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- Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:17 pm
- Forum: NiteFly
- Topic: Nfv4 bridge mods possible?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2134
Re: Nfv4 bridge mods possible?
Bump. For anyone curious, I did eventually confirm that the USM saddles from my 2011 Fly fit my 1997 Fly's bridge - Meaning I can't speak to the nature of the production spec or tolerances which caused jserrins' issue with his Nitefly bridge being too narrow for the USM saddles (I don't have a '90s ...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:22 pm
- Forum: Show Us Your Parker
- Topic: 1997 Fly
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1873
Re: 1997 Fly
So I take it the pre-amp didn't change between the 97 (Gen 1 PUs) and the 98 (Gen 2 PUs) - can someone confirm? - the schematics on this website don't seem to betray any change to the pre-amp and therefore I should be able to simply do a direct replacement of Gen 2s if I go that route, eh? Because ...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:13 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: “What’s This Worth?” Thread
- Replies: 502
- Views: 634600
Re: “What’s This Worth?” Thread
I had been watching these listings in recent months: Cherry '96 Classic w/GK pickup holes, 278026BMH, was withdrawn from sale after sitting for five months with no offers (The seller was asking $2,510). Though it's a beater, the conspicuous absence of the marker-side of the first five frets in photo...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:32 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTB a black on-off-on toggle that's not a mini switch
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1396
Re: WTB a black on-off-on toggle that's not a mini switch
JimmyFly , You can make your own the same way the USM Parker Factory did; by modifying the center contacts of a common off-on-off pickup selector switch design (pictured below) so that it's on-off-on: on off on.jpeg Left: On-Off-On Right: Off-On-Off This article goes into a bit more detail. Here's ...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 1:10 pm
- Forum: Lost & Stolen
- Topic: LOST: 1999 Fly Artist Natural
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2272
Re: LOST: 1999 Fly Artist Natural
Being as I don't know the finer details, I'm hoping this is similar to when UPS sent me a box of cookies and claimed it was my Supreme (in that I did end up receiving the guitar and an apology from the hub manager). In my previous experience(s) with having guitars stolen, a police report is necessar...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:24 pm
- Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
- Topic: PDF85 wiring questions
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1846
Re: PDF85 wiring questions
The Fluence kit came with a few caps and an active output jack. Though I'm unsure of which kit you purchased, the included caps should be for the 25k tone pot(s), and the jack will be redundant to the one already in your PDF because the "active" output jack is distinguished by a contact l...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:01 pm
- Forum: Fly
- Topic: Bypassing the Powerchip?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5337
Re: Bypassing the Powerchip?
Just bumping this old thread to say that I posted a diagram for bypassing the Powerchip here.
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- Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:54 pm
- Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
- Topic: PDF85 wiring questions
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1846
Re: PDF85 wiring questions
You are an absolute saint. It's easy when you're the one doing all the labor :lol:. Edit: I subsequently saw your post in the FB group; and it looks like your guitar uses Graph Tech's proprietary switching jack. jack.jpeg It also likely has this part for the battery power: bat wire.jpeg Here's a ba...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:40 pm
- Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
- Topic: PDF85 wiring questions
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1846
Re: PDF85 wiring questions
I have the black saddles and the graphtech chip. This diagram from the other thread shows how you can power the Graph Tech and Fluence preamps from a single battery. The short of it is that the Acousti-Phonic preamp has an "aux power" pin that should already be connected to a shortened, f...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:53 pm
- Forum: Info and FAQs about Fly Guitars
- Topic: Fly Pickups (Gen 1, Gen 2, and Other)
- Replies: 57
- Views: 49329
Re: Fly Pickups (Gen 1, Gen 2, and Other)
FWIW, the first part was originally posted on Jemsite Jan 22nd, 2003.
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:42 pm
- Forum: DragonFly/MaxxFly
- Topic: PDF85 wiring questions
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1846
Re: PDF85 wiring questions
Welcome, Keyboardmechanic . The short answer is that there won't be any issue with running the Fluence signal outputted from the 25k volume pot into the piezo preamp, and you can run them off a single 9v battery (or li-ion battery pack). The only consequence will be the current draw of two preamps d...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:03 pm
- Forum: Show Us Your Parker
- Topic: 1997 Fly
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1873
Re: 1997 Fly
Welcome, cbrenner . I hope you'll let us know how you're getting along with your Classic once you have everything refurbished and dialed in. You seem to be on the right track. Concerning the pickups: I've found that getting a "fatter, round jazz guitar sound" out of a Fly is moreso a combi...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:15 am
- Forum: Fly
- Topic: Fly partially detached fret(s) issue
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7393
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:01 pm
- Forum: Video & Audio Performances, Compositions, and Discussions
- Topic: I love the sound of my Flys so much, I want to mod my strats...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2858
Re: I love the sound of my Flys so much, I want to mod my strats...
FWIW, Jupiter , it's the Gen 2 pickups which are ceramic; with the bridge pickup in your Classic spec'd by Dimarzio as "Ceramic magnet, output 334mV, DCR 17.54KΩ." The reason for the ceramic magnets, in this case, is to offset the treble loss caused by the capacitance of having so many win...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:17 pm
- Forum: Video & Audio Performances, Compositions, and Discussions
- Topic: I love the sound of my Flys so much, I want to mod my strats...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2858
Re: I love the sound of my Flys so much, I want to mod my strats...
Yes; the bridge humbucker should be F-spaced - But for most guitars, polepiece spacing is more cosmetic than anything else. I think the alnico V magnet types of the Gen 1 pickups are a safe spec to stick with, rather than a particular wind/model - You're liable to find pickups in the same output ran...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Battery kill switch ideas
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1206
Re: Battery kill switch ideas
You’ve actually seen this before though? I guess some sort of push button switch, or maybe a slider? Yep. Anything SPST can be used to interrupt the battery-negative wire's path to the jack lug acting as an on/off switch when a 1/4" plug is inserted. My Belew uses a screw-mounted slider switch...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 2:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Battery kill switch ideas
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1206
Re: Battery kill switch ideas
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...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:38 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: proud new owner of 2011 PDF70 white - mint!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2219
Re: proud new owner of 2011 PDF70 white - mint!
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...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 10:01 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: “What’s This Worth?” Thread
- Replies: 502
- Views: 634600
Re: “What’s This Worth?” Thread
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 ...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:17 pm
- Forum: NiteFly
- Topic: Roller bearings for the Fishman piezo bridge.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1293
Re: Roller bearings for the Fishman piezo bridge.
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...