the Fly Clone Project

Hello,

Sorry if this has been discussed somewhere else on the forum but I could not find it. I have two Parker Fly guitars: one 1994 hard tail and one 1995 with a tremolo. I believe they are both Fly Deluxe models. I have read, on more than one occasion, that there is a push pull pot on the tone control that splits the coils. My guitars do not have that feature and I wish they did. When I go to the center position of the mag selector, my coils are split on my pickups. I would like the ability to choose between dual coil and split coil. Is there a mod I can do to make this happen? Can anyone shed any light on this subject?

hi @kylkrstng; coil-splitting was only available for Seymour Duncan equipped Flys (Mojo, later-Flys).

I’m not entirely sure of what’s involved in using your existing pickups in this way because I’ve never done this, but, I believe it will require you to ditch the flex-ribbon cable and implement point-to-point wiring.

Others here may have a more informed perspective. Good luck in any case!

Long answer: That sweet center position is also out of phase. I believe it is my favorite but maybe not for everyone, since the change to seymour duncans with the power chip made for a more traditional approach to humbuckers, the push/pull knob on the mojo selects single or double coils.

So you would need to ditch the the original circuit board and swap it out with a powerchip to get that.

I don't think you can do it otherwise, but it MUST be possible to add a switch for this but haven't seen it happen with the original pots.

Short answer: you should be able to do this, but its tricky and no one has posted a schematic!

Thanks jb63. I am actually taking my Fly into my guitar tech next week. He has been shut down for a while because of Covid-19. He will remove the circuit board, rewire PTP and I am having him install a Powerchip. I too love the single coil out of phase sound but I would not mind having the balls of two humbuckers to choose from also. I am wondering if that would just be a matter of installing a switch. If so, would that switch still keep the pups out of phase when in single coil position?

Make sure you you have him CAREFULLY remove that stuff as to not damage the board and the ribbon. You can get a couple hundred for those parts if you an deliver them in working order.

The reason I'm having him remove the board is because it is not working. Otherwise, I would leave it be.