Maker
Parker Guitars
American guitar maker
Parker Guitars is an American maker founded in 1993 by luthier Ken Parker, known for the lightweight Fly guitar built with a carbon-glass exoskeleton over a wood core.
Models
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Parker MaxxFly
Electric guitar
Introduced in 2010, the MaxxFly is a Fly-derived Parker electric guitar with a revised, more conventional headstock and upper horn, standardized pickup cavities, a slightly thicker body and 22 frets. It was Parker's updated take on the carbon-reinforced Fly concept under U.S. Music Corp ownership.
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Parker Fly
Electric guitar · United States
The Parker Fly series, designed by luthier Ken Parker and built from 1993, is a family of ultralight electric guitars whose wooden body and neck are wrapped in a stiff carbon-glass exoskeleton. Flys combine a thin, resonant body with stainless steel frets, a Fishman piezo system blendable with magnetic pickups, and a flat-mount vibrato. The series spans models such as the Fly Deluxe, Fly Classic, Fly Mojo, Fly Supreme and Fly Artist.
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Parker Nitefly
Electric guitar
A more affordable Parker electric guitar with a conventional bolt-on neck, offered with single-coil or humbucking pickups plus Parker's signature blendable Fishman piezo system. The Nitefly carries the brand's slim, ergonomic feel in a more traditional double-cutaway form.
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Parker Fly Deluxe
Electric guitar · United States
The flagship Parker Fly model, an ultralight electric guitar with a poplar body and neck sheathed in a carbon-glass exoskeleton and stainless steel frets. The Fly Deluxe pairs magnetic humbuckers with a blendable Fishman piezo system and Parker's flat vibrato; a 'refined' Deluxe was announced in 2003 for the line's tenth anniversary.
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Parker Fly Mojo
Electric guitar · United States
A Parker Fly model with a solid mahogany body and neck and Seymour Duncan humbuckers, giving more low-end weight and warmth than the standard Fly while keeping the carbon-glass exoskeleton, Fishman piezo and Parker vibrato.
Categories
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Electric Guitars
Solid-body, semi-hollow, and hollow electric guitars.
Representative model
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Parker Fly Deluxe
Electric guitar · United States
The flagship Parker Fly model, an ultralight electric guitar with a poplar body and neck sheathed in a carbon-glass exoskeleton and stainless steel frets. The Fly Deluxe pairs magnetic humbuckers with a blendable Fishman piezo system and Parker's flat vibrato; a 'refined' Deluxe was announced in 2003 for the line's tenth anniversary.