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In fact, quite a torturing experience.

dont be afraid of the nitefly, they're excellent guitars!

​@@guitarz333I've owned plenty of fly's .. including the nitefly .. Find yourself a pre-refined deluxe and you'll never need another guitar ... the nitefly's neck has a tendency to warp and needs maintenance .. not the Fly .. I've had mine for 20+ years & all I do is change strings & clean them

@@EliBleu lol dude I had an endorsement before they left Massachusetts. I know all about them, and I've never heard of a NiteFly neck warping. That's absurd.

​@@guitarz333well now you have .. the nitefly sucks compared to a Fly. Get over it

@@EliBleu I guarantee you don't know what you're talking about, but what do I know, I only had them build me a custom shop Deluxe as they let me tour the factory. Dumb fuck 😂😂😂😂

This is my whammy bar, and its going to be loud....

Cause it's got a better bridge, neck, fret board, ss frets. Niteflys are the best guitars made

Agreed, but the p series is missing everything that makes a parker special. Carbon wrapped, ss frets, the piezo system, and the best bridge and neck ever made. I prefer niteflys but give one a try. You will ditch your p series

@@micemr76 luckily the piezo is preserved in the p-38 model! and the neck and bridge and standout as they are, it's not to be underestimated. I havent tried a nitefly as they seem to be a little hard to track down in my area but im sure they would be great... if i could afford one!

1. Depends on the model and the pickup onboard... The mahogany-body Fly-classic with the DM PUs is more reactive than the poplar (crate-wood) ones with SD PUs. You have JEM made of alder, other ones made of basswood crate-wood, these are different kind of things too, and they don't sound the same at all... BTW, the expensive JEM Bad Horsie sounded like if they made the guitar with cardboard!!! And I wasn't the only one thinking that the Bad Horsie sounded like a cheap $250 axe 2. There are licenced repair centers as well as many independent luthiers able to change the Parker frets, e.g., in Europe, the 1st independent one to propose such a service was master-luthier Christophe Leduc. Note that Parker pioneered the use of stainless steel frets, so even under heavy use, you won't have to change the frets anytime soon, unlike nickel ones. 3.) I wouldn't go either for a JEM or a Fly : the [Vigier] Excalibur rules them all, but, any way, my preferred guitar is the [Vigier] Passion III-90/10 (only 52 built, good luck to find yours. The two I own won't hit the market before my last breath...

@@harounel-poussah6936 I think the Jem bad horsie was a Steve Vai signature, was it not? I can see those things turning out to sound like crap because you’re paying Steve Vai for his name on everyone of those guitars so, I can see them cutting corners. I just got my frets changed here in California in the states, and it was a pain in the butt to get fender to do it within a three week time period. Just looked up Vigier guitars… Wow! That’s one of the most aggressive sounding guitar as I have ever heard! One of those rare occasions where the aggressive price tag matches the quality of the sound you get from it. 3600 US… Very impressive

