Ken Parker's goal has always been to create the most versatile, responsive, dependable, and beautiful instruments possible. Developing the Fly guitar was a painstaking 10-year process, and along the way he and his colleagues discovered a whole new approach to crafting guitars. The NiteFly is manufactured from the finest tone woods and top-of-the-line brand name components like Fishman, DiMarzio, and Sperzel. Offering incredible versatility, playability, performance, and value! The NiteFly-M is unique in its thick, sweet midrange and singing upper register.
Features
� Mahogany body and Mahogany neck
� 2 custom-wound DiMarzio� humbuckers
� 3-position magnetic pickup selector and push-pull coil-split switch
� 6-element Fishman� piezo pickup system
� Fishman� Powerchip active piezo preamp with "Smart Switching" jack
� Split Stereo or summed Mono output
� 22 Stainless-steel frets
� Precision-cast aluminum vibrato bridge with stainless-steel saddles
� Brushed Black Sperzel� locking tuners
� Black chrome "Dome" control knobs
� Finished in Natural Satin
Nothing Plays Like a Parker
"I love music, and I love guitars. The guitar has been the most important musical instrument of my generation, and I think it will continue to be for a great long time to come. My fascination with the guitar and all the wonderful musicians who've embraced it has inspired and shaped my working life. More than 25 years ago, I started to build and repair guitars. I worked with thousands of guitarists, asking them to define their instruments' best features and worst failings. Their input helped design the Parker Fly, the models that have followed and those to come. I love creating new recipes from the ever-growing array of ingredients. Many of our designs and processes are protected by patents. We combine organic and man-made materials to create a uniquely musical guitar that performs as no other can. It's a lot of extra work, but we do it because we know you can feel and hear the difference."
"The Parker Fly neck lays perfectly in your hand. The neck shape swells into the guitar body to give easy access to every note. Our frets and fingerboard have to be experienced to be believed. Each note plays with a smooth consistency. The usual problems with dead spots, funny notes, and unevenness are absent. The guitar balances beautifully whether you're sitting or standing and its light weight allows you to stay relaxed and mobile. Most importantly, the guitar feels alive. You can feel it resonating against your body, singing along with you. It's a fine thing." - Ken Parker
Nothing Sounds Like a Parker
The story of a guitar's tone is a tale of motion. Body and strings vibrate and dance in unison to create sound. The Parker story begins with responsive, vibrant guitars. Then their 2 pickup systems come together to expand the sonic message.
Fastened directly to the guitar body, the custom DiMarzio magnetic pickups produce powerful electric guitar tones. Each string also drives its own Fishman piezo pickup, designed by Larry Fishman specifically for the Parker Fly. The piezos sense every part of the string's vibration, providing the lush, complex tone of an acoustic guitar without feedback, even at stadium level volume.
The piezo and magnetic pickup systems are blended by a stereo preamplifier, which allows you to mix the volumes and tones of both systems. A stereo-mono switch lets you route the signal any way you like. The end of the story is what you hear when you play a Parker guitar. Parker has created the most flexible expressive guitar available, with qualities every player will love.
Nothing is Built Like a Parker
You can't make an exceptional instrument from indifferent sounding materials. Ken Parker's understanding of materials and the physical forces on them allows him to create the most compelling instruments of our times. Wood, the original miracle fiber, is at the heart of every Parker guitar. They marry the magic soulfulness of wood with rock-solid modern fibers. The thin skin of carbon and glass fibers bond to the wooden guitar becoming a new kind of material, optimized to respond to the vibrations of guitar strings.
You can't make exceptional guitars without exceptional guitar-makers. At the Parker shop, skilled artisans design, create, and apply specialized tools to complete each demanding step along the line. Every handcrafted instrument embodies their skill and care.
The Fly Guitar neck is constructed from a solid piece of basswood. The union of body and neck is seamless, with carbon fiber overlaid lengthwise. A veil of reinforcing glass fibers is oriented diagonally, creating tri-axial fiber reinforcement. This patented construction results in an amazingly responsive, lively, and incredibly stable guitar with even tonal response and feel.
Technical Info
Body
Wood: Mahogany
Finish: Polyurethane
Bridge: Parker cast aluminum vibrato bridge, with stainless steel saddles
Neck
Wood: Mahogany
Scale: 25.5 in.
Radius: 10-13 in. Conical form
Fingerboard: Composite
Nut width: 1.68 in.
Finish: Polyurethane
Frets: 22 Stainless steel
Fret size: .052 in. High .0103 in. Wide
Nut: GraphTech
String Spacing: 2.14 in. wide at bridge, 1.38 in. wide at nut
Tuners: Sperzel Locking
Electronics
Pickups:
2 Custom DiMarzio humbuckers,
6-element Fishman piezo system
Mag Volume: 500k
Mag Tone: 500k
Piezo Volume: 2k
3-Way Mag selector switch: (position 1 closest to neck)
1. Neck humbucker
2. Inside coil of both humbuckers (in series)
3. Bridge humbucker
3-Way Mag/Piezo Switch:
1. Mag pickups only
2. Piezo and mag pickups
3. Piezo pickups
Preamp/Mixer: Custom designed Fishman active circuit
Battery Life: Estimated 200 hours
Output: Split stereo or summed mono operation
Factory Setup
String Gauge: D'Addario EXL120 .09-.42
String Height: .050 in. treble .070 in. bass, at 12th fret (while fretted at 1st)
