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FLY BASS MODELS

FLY SELECT MODELS

NiteFly-SA**

NiteFly-M

NiteFly-A*

Fly Bass 5 String

Fly Bass 4 String

Fly Mojo Bass

PB 51

PB 61

Fly Supreme

Fly Artist

Nylon Fly

Bronze Fly

TONES/SOUNDS

Lively, fast response. 

Clean pickin', rhythm 

cuts through easily.

Sweet, full midrange; 

singing upper register 

w/ immediate response.

Excellent fat warm tones,

with very good sustain.

A huge range of classic 

and modern tones from 

the magnetic and piezo 

systems. Ergonomic 

controls allow easy 

blending and mixing of 

the two systems.

A huge range of classic 

and modern tones from 

the magnetic and piezo 

systems. Ergonomic 

controls allow easy 

blending and mixing of 

the two systems.

Rich and clear tones

with a ferocious

low-end

Big bass feel for an array 

of classic to modern tones

Brilliant, crisp 

and balanced; creamy 

powerful distortion.

Gigantic Lush 

bottom end; new levels 

of velvet crunch.

Powerful response; 

luminous tones.

Sparkling, warm tones; 

exceptional clarity 

and note separation.

BODY

WOOD

Swamp Ash

Mahogany

Alder

Sitka Spruce with Quilted Maple face and back

Mahogany body with 

Flame Maple top

Mahogany body 

with Spalted Maple top

Big Leaf Maple

Sitka Spruce

CONSTRUCTION

Solid one piece

12 layers of acoustic-guitar-top Sitka Spruce

Solid two piece construction

Solid one piece

FINISH

Polyurethane

Satin Oiled

Polyurethane

Satin

Polyurethane

BRIDGE

Parker cast vibrato bridge with stainless steel saddles

Custom Ibanez

®

Mono-Rail II Bridge

Mono-Rail String-Thru

Parker cast aluminum vibrato bridge

Parker custom ebony 

bridge with abalone 

inlaid tie-block

Parker custom cast 

aluminum bridge with 

stainless steel saddles

VIBRATO SYSTEM

3 spring; 3 mode stop screw; fixed, bend down only, or floating

NA

3 spring; 3 mode stop screw; fixed, bend down only, or floating

NECK

WOOD

Maple

Mahogany

Maple

Mahogany with Figured Maple Headstock

Mahogany and Ebony

Basswood

NECK DESIGN

Solid one piece with carbon-glass-epoxy reinforcement

12 horizontal layers of continuos wood fiber w/ woven carbon reinforcement

7 piece construction

Solid one piece with carbon-glass-epoxy reinforcement

NECK-TO-BODY JOINT

True bolt-on with half-round precision joint

Custom PAF deep pocket, long-tongue design

Neck-Thru

Composite-reinforced, carved multiple finger joint

SCALE

25.5"

34"

25.5"

NO. OF FRETS

22

24

FRET MATERIAL

Hardened stainless steel

Nickel S

Hardened stainless steel

FRET SIZE

.050" high, .105"wide

.045" high, .095" wide

FRETBOARD

Carbon-glass-epoxy .20" composite

Ebony

Carbon-glass-epoxy .20" composite

FRETBOARD SHAPE

10"- 15" conical form

10"-13" conical form

Infinite (flat)

10"-13" conical form

NECK SHAPE

Width: Regular  Thickness: Fat

Width: Wide  Thickness: Regular

FINISH

Polyurethane

Satin

Polyurethane

NUT

GraphTech

®

Graphite

Brass

GraphTech

®

Ivoroid

GraphTech

®

NUT WIDTH

1.68"

1.8"

1.6"

1.68"

1.9"

1.68"

STRING SPACING AT BRIDGE 2.14"

.670" string to string

.750" string to string

2.25”

2.14"

2.25"

2.14"

STRING SPACING AT NUT 1.38"

.364" string to string

.422" string to string

1.25”

1.43"

1.6"

1.43"