@@shaunkellison1761 zupimages.net/up/21/24/deha.jpg I'm an ex Strato-man. Since I own my Excaliburs, well, I knew well the recently retired Fender diamond dealer here, he tried to get me back as a client for the brand by making me try many CSMH and proposing me prices on par with my Vigier guitars (2006 = €1800 for an Exca Supra) for a CSMH with any option I wanted, choice of the luthier and he'd have taken the guitar straight from Corona for me... Well, except a 1970 Strat I knew, these were the best Fender guitars I ever touched, these CSMH were even better than some L-series I know, but, you know the Excalibur from Wayne's World? Vigier named his guitar Excalibur before the movie was issued, hehe!!! There are several Vigier models, some are no more built. In the actual line, I own an Excalibur Supra SSS, which is the best "Strat" I touched in 35 years, an Excalibur Original which is more in the line of an alder-JEM due to the Floyd Rose. Note that the trem-bars are mounted on needle bearings used for Airbus landing gear that take 10,000RPM... Ibanez tries now to copy using ball bearings since the Vigier system is patented. I didn't went for the GV since my hands are too big for the 24.75" scale (Gibson-like), so is it for the Excalibur sig. Shawn Lane which has 24.75" instead of regular 25.5", any way, I self limit to 2 guitars for the main wood. Vigiers can be aggressive or not!!! It will highly depend on the way you play, the gear you use, how you tune your gear (Stanley Jordan uses Vigiers for 35 years, he has done a lot of jazz standards, now he uses them doing some impressive Hendrix tribute). AFAIK, he owns an Arpège-II with the carbon neck/walnut body, and an Arpège-III : 90/10 neck, alder body. I swore that if I can get an Arpège-III, my Excalibur-Original goes... Unlikely to happen : only 30 were built, AFAIK, none was re-sold, at least in France or... She'd be in my collection, or I'd knew about it since we're not many lurking about the Vigier-Vintages, from the time they were only two at the workshop, and we all know why... Prepare yourself to something different from what you know with the actual series, then... The older ones were way much high end than this, these were no-compromise high end, if you don't like these, there is nothing that can be improved, she just doesn't wants you, or you're not able to appreciate... Same thing with Leduc since he abandoned any industrial wishes, or for Patrice Blanc. I'm even happy that I found a damaged Arpège-I and that the red-burst Passon got some poks : this gear is so well crafted you fear damaging in any way... In 1983, the Arpège-I used to cost... 5 months of minimum salary in France (!!!). In 1991, the Passion III-9/10 was 1.5x more expensive than the most expensive Fender you could get, and you have to consider the customs' taxes, the importer's % and transport over 7000km+ in the equation, so it's likely to have been 2-2.5x more than the price you would have got in Cali... Now, if your thing is having an Excalibur do Strat job, go either for the Supra, the Expert or the Indus (if you want the cheapest...She's painted with anti-scratch/anti-tag paint used in our subways to avoid paint-can spraying), then, as all are routed HSH, have a pickguard made for your preferred type of Strat PUs. Note that since the trussrod is replaced by a carbon-graphite bar, instead of having steel "eating" the vibrations in the neck, carbon-graphite will improve their conductivity into the body, so you can expect that it will behave more like a neckthru rather than like a bolt-on neck... Now, my personal advise : have custom PUs wounded if the onboard kit is not your thing as the most common buyers are dudes wanting something better than a JEM, so the most common is HSH config, and the most interesting way to go, at least for me, is pseudo-humbucks... Let's say that you like Nile Rogers/Hendrix sounding, consider a handwound Strat kit in this range, then... Today, it's feasible to have a single-coil sized alnico-2 PAF (e.g. SD Pearly Gates For Strat), I also love the Exca-Supra SSS kit's DM FS-1 in neck posn, as well as the DP-185 Half Track in bridge... Since I didn't wanted to ruin the value of my Excas, I had pickguards cut, and custopm PU made, two FS-1+"Hendrix" for neck, two "Hendrix" for mid, one Hendrix+DP185 and one Hendrix+PAF-alnico2/8.5k for bridge, so I keep the FS-1 and DP-185 which are wonderful on the Supra, get the 2,4 posns Strat Sound instead of the DiMarzio one, and can go Jimi. For the Excalibur-Original, despite these are very good PUs, the SD SH-5/SSL-1/TB-5 has never been my thing, so, I do get the Jimi sound, the FS-1 in neck, then, the 8.5K PAF alnico-2 in bridge = EVH's Frankenstein which is a great fit with the Floyd-Rose. Selection is made thu the SD Triple-Shot PU rings and the 5 posn selector, let's say that... maybe will I consider the wireless-MIDI pickguard (classic manual action automatically takes over) in the future) but, well, 400€ per guitar is not really welcomed now, and nonetheless I don't have a band, but I'll probably never jump on a stage again. If not, I'll have to sit just like Fripp, and I'll need roadies

Parker frets are stainless steel. You probably won't have to change them.

