Parker Fly®
Deluxe
A complete redesign of the
electric guitar since the Fender Telecaster, this guitar's
potential is yet to be fully utilized...
The Parker Fly took the
music world by shock when it was first introduced in
1994. This guitar was developed through 9 years of experimentation
by master craftsman Ken Parker and electronics wizard
Larry Fishman. This extraordinary guitar has over twenty
new design, technology, and manufacturing patents.
Parker came up with the
Fly because he felt that currently available guitars
are clumsy and limiting. In 1972, Parker built his first
guitar, and has worked as a custom craftsman in New
York for many years, repairing many instruments and
making improved replacement parts as well as handmade
guitars.
The
only things on a Fly that will attach to a standard
guitar are the strings and strap button.
Indeed, this claim by
Parker is quite true. Almost 
everything
on this masterpiece is custom made, from its tremolo
bridge to the pickups. At four and a half pounds, the
Fly is less than half the weight of an average solidbodied
guitar. Its poplar body and basswood neck is extremely
thin and light, covered with space-age skin of carbon
and glass fiber bonded with epoxy resin.
One major advantage of the Fly's that
it can be played acoustically. The magnetic and piezo
pickups that Fishman designed can create a wide range
of electric sounds, as well as rich and lively acoustic
sounds. The guitar also allows the player to mix sounds
to produce completely new hybrids.
The guitar has found favor with the
likes of legendary jazz guitarist Pat Martino, Eddie
Van Halen and U2's The Edge, and just may become the
guitar of the future.
