My Parker Fly Classic. Doesn’t get the love she deserves since the band broke up
MOTHERFUCKER! I’ve spent literally the past 10 years trying to find this guitar again, I remembered seeing it when I was a teenager and could never remember it’s name again. Today, I went to a guitar store and asked the guys around and one of them helped me identify it. Immediately after that, I come here on Lemmy and see your post with one… Lmao. Beautiful guitar, always wanted one.
Story behind it - my band had a gig at this place where there wasn’t a bunch of room on stage, so you’re constantly tripping over your cables. I was dead set on buying a good wireless, planned on dropping like 6-700 on a Shure or Samson I think? As I walked through the door, what’s sitting on a stand with a used tag on it… I flipped the tag around and couldn’t believe my eyes - $1,000.00. I just grabbed it and walked to the counter and said take my money. At first they couldn’t find the hard case it came with and gave me a gig bag to get it home. Two days later they called and said I could swap the gig bag for the hard case so I did. To this day I still do not own a wireless.
So cool and love the color! While I can’t remember the model now, I had a fly back in the early 00’s and frequently miss it sorely. People seemed to view them as “weird”, but the one’s I recall played like butter and were quite versatile. IIRC, the builder has moved on to archtops now that still use the head stock design and have a crazy price tag now.
What kind of music do you make on it?
Yeah, Ken Parker sold the company back in the 00’s if I recall correctly. Mainly a lot of hard rock/metal, but I’ll occasionally get bluesy on it. Can take whatever you throw at it, that’s for sure!!
These guitars are a dream for me. Every time I see barber from disco biscuits playing his I start browsing reverb and eBay. Do you like tbr carbon fiber fretboard?
Honestly you don’t really notice it. Bends are effortless anyway with the stainless frets# . The thing I DO like about it is you can just clean it with a damp rag versus using lighter fluid or simple green and then having to oil it afterwards. Visually I love it with the lack of fret markers, but that’s just an aesthetic thing.
Edit: had to re-upload pic as it had vanished
How do you like the Parker? I tried one and it felt so weird in my hands.
I love it, but I get that a lot of people don’t. It’s not really the kind of guitar you want to play if you generally play sitting down. If you’re actually up and moving around though, it’s a dream. Can play an hour set and barely even know its there, it only weighs 4.5 lbs. I also love the thinness of the neck and how fast it plays.
Time to start a new band then!
