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1996 Parker Fly Deluxe

1996 Parker Fly Deluxe — front, Italian Plum

About this instrument

The 1996 Parker Fly Deluxe is an iconic, ultra-lightweight solid-body electric guitar featuring a poplar body wrapped in a carbon-glass-epoxy composite exoskeleton. This incredible guitar is so effortless to play and weighs next to nothing. It also features great humbucking tones in addition to single coil sounds. And the tuning stability is second to none even with vibrato use.

You can hear this guitar in some of my YouTube videos including “Last of My Kind” by Live For The Day.

I also used it to record a guitar cover of King’s X “Prisoner”.

Specs

  • Body woodSolid one-piece poplar
  • ExoskeletonCarbon-fiber, glass, and epoxy composite covering back of body, neck, and headstock
  • Weight4.5 lbs
  • FinishPolyurethane gloss/metallic — Italian Plum
  • Neck woodSolid one-piece basswood
  • Scale length25.5″
  • Frets24 hardened stainless steel, precision-bonded
  • FingerboardCarbon-glass-epoxy composite (.020″)
  • Radius10″–13″ conical (compound)
  • Nut width1-11/16″
  • TunersSperzel locking
  • Magnetic pickupsCustom-wound DiMarzio humbuckers (HH) with push/pull coil tap
  • Piezo6-element Fishman under saddle with active custom stereo preamp
  • ControlsMagnetic volume; magnetic tone (push/pull coil tap); piezo volume; 3-way magnetic selector; 3-way piezo/magnetic selector
  • OutputSplit stereo or summed mono via “Smart Switching” jack
  • BridgeParker custom cast aluminum vibrato with stainless steel saddles and 3-mode step stop (fixed, bend-down only, or floating)

Personal instrument — not for sale.