Hate to break it to ya but that guitar is long gone. Same happened to me with a Strat, gotta let it go, bro.

@@marioguti9887 Well I would venture to say that Strats outnumber emerald green Parker Fly Deluxe editions by about 100,000/1 at least. I see what you’re saying but there were not that many of those made and they all have the serial number clearly stated on the head. I’ve heard people locating muscle cars they once owned 30+ years in the past and I’m sure it’s going to be a tough find, but I’m gonna continue to put it out there until I do.

@@ChrisTopheRaz Cool, I hear you, never know I guess...good luck!

@@ChrisTopheRaz : you surely can find a 2nd hand Fly Deluxe... Don't be too affective with guitars : "Real" Parker's (1993-2003) as Ken Parker sold the company in 2003 are high-end guitars, the quality is very regular, you can absolutely take ANY Fly Deluxe and be as satisfied you were by your ex-guitar, even if it's not an emerald-green one! BTW, I prefer the Fly Classic an old buddy of mine owns but the shock was when s.o. showed at the caf'conc' my buddy owned until 2015, with a P44pro which sounded better than both the Fly Classic and the Deluxe!!!! Any way, both the Classic and the P44pro can't fit in my collection : I self-iimit to two guitars by main wood, and I already have 2 'swietenia' mahogany guitars from late luthier Xavier Petit (who used to make acoustics for Vai, Satriani and Patrick Rondat), he used century old 'Honduras' mahogany for these... No way I will part from these sound marvels... There is no emerald-green ones available in my country, but a wine and a red ones are looking for their new owner : www.zikinf.com/annonces/annonce-1971745 California Music is a well known guitar-shop in Paris www.zikinf.com/annonces/annonce-1934489 and there's also a Fly Classic www.zikinf.com/annonces/annonce-1972488 ALL are "real" Parker's. You're lucky I don't have €2200 to dilapidate It's very likely that my future poplar guitars will be a Fly Deluxe and a MM Steve Morse : I mainly go for artisan-luthiers' guitars, or little companies doing high-end gear (I'm very into Vigier guitars which are also very innovative)

@@harounel-poussah6936 it’s not about that. I know they are everywhere, I just want mine back. It was soooo hard parting with it and I’m going to search or it patiently till I find it.

thanks

Good bless you hahahahaha

I always loved the Parker design, especially back when they used wood, I think they should not have phased out wood because I think that drove off new customers, not that I believe it makes a difference, if you look into the science and what Les Paul went for, you understand that the intention of a solid body is to isolate the vibration of the strings between the nut and the bridge, to keep an undisturbed vibration, whereas on Acoustic guitars, it was important that the wood would have a clean transfer of vibration into the wood itself like an drum, which is completely opposite on Solid, so even if it is Carbon filter, if it's properly solid, the strings will have a clean sound. (WHY shitty guitars with shitty wood sounds bad, because the vibrations will bounce back into the bridge and then cause a small disturbance in the strings) But a lot of people like wood man, so do i, especially without a paintjob, just clean wood, some like the paintjob so. Parker was too early out with Carbon, or shouldn't have phased out wood but had to series.

@@birdsteak9267 Even the carbon fiber models had wood. Did they make 100% carbon guitars as well?

@@endezeichengrimm Didn't they? That is what I heard, I remember faintly it first started with the neck, then later I remember people complaining that the wood is gone and now their Carbon fiber.

@@birdsteak9267 As far as I know, the bodies were wood with a carbon backing. Which was the appeal of Parkers anyway.

@@birdsteak9267 No. It was a wood guitar with a carbon backing.

Wrong!! They sound great !I have three of them one refined and 2 original Ken parkers. If they're set up correctly they can't be beat but yes, they are very expensive!

