darren wilson

Believe me, i wish you had the money, too!

Would you consider a trade with my Patrick Eggle Vintage Classic? I know it's not on your specific list, but thought I'd ask (no piezo, which I guess is what you're after).

Sorry, i'm looking to replace the Parker with something equivalent in a seven-string.

Just this morning i found the original manual, hang tag (D'Addario) and blank warranty registration card, so i now have everything the guitar came with.

If there's no action on it in the next week or so, it'll be off to eBay.

I love this guitar, but since i've transitioned to seven strings, i rarely play it any more. It's just too nice to leave in its case all the time, so i'm parting with it. This guitar deserves to be played.

Ever since seeing the prototype Parker Fly and SuperFly guitars shown in a Guitar Player magazine around 1993, i dreamed about owning a Parker. In 2000, i finally bought myself one as a birthday present. It was the guitar you see here: a new old stock 1998 Parker Fly Classic.

According to the serial number, this guitar was the sixth guitar built on April 28th, 1998. Its neck is made of basswood and the body is solid mahogany. The back of the body and neck are covered with Parker's composite glass/carbon fibre blend, and it has a carbon fibre fretboard with stainless steel frets. The frets are absolutely spectacular... it's like playing on glass, they're so smooth and fast. The guitar is finished in transparent blue showing the lovely mahogany wood grain on the front of the guitar. The back is a gorgeous pearl metallic blue.

The pickups are crisp and versatile sounding, and the piezo gives startlingly good acoustic tones when played through an acoustic amp or a PA system. The bridge is Parker's proprietary aluminum design with Fishman piezo saddles. The tuners are locking Sperzels.

The guitar is in excellent condition. All electronics are in perfect working order. The guitar has never been gigged, and has probably been out of its case fewer than 25 times since i've had it. There may be a couple of minor scuffs in the clearcoat on the back of the guitar, but no major damage at all. The guitar was professionally set up and the action is amazing.

It includes the custom form-fitted hardshell case pictured here, the Parker stereo cable, the included tools, an extra tremolo spring for setting the guitar up with .010 gauge strings, and the manual.

I've checked the used value of this model and year and they seem to sell in the $1300-$1500 range. I am asking USD$1400, and the buyer pays actual shipping costs.

I will consider very specific trades only: I'm looking for a piezo-equipped Ernie Ball Music Man John Petrucci 7-string and/or a high-end tube combo.

Feel free to ask any questions or for more pics. I'll try to get more images up on the weekend that show the finish a bit better.

Thanks,

darren.

More shots:

Front

Back

Headstock

Serial

It occurred to me recently that the AG Stomp could be one of the "missing link" pieces of gear i need for my rig that will enable me to have the magnetic/piezo control i've been seeking.

If anyone has one of these lying around that they're not using any more, drop me a private message or an email. I'm specifically looking for the AG Stomp and not the EG Stomp or the newer Magicstomp Acoustic, because i need the expression pedal and MIDI capabilities.

Thanks!

darren.

I'm a huge fan of David's work. I don't think the inlays and headstock on this one really suit the overall design, but i'm sure it's making some customer very happy. Stunning finish, as usual.

Wow... that's really stunning! That's got to be one of the deepest, widest quilts i've ever seen, and your staining really enhanced it.

It's a little too orange to be called a "tiger eye", which is more of a golden amber/brown, but it's definitely a tiger!

You could always insulate the garage and put in a small radiant heater to make it a workable space in the winter.

Some of my favourite finishes involve using contrasting grain filler.

Example 1

Example 2

That centre piece actually looks like a really sweet piece of crotch walnut. Is it the full thickness of the body, or is it just a top laminate? If it's full thickness, you could have re-sawed it into a bookmatched top. Regardless, it should look pretty nice when it's finished.

I agree with some of the other comments about the flow and proportions of the design, and don't really have anything to add to that part of the discussion.

I generally have a preference for solid core wire, because i find it easier to work with. However, i just learned today that stranded wire is better suited to guitar applications because it has lower DC resistance than solid wire of the same gauge:

Resistance can be minimized by using large gauge stranded electrical wire ( 10 gauge instead of 16 gauge and stranded wire instead of solid wire). Electricity moves along the surface of a wire. Therefore, the more surface area a wire has ...... ie...... more thin strands braided into one wire...... the less of a traffic jam those little electrons incounter or in other words..... less resistance.

Whaddaya know!

Generally, 22 gauge stranded copper wire is recommended for guitar wiring.

Just thought i'd share.

Koa is getting more expensive because Hawaii has placed very tight restrictions (if not a total ban) on cutting down any more koa trees.

Wow... i can't wait to see how the woods will look once they're finished. Nice bass!

That looks like a really cool setup. Was it hard to install the fiber optics? More photos, please!

What about something like this?

(Pssst... click the pics and they get bigger!)

Great work... I love the minimalism of Teles and how many different variations there are on the same old formula to get so many different, personalized guitars in the end. There's something really cool about having a dark top wood on a lighter-coloured back. That koa/ash combo looks really great.

Whoops... connection difficulties. (triple post)

Being in a basement apartment (is it in a house or an apartment building?) you could be near to the location where the electrical supply comes into the building, so it could be a poorly shielded electrical panel or meter.

If you're getting EM interference on your land-line phone, that would indicate to me that it's not your guitar. You clearly have higher-than-normal EM radiation in your apartment.

Also, do you have any dimmer switches? Those things are also notorious for introducing buzzes and hums into A/V equipment.

You could buy an AC circuit analyzer and see if it gives you any useful answers.

My connection is very wonky today... see next post.

You're definitely missing something. Go to the link i provided above and click on the "Protection", "Experience" and "Design" links to go through all the design features of the bag. There's a reason why everyone has been raving over these bags, and it's not because they're just a standard padded gig bag with a few more pockets.

Yeah, i've been looking for these lately, too. The manufacturer is out of stock. The response i got from them was:

"We have stopped product as our designers look into possible redesigns and/or refreshes to the current line up of Incase guitar bags."

Hopefully there's still inventory floating around somewhere out there.

It's probably ebony, not graphite.

Why not just round off the points at the tip to make it a softer, more Gibson Explorer-like shape?

No offence, but when someone asks how to prevent or reverse tarnishing and/or wear of their chrome plating, responding with "dip it in acid to oxidize the finish" is 100% not the information the person was looking for!

Great shape, awesome piece of quilt (i can't remember the last time is saw such a wide quilt pattern!) and the tiger eye stain (one of my personal favourite colours on quilted maple) looks fantastic.

Nice work! I can't wait to see more progress!