Parker P Series

Medicine Melancholy · Post by **Medicine Melancholy** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:57 pm

Anyone got one of these guitars? I had my eyes on the P44 at first, then the P38 as it has some Singul Coilz:

Pretty neat and they can go for quite cheap second hand.

Fat Strat configs are a little vanilla though, but I probably feel that way since my first guitar was.

Apparently it has a 10-13 Radius which is pretty cool.

ac88 · Post by **ac88** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:02 pm

It seems as though everyone who plays them swears by them, but they are just straight uggo... Kind of like the peavey wolfgang or whatever its called.

Medicine Melancholy · Post by **Medicine Melancholy** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:03 pm

I hate that Peavey body shape but I like the Parkers. I'd be worried about the upper horn poking into my boobs though.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:08 pm

grooossssssssssss

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:23 pm

For a Parker, that's almost tolerable looking
I'd like to give it a go someday

Medicine Melancholy · Post by **Medicine Melancholy** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:33 pm

Keep in mind that's slightly awkward lighting.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:41 pm

One of my friends in a Wedding Covers Band has one and loves it.
Aesthetically they are like an uncool Fender Performer but im sure they play great and cover 63,000 sonic possibilities whilst having no specific inherent character. Which = guy in a wedding covers band

Medicine Melancholy · Post by **Medicine Melancholy** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:54 pm

Yes, the no specific inherent character is why I decided to go over to Jags & JMs for my next purchase.

However I think the Piezo blend probably has some of it's own character. It's a shame because the functionality on the guitar is pretty epic, great Trem, fairly light weight, different looking, good Piezo sounds.

I may get one just for the novelty of having an acoustic sound with some good whammy action. It sounds like ah'm playan slaahhd.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:40 pm

Medicine Melancholy wrote:Yes, the no specific inherent character is why I decided to go over to Jags & JMs for my next purchase.

Depends how you look at that, give Thurston Moore or Brian Molko a Parker Fly to play their back catalogue and you will then know the two Offsets do have a shitload of inherent character. There is not one piece of music ever recorded were you can say "yeah, thats a Parker Fly...", with Jags and Jazzys there is plenty.
I dont want to come across as a twat but its hard to understand until you have owned one.

Medicine Melancholy · Post by **Medicine Melancholy** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:50 pm

Yeah, I get you. To be fair most guitars in general are like that, settling for a HH configuration or some Stratty single coils.

It's bothersome because I really want a guitar with a unique sound. Teles have a habit of sounding like Teles at least at low gain, but they're fairly heavily used. May just have to give up on that, guitars with a more unique sound may not be that versatile anyway.

It's made me think though that getting a Coil Split Jag might not be such a bad idea since the "Proper" sound I'm missing out on is pretty much just any other single coil sound anyway. At least with for example the HH Classic Player, you can go in between.

Of course, i could always get the Parker and put unique sounding pickups in them.

AaronGuitarDude · Post by **AaronGuitarDude** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:06 pm

one of the ugliest body in the world

Medicine Melancholy · Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:16 pm

Disagree. I can see how it's a departure from the traditional look but there are a lot of bodies I've seen that are just kind of ugly. The EVHs are pushing it. There's something about the ratio of angles to one another. Something looks odd, but "right" about it to me.

The SX SJM is another guitar that's "pushing it", not quite ugly but close.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SX_SJM

It does look a bit like a paint splat or something though, a lot of alternative body shapes have that habit.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:50 pm

These guitars are designed for old fatties. There, I said it. Can't play one for more than 45 seconds without wishing I had no nipples or ribs, and that's when I wanted to enjoy them.

I do think that SX SJM thing is pretty ugz, for the same reason I think Parkers are ugz: when designing a body, it's best to have features besides "Fender body shape" and "compromise" in mind.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:36 pm

paul_ wrote:Can't play one for more than 45 seconds without wishing I had no nipples or ribs,