TRUSS ROD

Custom design, light-weight steel

Double 17.322

Custom design, high strength music wire

TUNERS

Sperzel

®

locking

Open Gear L*4

Satin black Sperzel

®

locking

Gold custom 

Sperzel

®

open-gear

Sperzel

®

locking

ELECTRONICS

MAGNETIC PICKUPS

DiMarzio

®

Custom wound

DiMarzio

®

Custom Wound Ultra Jazz

Active EMG 35 HZ

DiMarzio

®

Custom wound

NA

NO. AND CONFIG

3/HSS

2/HH

3/HSS

2/SS

2/HH

NA

MAGNETIC PU SELECTOR 5 way pickup selector

3 way pickup selector

5 way pickup selector

Pan pot

Individual Volume 

controls

None

3 way pickup selector 

NA

PIEZO SYSTEM

6 element Fishman piezo

NA

5-element Fishman

®

piezo 4 element Fishman

®

piezo None

6 element Fishman piezo

PREAMP/MIXER

Active custom Fishman

®

stereo preamp

NA

Active custom Fishman

®

stereo preamp w/ voltage doubled

Active EMG 35 HZ

Active custom Fishman

®

stereo preamp

OTHER CONTROLS

Mag volume, Mag tone, Piezo volume, Mag/Piezo 

3-way selector

Master Volume, Mag 

Tone, Mag Tone w/push-

pull coil tap

Master Volume, Mag Volume, Mag PU pan, Mag 

PU 2 band EQ (stacked), Piezo vol & active tone 

(stacked)

Master Volume, Mag 

Volume, Mag PU pan, 

Mag PU 2 band EQ 

(stacked)

Mag Volume, Blend, Active EQ, Tone

Mag volume, Mag tone w/push-pull coil tap,

Piezo volume, Mag/Piezo 3-way selector

Piezo Volume, Mag/Piezo 3-way selector

OUTPUT 

Split stereo or summed mono; "Smart Switching" jack Mono

1/4”

Split stereo or summed mono; "Smart Switching" jack

MISCELLANEOUS

WEIGHT (VARIES SLIGHTLY) 7.75 pounds

7.5 pounds

7.75 pounds

9 pounds

5 pounds

4.5 pounds

4 pounds

STRINGS

Vinci

®

.009"-.042"

Vinci

®

Nickel Strings

Vinci

®

.045” - .100”

Vinci

®

.009” - .042”

Vinci

®

Vinci

®

.009” - .042”

OTHER FEATURES

Custom Parker Hardcase Available

Custom Ebony Knobs

SHIPS WITH

Custom Parker Hardcase

Custom Parker Gig bag

Custom Parker Hardcase

THE PARKER UNIVERSE

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Summary of Contents for BRONZE FLY

Page 1: ...ELECTRICS AND ACOUSTICS 2007...

Page 2: ...ented construction you won t find anywhere else 1 PIEZO VOLUME 2 MAG TONE W PUSH PULL COIL TAP 3 MAG VOLUME 4 MAG PIEZO SELECTOR SWITCH 5 MAG PICKUP SWITCH QUICK CHANGE ARTISTRY Large hall Micro stage...

Page 3: ...n why Parkers are so perfectly balanced and comfortable to play SCULPTED SHAPE BODY RANGING IN THICKNESS FROM 1 2 1 1 2 WEIGHT 5 POUNDS 2 VOICES OR 2000 Parker s dual pickup systems work together to d...

Page 4: ...Parker s engineers have developed a single cut away design with a mahogany body and mahogany neck joined together by Parker s patented multi finger joint that contributes to the evenness of the sound...

Page 5: ...d influence others through its spectrum of sound PARKER FLY MOJO FLY MOJO The first of the Mojo Series the Fly Mojo delivers warm full tones and a heavy full bodied sound It s unique sound comes from...

Page 6: ...e PARKER FLY FLY DELUXE The one piece poplar body delivers the edgy immediate tones charac teristic of R B rock and country western Engineered as only Parker can our reinforced basswood neck gives you...

Page 7: ...e maple top over the solid mahogany body The carved maple top adds high end crispness and sparkle to the sound It also comes with Seymour Duncan Jazz and JB pickups with classic chrome covers AVAILABL...

