Glad to have joined this group!
I just got my first Parker Deluxe
I also got the VG 8 guitar system and now need to get my GK-3 installed.
I'm nervous about this process. Ideally I would like to have it internal but right now the cost is an issue.
SOOO I would like to mount it on my new baby with the tape that came with the GK-3.
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?
hopefully I can afford to get it internally placed at some point.
Thanks in advance for any advice/opinions
lori
GK-3 install/tape residue
Re: GK-3 install/tape residue
Hi Lori and welcome! Congrats on the new Fly!
Others here—for sure—have more experience with installing/removing the GK series transducers, but I can say that naphtha and a little patience is usually all it takes to remove tape residue from those sorts of devices on a Fly.
Others here—for sure—have more experience with installing/removing the GK series transducers, but I can say that naphtha and a little patience is usually all it takes to remove tape residue from those sorts of devices on a Fly.
Re: GK-3 install/tape residue
Hello, Lori.
For what it's worth, I've owned external and internal GK-mounted Flys (I ended up screw-mounting them to deal with the carved top). I never did figure out why the Roland pickups kept turning the guitars orange.
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 (which is also safe). As VJ says: If there did happen to be any residue, a common finish-safe cleaner such as naphtha/petroleum distillates (common lighter fluid, depending on your region) would take care of it. Note that the Fly has a carved top; so you may have to experiment a bit with mounting it. You may also find you need to raise your string action to accommodate the pickup.
For what it's worth, I've owned external and internal GK-mounted Flys (I ended up screw-mounting them to deal with the carved top). I never did figure out why the Roland pickups kept turning the guitars orange.
Summary of the Parker Guitars speculator market from 2020 onward: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_fool_theory