turns out that they cover the parkers in carbon fiber, then bake them in an over, fuckin crazy
either way, thought i'd share, and they still sound meh lol
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:26 am
by Ninja Mike 808
They vaccum seal it!
I hate the way they look, though the carrying handle must be convenient.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:27 am
by Jagermeister
I don't hate the way parkers look, and the only one I've played was a goofy Tele copy one that I didn't quite hate...
The appointments on most of them don't appeal to me, but the construction seems quite novel.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:46 am
by James
I'd love to give one a go sometime. I hate trying guitars in guitar shops, you never really feel like you're finding out much about it. Someone should buy one and bring it to Doogfest next year.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:50 am
by Mo Law-ka
James wrote:I'd love to give one a go sometime. I hate trying guitars in guitar shops, you never really feel like you're finding out much about it. Someone should buy one and bring it to Doogfest next year.
*cough*fran*cough
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:20 am
by Haze
haha, fran would rock the fuck out of a parker
and yeah, the carrying handle does seem like it would get its use, i've got big hands, but i still don't like carrying my strat by its upper horn
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:26 am
by Baaan012
that thing is hideous but its a very interesting way of production. . . and "its unbreakable". . . i find that hard to beleive
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:29 am
by Haze
Baaan012 wrote:that thing is hideous but its a very interesting way of production. . . and "its unbreakable". . . i find that hard to beleive
*truck*
carbon fiber is VERY tough, but if you give it a good smashing, it'll snap
HOWEVER, i dont think teh kurdtz or hendrix could have snapped it at the end of a show
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:32 am
by Ninja Mike 808
I saw we test, some one find a cheap one on Craigslist!
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:45 am
by Will
I like 'em a lot - except the upper horn always nails me right in the sternum. I've always though they sounded pretty good.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:27 am
by timhulio
I do want a Parker, specifically the southern nitefly (the tele one) but the piezo pickups are just employed to produce pointless acoustic sonds, not more useful (for me) midi. The guitars themselves don't bother me that much, but the people who usually play them are choads, they're built by fucking clowns (watch any of the factory tour vids on youtube) and there's actually a model called the 'mojo'. And finally there's a limited edition of 50 covered in real snakeskin, which is just a bit grim.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:56 pm
by Haze
yeah, thats my main turn off on these, is if i own one, i'll turn into a wanker
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:26 pm
by Billy3000
From the title of this thread I was expecting it to be about how you were so baked that you bought a parker guitar... haha!
I hate teh way that they look but love how lightweight they are. I've never played one plugged in so I don't know how they sound. But if they could make a more traditional looking guitar I would be all over it!