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Parker P42 Electric Guitar (with Gig Bag)

Mahogany body and bolt-on mahogany neck. Parker Stinger humbuckers with coil tapping.

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They're guitars that deliver everything you'd expect from a Parker, at a price that acknowledges the concept of budget. When he designed the P-Series, Ken Parker used traditional materials without compromising the high standards and precise tolerances that have made Parker Guitars the ultimate in tonal spectrum and playability. With the combination of Parker playability, piezo, and magnetic voices, and the rockin' Parker look, the P-Series represents the finest guitar for the money on the market, bar none. Importantly, all P-Series guitars sold in the U.S. are set up in Parker's Mundelein, IL factory to ensure spot-on tuning and playability.

With a solid mahogany body and a maple bolt-on neck, the P-42 screams with lightening fast response and a sweet, full midrange and singing upper register. Custom wound Parker Stinger pickups deliver plenty of sustain and grind while the coil tap gives you sweet single-coil tones.

Features
Mahogany body and bolt-on mahogany neck

2 custom-wound Parker Stinger Alnico HH pickups

Stop tail bridge

3-way mag pickup selection with push-pull coil tap

7 lbs

Technical Info

Tones/sounds: sweet, full-midrange; singing upper register w/ immediate response

Body:
-- Wood: mahogany

-- Contruction: solid one piece

-- Finish: polyurethane

-- Bridge: stop tail piece

-- Vibrato system: N/A

Neck:
-- Wood: maple

-- Neck design: solid one piece

-- Neck-body joint: traditional bolt on

-- Scale: 25.5 in.

-- # of frets: 22 frets

-- Fret material: nickel silver

-- Fret size: .060 in. high, .090 in. wide

-- Fret board: ebony

-- Fretboard shapet: 10 in.-13 in. conical form

-- Neck shape: regular width, fat thickness

-- Finish: polyurethane

-- Nut: black polycarbonate

-- Nut width: 1.650 in.

-- Bridge string spacing: 2.038

-- Nut string spacing: 1.325

-- Truss rod: traditional design

-- Tuners: Grover 18:1 ratio

Electronics:
-- Magnetic pickups: parker stingers - Alnico

-- Magnetic configuration: 2 humbuckers

-- Magnetic pickup select: 3-way mag pickup selection with push-pull coil tap

-- Piezo system: N/A

-- Preamp/mixer: N/A

-- Other controls: magnetic volume, magnetic tone /w push-pull coil tap, magnetic 3 way selector

-- Output: split stereo or summed mono; "Smart Switching" jack

Miscellaneous:
-- Weight: 7 pounds

-- Strings: .009 in. - .042 in.

-- Other features: N/A

-- Case/Bag: Parker P-Series custom gig bag
An ultra-modern guitar at a rock bottom price! All-mahogany with traditional bolt-on neck; ebony fretboard. Custom-wound AlNiCo humbuckers for that tight Parker tone. Smart-switching output jack runs in stereo or summed mono depending on your amp setup. Includes custom gig bag.

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Parker P42 Electric Guitar (with Gig Bag) Reviews

16 People rated this product :
           10 out of 10
           10 out of 10
"A Killer Axe!"
Feature:
This guitar includes a gig bag that looks like it could get run over by a truck! it has a tune-o-matic bridge, and it has coil tap that can give you sweet single coil sounds.

Quality:
For a korean made guitar this is astounding quality and every parker is set up by specialists in the us!

Value:
This is the absolute best guitar for the money on the market hands down.

Sound:
You can get many different sounds out of this beast! I play hard rock and some metal and it is perfect.

Ease of Use:
This guitar has the best action I have ever used and it is right out of the box. it is about as heavy as the bag it comes with! it's neck is so smooth and so is the fretboard.

Overall:
If you are an experienced guitarist or just starting out I would buy this guitar.

Submitted: 06/14/2007
Style of Music: Rock, Prog Metal
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