parker fly guitars ??????

humphreybear · Post by **humphreybear** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 1:44 pm

hey guys what do you think of parker fly guitars I know they look really weird and all but the idea of them sounds pretty cool but are they actually any good

r4nd0m · Post by **r4nd0m** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:27 pm

I've only managed to try the Korean made P-38. It plays well and the Piezo sounds great. I wish I could try out the USA made models which are (partially?) made out of non-wood materials. AFAIK there are not many models available in NZ which makes trying them out a problem.

Try contacting Music Planet, they were very helpful.

Danger Mouse · Post by **Danger Mouse** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:33 pm

Awesome guitars, play very well and are very versatile... but look odd, which is why I think they are not more popular (us guitarists are a conservative lot).

Optimus_prime · Post by **Optimus_prime** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:37 pm

I read a quote about them from the guy who designed
them or something, something along the lines of

"Everybody has an opinion of them, most of which
aren't based on actually playing the guitar"

they're ugly but they look fun to play

humphreybear · Post by **humphreybear** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 8:46 am

cool thanks guys they look ugly but i kinda like that for some obscure reason and they do look like alotta fun to play

Basket Case · Post by **Basket Case** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:21 am

Reeves Gabrels (ex-Bowie guitarist) has some really cool ones with awesome custom paintjobs. The coolest one has no visible pickups and is/was used soley as a midi guitar through his Roland VG-8. Tried to find a pic online but couldn't.

raz · Post by **raz** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:04 am

Saw Johnny Clegg in Wellington a while back and both he and his guitarist were using Parker Flys to seriously good effect. I was rather impressed by them, especially the acoustic tone and the tone variation you can get by blending that with the electric tone.

B45-12 · Post by **B45-12** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 8:31 pm

Nope sorry these are guitars for pimply faced geeks that molest small furry animals down dark alleys after midnight. Get yourself one of these and find out what 'sicko' really means.

Of course I've never actually played one but I had a mate whose friend saw one in a shop window once 'through a glass darkly' as they say.

Course harmony central parkerfly/sicko/perverts/review_69 reckon they are brill.

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 1:50 am

Parker Fly = fugly.

szukalski · Post by **szukalski** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:41 pm

If they're good enough for Roine Stolt then they are good enough for me.

That said, I'll stay with my USRG and McCarty..

TBB Flamey · Post by **TBB Flamey** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:30 pm

slash-ed wrote:Parker Fly = fugly.

My ultimate goal is to have a custom made guitar that is the most ugliest looking thing ever, yet really nice to play/high quality.

That'll be soo orsum

Optimus_prime · Post by **Optimus_prime** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:37 pm

sounds to me like any metal orientated guitar

Tsuken · Post by **Tsuken** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:15 pm

The first clip in Guitars Suck 5 is a guy playing a Parker Fly. Oddly, it seems he is also playing a kind of electric shred polka, which is ... intriguing.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... itars+suck

TBB Flamey · Post by **TBB Flamey** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:51 am

Optimus_prime wrote:sounds to me like any metal orientated guitar

lol, nah, I don't like pointy guitars that much. So it'd have to be curvasceous and wierd looking, with an out of it paint job

Edit: Damn, that still sounds metal orientated

Danger Mouse · Post by **Danger Mouse** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:00 am

TBB Flamey wrote:
Optimus_prime wrote:sounds to me like any metal orientated guitar
lol, nah, I don't like pointy guitars that much. So it'd have to be curvasceous and wierd looking, with an out of it paint job

Edit: Damn, that still sounds metal orientated

Or something Prince would have used circa Purple Rain.....