Members insurrection Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Specifically the Parker fly series and I think dean may have dabbled in it for a while, I don't know of any others buuuut... Tell me what you think, no local music stores here have one I could play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HKSblade1 Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Nice but NOT worth the money imo for a higher end spec Fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blckbldng Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 vintage vigier had the carbon neck I'd hit that one which is for sale in the Paris area but is is a long drive and I hate floating bridges. http://www.leboncoin.fr/instruments_de_musique/317496571.htm?ca=15_s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members madryan Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 The US made bolt on Park Fly's are amazing. That neck joint is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Snappy Hat Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 I owned a Fly deluxe. SS frets, stable just too damn thin. I have a graphite Tele neck I never installed yet might do that or sell it one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mbarn3065 Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 I've been thinking about getting one of these: Parker Southern Nitefly (is this considered a true telecaster?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RSBro Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 I used to play Modulus basses exclusively. Loved the CF neck, especially the ones w/ the wood caps on the fretboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Specifically the Parker fly series and I think dean may have dabbled in it for a while, I don't know of any others buuuut... Tell me what you think, no local music stores here have one I could play Washburn made some guitars using the Parker neck technology. I personally think they are amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AXEL276 Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Washburn made some guitars using the Parker neck technology. I personally think they are amazing. Washburn owns the Parker line now. They bought it several years ago. That said, I own an original Park Fly Classic. I love the neck, thin and wide, SS frets. Bare in mind I like thin necks, I have two Ibanez Wizzards as well, love them too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Washburn owns the Parker line now. They bought it several years ago. Well, it's actually a company called US Music Corp that owns Washburn and Parker, along with Randall, Eden, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members superflyinmonke Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 The carbon reinforced resin fretboards on washburns are amazing. I wanted an USA HM series Washburn pretty badly for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Phrophus Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 I've only had the opportunity to play a Parker Fly Deluxe once, and I loved it. It's still on my list of guitars to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members somata Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 I have three Parkers--a Classic and 2 Mojos--and I love them. The carbon fiber boards and stainless frets feel awesome. The carbon also makes the guitar really stiff so it resonates like a mofo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tedmich Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 CF is a great stable material! Gotta have the SS frets on a CF neck, as refrets are difficult, and making them is a toxic mess but at least a tree doesn't die directly. Vigiers currently use no truss rod, just a big CF spar internally, which can complicate radical setup changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -Assy- Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 had a modulus graphite neck alvarez once. was 20 years old or so if I remember. played like {censored}ing butter, completely straight, had a good sound. That is about all I can say about it. Graphite is far superior to wood in just about every way (except tonally, that is purely opinion-based), as far as structure goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members insurrection Posted June 12, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 CF is a great stable material! Gotta have the SS frets on a CF neck, as refrets are difficult, and making them is a toxic mess but at least a tree doesn't die directly. Vigiers currently use no truss rod, just a big CF spar internally, which can complicate radical setup changes. I could give a {censored} about the trees, i was wondering about fretted high gain devastation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crunchtime Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 I had one of those Parker SA Flys with the maple neck and carbon fiber board. board and frets felt great but it was the thinnest sounding guitar ever produced in the history of stringed instruments with zero sustain. I don't think it had anything to do with the neck. I think it was a combo of the really thin ash body and a trem block the size of a matchbook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ed_sped2 Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 I've got a Composite Acoustics GXi that has a phenomenal neck. The fretboard is smooth, smooth, smooth. Playing that guitar is what I imagine driving one of those motorcycles in the movie Tron to be like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lz4005 Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 There's a big difference between Parker-type necks that have a wood core skinned with composite and Modulus-type necks that are all composite. I think the Parker design sound better to me, but the all-composite ones are more stable and totally eliminate dead spots, which is more of an issue on basses than guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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