@@sunpapa9107 It's very subjective,- one man's trash is another man's treasure .. I can think of 10 or 20 of the top guitarist but The best players on the planet don't play Parker Fly's .. I know some folks play them but I've never seen Allan Holdsworth, Guthrie Govan, Matteo Mancuso, Greg Howe, King Fish, Eric Gales, Andy Timmons, Jeff Beck(rip), Joe Bonamassa, Eric Johnson, Steve Vai, Tosin Abasi, Randy Hansen, Frank Marino, George Benson, Wayne Krantz, John Mcglaughlin, John Mayer, Brian May, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Frank Gambale, Pat Metheny etc.. I could go on forever and really can't think of any famous guitarists in any genre that exclusively play Parker Flys.. and I'm talking about the best known guitarists on the planet.. Greg Koch ... I could go on an on and can't think of any of the top players that play them.. Most of the folks I've listed are collectors, cats with hundreds of guitars and don't ever see Parker Flys..😝

I think that given some time he would have warmed up to it. I think he was mostly missing his scalloped frets

Don't be too sure he didn't loved it, but his contact with Ibanez makes that he won't tell about this... Remember, he once let go that his favourite guitar was his old Strat from the Zappa era! Patrice Vigier once e-mailed Steve to propose him to test the Excalibur, he ended with Steve's lawyer answering him that Steve's contract with Ibanez barred him from getting in touch with anyone from the Vigier company by any mean! The Hoshino guys are too paranoid : Vigier is a family owned company that makes about 500 guitars a year, at best, endorsees will get some free guitars and, when it comes to getting paid, they will be for doing demos at the NAMM, the Musikmesse, etc... Steve gets pad very well to play his JEMs, AFAIK, he was already receiving about $50k+ a year when he recorded Passion & Warfare more than 30 years ago... Actually, the Ibanez contracts that impose exclusivity are not the most clever way to go : Fender or Gibson are more vicious : you have to play their instruments for 2 thirds of the concerts... So, what do people think? That there is no contract and the guy choses Fender or Gibson because he prefers 'em... Nope, he's getting paid for! Let's make things clear : by the end of the 60's, Frank Zappa already declared he was making more money from endorsement contracts than through records sales... Now, when it comes to JEMs, there are some that are really great, others, including expensive ones like the Bad Horsie, that don't sound better than a €250-300 Cort! When it comes to the Ken Parker control over the company, it was just like the Vigier guitars : true high-end gear only... After the company was sold, well, it became a bit like the JEMs : some were great, some not so great, some others you really could do without...And you could have surprises, e.g. a buddy of mine owns a Korea-built P-44pro... This one is absolutely EXCEPTIONAL, and there are no composites, it's an all-wood one... Although it's the only P-44pro I tested, I wouldn't bet they all sound this way I own mainly luthiers' guitars, and the mahogany ones are also considered exceptional, no surprise, the swietenia mahogany was cut before WW1 and is more than 110 years old now, so, let's say that I wasn't really impressed by some highly sought Gibson's that sell at insane prices... When I heard this P-44pro, my reaction was the same as with my 1st contact with my own mahogany guitars : "WOW!!!!"... Mahogany is really picky : In most of the cases, I'm not getting bonkers with it, but sometimes, some industrially produced ones end with a really great wood... Getting smth in this range is usually only available from artisans who will individually select blanks or slabs for their sound, sometimes even using wood from old furniture, you simply can't do this at industrial level

@@harounel-poussah6936 That was very informative of you. Thank you much.

Right...Vai has been playing with Ibanez for almost 3 decades and suddenly he tries a new guitar and gets in love with it, I doubt it, I got in love with a Parker, they are beautiful guitars, but there is one guitar kind for every guitar player and for Vai it is the Ibanez

The tone was horrible to my ears, but the guitar wasn't dialed in, obviously. Or maybe the mic on the smartphone/camera was dogshit, or a combination.