How about this custom paintjob on a Parker Fly

Johnny Storm · 12-10-2007 5:25pm #1

Custom painted for Rick Neilson.

Karl Hungus · 12-10-2007 5:26pm

No, don't like it at all.

DeadSkin · 12-10-2007 5:30pm

Feel very dizzy and nauseous after that, but it's some paintjob

False_God · 12-10-2007 5:31pm

thought it was a crap photoshop! haha

Johnny Storm · 12-10-2007 7:31pm

It's all hand painted apparently.
Here it is in action:

Rustar · 12-10-2007 8:58pm

I like it. The oddness of the paint takes away some of the oddness of the body shape.

Karl Hungus · 13-10-2007 7:56am

Rustar wrote: »

The oddness of the paint takes away some of the oddness of the body shape.

Which is BLASPHEMY!!!

The Fly shape should be the greatest oddness!

Rustar · 13-10-2007 1:56pm

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Which is BLASPHEMY!!!

The Fly shape should be the greatest oddness!

How about, "Karl Hungus plays checkerboard Fly for Cheap Trick".....picking out the greatest oddness there could be a rough chore!

I'm one of the few people who really loves the Fly, but it's still a shock to the eyes whenever I see one. :eek:

Karl Hungus · 13-10-2007 1:57pm

Wouldn't be anything odd about me playing a Fly, I really do like them, and nearly bought one myself not so long ago.

Rustar · 13-10-2007 2:02pm

If I could afford anything more than a white&gold Epi LP for my next guitar, I'd have one too.

Edit: Although, poking around on Musician's Friend, I see that they're now selling Variax 300's for a mere $299.00....I just might have to buy one 'to see'!

Karl Hungus · 13-10-2007 2:11pm

Rustar wrote: »

Edit: Although, poking around on Musician's Friend, I see that they're now selling Variax 300's for a mere $299.00....I just might have to buy one 'to see'!

Ah god no! Awful playing guitars, really, just crud. That's why so many people are just buying them and transplanting the electronics into a whole new guitar.

Try save up and get a nice Parker second hand.

Rustar · 13-10-2007 3:48pm

Tried one out in the store... doesn't play like my Schecter, but it's certainly playable.

Now the bass, on the other hand, I've heard really good things about.

ferdi · 13-10-2007 3:56pm

yes i'll have that. i've a soft spot for the auld 2Tone
also i like the one pickup and one knob thing.

JohnnyStones · 13-10-2007 4:01pm

i think the Fly looks the sh*t, went looking to buy one a few years ago and found out it looks way better than it feels(way to light)

really glad i didn't get one now, not a great Axe but i still think it looks pretty smart.:cool:

ferdi · 13-10-2007 4:05pm

yeah i heard they weigh about 2kg...crazy stuff.

Johnny Storm · 13-10-2007 4:09pm

They (Flys) play great.

slavetothegrind · 14-10-2007 3:02pm

Thats a cool paint job but that is one ugly, wierd for the sake of it, guitar!

Reminds me of those horrible guitars in the 80's without headstocks and korg midi jobs!

UUUUgh!:eek:

SirLemonhead · 14-10-2007 3:06pm

Does he not play Hamers anymore?

Rustar · 14-10-2007 3:20pm

joeclif wrote:

Thats a cool paint job but that is one ugly, wierd for the sake of it, guitar!

It's weird for the engineering of it. It weighs next to nothing, and those in the know (e.g., Johnny Storm) claim it plays like a combination of butter and lightning.

joeclif wrote:

Reminds me of those horrible guitars in the 80's without headstocks and korg midi jobs! UUUUgh!:eek:

Having gigged with a Steinberger bass in the 90's, I can tell you that it's one of the best-playing and best-sounding (despite the lack of body mass) basses I have ever played.
No one around me ever said anything negative about the looks, either.
Of course, that could just be because I'm Rustar.

Karl Hungus · 14-10-2007 3:37pm

I've played both Parker and Steinberger guitars, and the Parker was just so much better, they're incomparible.

slavetothegrind · 14-10-2007 3:47pm

Can't and won't knock the playability or sound from either,

guess you have to be Rustar to get away with the looks though:D

For me the best sounding bass i ever played was a musicman through an Ampeg SVT 2 stack. MMMMMMMM! Can still feel it!:)
The musicman is clearly lead filled in the centre and will redefine your posture.

of course it wasn't mine, and my 50watt peavy was heartbreakingly poor after that experience, never mind the cheap ass bass i had!

Karl Hungus · 14-10-2007 3:53pm

I love the look of the Fly myself. Just really unique. There's not enough guitars out there that really do their own thing stylistically, and there's a vast amount that are just basic strat shaped ones.

Yeah, those music man basses are absolutely incredible. Used to know a guy who had one, and it was just gorgeous.

Quattroste · 14-10-2007 7:31pm

I bought a Parker and couldn't wait to get rid of it. Absolutle sh1te. It wasn't a Fly now, it was one of the lower grade ones and I would only recommend it to one of my enemies!

I'd imagine the high end Parkers are great but the lower end stuff really sucks.

It wasn't me! · 14-10-2007 9:57pm

I'd love to play a Steinberger.

How about this custom paintjob on a Parker Fly

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