Members Notes_Norton Posted November 23, 2011 Members Share Posted November 23, 2011 Today my Parker DF524 (DragonFly now MaxxFly) is exactly one year old. In this year, I may have picked up my other three guitars (Gibson, Epiphone, LTD) less than a total of one hour for all three combined. I look at gear mags and see some beautiful guitars, and think they look nice, but have no impulse to buy them. What is so great about the DF? Sound - 2 Duncan SC pickups, one Duncan SC/Humbucker, and a Fishman under the bridge. The Fishman can be played alone or blended with the mag pups. The variety of sounds that come out of this axe is amazing 25.5" scale - especially when playing the higher frets, it's much easier than on the Gibson scale guitars 14" Neck radius - this is the main reason why I have never owned a Fender, I don't like short radius guitars, they add problems with note bending, and the curve at the picking hand slows me down (and I'm not super fast to begin with). Light weight - 5 pounds - but sustains as well as my much heavier LP clone Well balanced - take my hands of and there is no neck dive Comfortable - it seems like I'm wearing the guitar instead of holding it Stainless Steel Frets and Ebony Fingerboard make string bending easy as putting a hot knife through butter Fast neck - even faster than my ESP/LTD Tapered master volume right near my picking hand - I don't know how I ever got along without this feature. Straight string path and Sperzel locking tuners - even when wiggling the whammy, this guitar stays in tune better than my guitars without a whammy Is it perfect? Almost, but to be honest there are a couple of minor things that could be improved. The mag/piezo switch is in an inconvenient position as I can't see it's state without bending over, it's also a cheap switch and I feel I'll have to replace the switch eventually Fret marker dots were too small for a dimly lit stage so I enlarged them with automobile reflector tape whammy arm was too far away from the strings so I had a new one made battery cables need a quick connect/disconnect plug Easy stuff to take care of. So the best thing is that I just love to pick up and play this guitar. The sad thing is I really used enjoy having GAS and I no longer have it. The good thing is that I'm so happy with the guitar that I no longer have GAS. (Catch 22 isn't it?) Bonus: it was made in the USA Notes ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretmonster Posted November 23, 2011 Members Share Posted November 23, 2011 A picture is worth a thousand words they say.:poke: PS No GAS here either, but I have ten electrics to take me any direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted November 24, 2011 Author Members Share Posted November 24, 2011 A picture is worth a thousand words they say.:poke: <...>So let's go for a few thousand In the case:close up of body and pups BTW I put the reflector tape on the knobs too:top with enlarged fret markers:and the headstock:and the knobs/switchesknobs L-R Piezo Vol - Magnetic Tone - Mag master volumeSwitches L-R Piezo/mix/mag - normal 5 way pup switch.Ain't she pretty!But I'd love to play her even if she was ugly.Notes ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rock-lobster Posted November 24, 2011 Members Share Posted November 24, 2011 I know the feeling. I've owned my Carvin Bolt+ for a little bit over a year now and have gassed for nothing in that time. (coincidentally i've barely posted here in that time either ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted November 24, 2011 Author Members Share Posted November 24, 2011 I almost bought a bolt. In the end I chose the Parker for the light weight and the fishman piezo under the bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lonnie99 Posted November 24, 2011 Members Share Posted November 24, 2011 I had a P-38 and I felt the same way. My GAS killer is a Squier/Mighty Mite/EMG Select partscaster that only a mother (OK father) could love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emory Posted November 24, 2011 Members Share Posted November 24, 2011 I've got a P-38 too, a like it alot. Hybrid guitars like these are great.I thought I got the ultimate in my Ovation VXT. Almost all of your comments about the cool stuff could apply to that too. It's SD 59s in it and is similar to a chambered Les Paul, besides the Fishman.I wish they had some tone control for the Fishman. That is only wish I have regarding those hybrids.You could try a Reverend. Not hybrid. Just several cuts above the pack, imho. Don't worry too much, your gas will come back! Maybe some take on a hollow body? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarman3001 Posted November 24, 2011 Members Share Posted November 24, 2011 I'm in kind of the same boat. No real gas for any guitars for a while now since I bought my LP 50s tribute goldtop. Once I added that to the rest of my small collection, I really haven't been able to think of anything else I need or want. That doesn't mean that if something amazing came along I wouldn't want it but for the time being, my collection is complete. Same with amps. I'd still love to get a small tube amp like a bugera V5 but I just haven't had any serious gas for any amps either. My current amp collection covers pretty much every need I have. Only thing I've been keeping an eye out for is some kind of discount on one of those EHX pocket amps like the 22 caliber or 44 magnum. I want to get one of those as a backup amp. I guess not having gas is kind of boring but it has also allowed me to upgrade my car stereo which was in dire need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted November 25, 2011 Author Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 <...>I guess not having gas is kind of boring but it has also allowed me to upgrade my car stereo which was in dire need. I took a non-USA vacation instead of buying a new guitar this year. It was FUN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Karma1 Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 Very nice. I like the look of that better than the original Parker body style. Great guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarman3001 Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 Oh well, my streak of not buying anything came to an end today. I went to GC just to scope out the BF deals and while there were none worth mentioning, they did have a used VS Jekyll Hyde pedal and I snagged it for 90 bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members noisebloom Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 Very nice guitar! I'm digging the updated headstock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dcooper830 Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 Having great guitars in my collection doesn't cure my gas unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted November 26, 2011 Members Share Posted November 26, 2011 Sweet guitar man, glad you found the one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AshboneWish Posted November 26, 2011 Members Share Posted November 26, 2011 bah! Firewood !! J?KSweet!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted November 26, 2011 Author Members Share Posted November 26, 2011 I too like the looks of this better than the original Parkers. The upper "arthritic thumb" horn of the original Parker just turns me off. I also like the new headstock. It keeps the looks of the old one (which I like) but adds the ability to use a hanging stand. I play sax, flute, guitar, percussion controller, vocals and sometimes keyboards on stage, so I feel the hanging stand is safer and more secure than the 'old fashioned' guitar stand. I like the fact that I can change pickups on this model, where the original Parkers with the cabon coating needed to go back to the factory for a pickup swap. But then, I like the sounds this one makes so I see no reason to swap pickups. The SCs have the bite of a Strat and the SC/HB in the bridge pickup sounds like a PAF. Add a little piezo to the mid SC and there is a tele-ish twang. Plus there are a few varieties of tones I can't describe. The only thing it doesn't have is a P90 sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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