FlyDeluxe , this thread has some posts about unsoldering the humbucker series connections from the selector switch. However you bent your strat bar should work for the Fly bar - It's just likely going to require more force. The below method should allow for sufficient leverage: https://www.y...

Hello, Lori. Does anyone out there have any experience with this type of install. Is it stable? can it be removed without damaging the finish of the guitar? Though the tape Roland supplies should be safe for your Fly's finish, I remember it being lower tack than the roll of M3 mounting tape I have (...

vjmanzo wrote: ↑Fri Jan 05, 2024 7:11 pm This ended up giving me scammer vibes. Ask me how I know

I’m hoping it wasn’t more severe than recognizing a guitar you own.