Page 8: ...ss steel frets AVAILABLE COLORS Cream White Indigo Blue Cherry Red SHOWN Cream White SOUTHERN NITEFLY The Southern NiteFly features a beautiful swamp ash body and solid maple neck matched perfectly to...

Page 9: ...h it just begs to be played AVAILABLE COLORS Natural Black SHOWN Natural NITEFLY SA The ultra light swamp ash body of the NiteFly SA has a lively fast response that s ideal for clean pickin and cut it...

Page 10: ...Flame Honey Burst Pearl White SHOWN Flame Honey Burst 10 PARKER GUITARS 2007 PRODUCT GUIDE PARKER PM SERIES PM 20 ALL NEW SHAPE BEST OF BOTH WORLD S TRADITION MEETS PARKER The PM 20 delivers the firs...

Page 11: ...AVAILABLE COLORS Trans Cherry Dusty Black Natural Mahogany SHOWN Natural Mahogany P 42 With a solid mahogany body and maple bolt on neck the P 42 screams with lightening fast response and a sweet ful...

Page 12: ...rowth Sitka Spruce which showcases and enriches the piezos more than any other body material The 24 fret reinforced basswood neck completes the sonic equation creating thicker warmer more complex tone...

Page 13: ...es and added an integrated thumb rest for ease and comfort in play An ebony fingerboard and bass balanced bridge add solid punch and sustain to this remarkable instrument Our first acoustic bass may w...

Page 14: ...s tones that can be adapted to any musical style AVAILABLE COLORS Silver Burst Black Matte Gold Matte SHOWN Silverburst Gold Matte PB61SP A Mahogany body with neck thru construction combined with a br...

Page 15: ...with Gold Grover Titan Tuners SHOWN Sunburst Parker Guitars are known for their creativity and innovation thus it was natural that we set our sights on developing jazz guitars that fit the Parker phi...

Page 16: ...boration of our talented design staff in conjunction with our luthiers Working closely with Larry Fishman we developed a pickup system that is exclusively designed for Parker and is second to none 16...

Page 17: ...tronics it has a Fishman Pickup System exclusively designed for Parker As for tuners Parker opted for Grover Sta Tite 97 series 14 1 chrome machine heads while butter bean buttons provide classic styl...

Page 18: ...om sources all around the globe and include solid spruce cedar birdseye maple and rosewood With a folk size body these guitars produce a full balanced articulate tone and are well suited to the season...

Page 19: ...22 ACOUSTIC GUITAR Features a Solid Cedar top with Solid Sapele back with a Ebony fingerboard bridge The Intrigue Series guitars all feature a zero fret for stable tone even when chord voicings includ...

Page 20: ...ETBOARD Carbon glass epoxy 20 composite FRETBOARD SHAPE 10 13 conical form 10 15 conical form NECK SHAPE Width Wide Thickness Regular Width Regular Thickness Fat FINISH Polyurethane NUT GraphTech NUT...

Page 21: ...F FRETS 22 24 FRET MATERIAL Hardened stainless steel Nickel S Hardened stainless steel FRET SIZE 050 high 105 wide 045 high 095 wide FRETBOARD Carbon glass epoxy 20 composite Ebony Carbon glass epoxy...

Page 22: ...10 13 conical form Neck Shape Width Regular Thickness Regular Width Regular Thickness Fat Finish Polyurethane Satin Polyurethane Nut Bone Graphite Nut Width 1 69 1 653 String Spacing At Bridge 2 14 4...

Page 23: ...ion Neck To Body Joint Dove Tail Style 15F Joint Neck Dove Tail Style Scale 25 5 24 3 4 34 1 64 No Of Frets 19 20 24 Fret Material Nickel S Nickel S Fret Size 045 high 095 Wide 039 High 1 06 Wide Fret...

Page 24: ...Y BURST FLAME MAPLE TRADITIONAL BURST GOLD MATTE HEATHER GREY ICE BLUE BURST INDIGO BLUE MAJIK BLUE METALLIC BLACK METALLIC GREY NATURAL NATURAL MAHOGANY NATURAL SATIN PEARL WHITE QUILTED BUBINGA SILV...

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