The Parker Southern Nitefly in antique gold. US made. Seymour Duncan tele pickups plus Fishman piezo in the bridge. Swamp ash body, maple neck encased in carbon fibre epoxy, carbon glass fretboard, stainless steel frets.
This thing is all kinds of awesome! The neck and fretboard are like silk and with hardened stainless steel frets it is fast and string bends are frictionless. In fact, you have to be a bit more careful with your fingering, not to bend off the note. Action is low and intonation is excellent. The neck is conical and with the carbon fibre strength it is about the same thickness all the way through to the body join.
The pickups sound great and the piezo is lovely, much better than on my Parker P38. I have run it in stereo with the piezo through my Marshall acoustic amp and it sounds amazing. The build is faultless and the body shape is really comfortable. The upper bout doesn't jab me in the ribs, sitting or standing. And it's very light, only about 2.5kg.
