Nov 2, 2011, 15:44
You remember I recently sold 3 guitars, aiming to rationalise my collection?
Welllll, I just couldn't help myself:
With the sales done, I just happened to notice that in Yorkshire was a minty example of a 1995 Parker Fly Deluxe going for well less than half of the Parker Fly Mojo I played the other day. I've played some high-end guitars here and there but quite honestly this Fly is a fine and rare beast: the build, materials, engineering tolerances and all-round ergonomics and precision are quite remarkable.
I have a feeling that sic transit gloria mundi too really: the Mojo I played the other day was very good indeed...but the switching and neck were ever so not quite up to the quality of the old one. As a special blessing, the 1995 one had had a pickup upgrade by being sent back to Parker US some years ago, and in it are the very same pickups that grace the (considerably higher-priced) Mojo.
OK, the one thing that is surprisingly ordinary is the nut: it's been cut poorly and is to deep even for 10-gauge strings: I guess that a previous owner had it set up for 10s(explaining why there's a 10-gauge tremelo spring inside instead of the usual 9-gauge) but either got a pre-cut nut or did a poor job.
But..my,what a guitar. Beats me that a guitar can be so thin and light yet generate the acoustic tone of any unplugged full-on mahogany job. I've sadly not managed to get much hands-on yet this week(sob!)
I've posted a few more(not many) at PBase, which you can see here
Welllll, I just couldn't help myself:
With the sales done, I just happened to notice that in Yorkshire was a minty example of a 1995 Parker Fly Deluxe going for well less than half of the Parker Fly Mojo I played the other day. I've played some high-end guitars here and there but quite honestly this Fly is a fine and rare beast: the build, materials, engineering tolerances and all-round ergonomics and precision are quite remarkable.
I have a feeling that sic transit gloria mundi too really: the Mojo I played the other day was very good indeed...but the switching and neck were ever so not quite up to the quality of the old one. As a special blessing, the 1995 one had had a pickup upgrade by being sent back to Parker US some years ago, and in it are the very same pickups that grace the (considerably higher-priced) Mojo.
OK, the one thing that is surprisingly ordinary is the nut: it's been cut poorly and is to deep even for 10-gauge strings: I guess that a previous owner had it set up for 10s(explaining why there's a 10-gauge tremelo spring inside instead of the usual 9-gauge) but either got a pre-cut nut or did a poor job.
But..my,what a guitar. Beats me that a guitar can be so thin and light yet generate the acoustic tone of any unplugged full-on mahogany job. I've sadly not managed to get much hands-on yet this week(sob!)
I've posted a few more(not many) at PBase, which you can see here