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Hink · Post by **Hink** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:20 pm

tapper mike wrote:Here is my Parker P44 (made in Korea)

It has a bolt in maple neck. 22 Stainless Steel frets along a flat ebony fretboard.

The body is one piece mahogany.

The trem is a traditional 5 spring thing (kind of stiff for my tastes but I'm reluctant to adjust it.

The pickups are standard size humbuckers that are "inspired" from the early seymour duncan models. Making it bright and ritzy. They are coil tapped via the tone control push/pull pot so either both are single or both are humbuckers. A single volume pot for the magnetic pickups and a surprisingly well balaned piezo. The piezo has no tone adjustment it's a simple straight foreward volume with a separate three way switch for magnetic, both or piezo.

parkerp44.jpg

I'm doing like you Mike, one a day...I missed yesterday though because I just had a plain old crappy day

I had a friend when I worked at MARs music who worked at Parker in Wilmington Mass (which is two towns over from me) he managed to sneak a body/neck (unfinished) out of the place. When I went to Daddy's Junky music I worked with another guy who had worked at Parker as well and he was very surprised because I guess the security was very tight...I think that's where they started but I also think they packed up and left town...their facility was about a 5 minute drive from where I went to high school...too bad they were not there when I graduated because I graduated as a certified machinist/tool and die maker...I could have interned there while I was in school

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:21 pm

werp wrote:I had to move out of this room because of lack of space.
not shown...Vox Virage, Fender Cabronita, Dean Cadillac, GRB Kokocaster, Line 6 JTV 59, Tokai Beatle bass, Epiphone Zenith bass. you can see the edge of the line 6 variax 600.

nice wall

werp · Post by **werp** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:45 pm

Guess I should list what's on it...from top left:
LAG Arkane 200, BC Rich Classic Eagle deluxe, Odonnell NAMM 08 prototype
Schecter Stilletto Classic, '94 Gibson Nighthawk, 07 Gibson custom classic #256/400
Roland gr 707, Azumi Nanyo, Ibanez AR200.
3 string locally made c/b guitar and the Hohner G3T.

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:00 am

Aint it though?

I used to have cats and I did a very very bad thing. I lined all my guitars against the wall, not hung, just leaned. Those rascalion cats came flying into the room and my guitars took the domino tumble.

Yeah, Ken Parker sold out to Washburn and sent everyone packing. Honestly I don't know if he sent them packing and then handed over the rights to washurn or the other way round. With mergers/aquisitions it's usually the buyer who breaks the bad news to the workers.

I loved the old parkers but could never afford one. The P44 was just after washburn aquired the name brand and started having "p" guitars made overseas. (Originally cort in Korea)

The three big things about the originals.
More slender necks (I think they are thinner then wizards) Better harmonics. Tone pot on the piezo, 3 way trem system on the butt. Locked, down, floating

werp · Post by **werp** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:00 am

a close up of the cigar box 3 string.
The woodgrain tells a story of a dude who discovers his girl cheating on him.
he took to her with a 12 gauge to show his displeasure.
the grain shows her legs, torso and her left arm trailing off the bed.

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:39 am

werp wrote:a close up of the cigar box 3 string.
The woodgrain tells a story of a dude who discovers his girl cheating on him.
he took to her with a 12 gauge to show his displeasure.
the grain shows her legs, torso and her left arm trailing off the bed.

that's cool werp...not a guitar but here's a hammered dulcimer I built...the entire build is documented in the diy forum

werp · Post by **werp** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:49 am

I shall take a look. I wasn't aware of the DIY forum, thanks Hink
I need something to do with my copious amounts of spare time

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 3:00 am

Is that an Ovation on the right side?

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 3:28 am

tapper mike wrote:Is that an Ovation on the right side?

well that might be for another day

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 4:00 am

Hink wrote:
that's cool werp...not a guitar but here's a hammered dulcimer I built...the entire build is documented in the diy forum

Do you play it?

My non existant luthery/woodworking skills are just that. It's amazing I trust myself to do basic guitar setup.

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 4:11 am

Heres mine

KungKrille · Post by **KungKrille** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:17 pm

My Hagström Ultra Swede

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:28 pm

Showing the national pride huh, Nice.

Here's my Michael Kelly Phoenix Vibe.
Mostly mahogany with what I believe is a spruce top. Hard to see but it's trans black quilted top.

mkpv.jpg

Got up too late and had to use a flash

fateamenabletochange · Mon Mar 31, 2014 7:02 pm

Superb looking guitar.

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 9:23 pm

fateamenabletochange wrote:Superb looking guitar.

And that's about all it's good for. Looking at. The tuners are for crap as is the truss rod. The floating bridge saddles are as low as they can go and the action is still a little higher then my comfort zone. Scale length on a box like this should be 24 this thing feels like 26. I can't intonate it because that would mean having it stay in tune to get an accurate reading to begin with. If I had better tuners it would be not a problem.

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