Parker Fly Electric Guitar

Description:

This electric guitar was made by Parker Guitars of Willmington, Massachusetts in 1997. The company began in the early 1990s by luthier, Ken Parker. Parker Fly guitars are unique in their appearance and incorporate a radical new approach to the construction of electric guitars. Ken Parker was co-patentee with Lawrence Fishman on a number of patents for this new style of guitar. In 2003 the company was sold to U.S. Music Corporation in Illinois. This electric guitar is a Fly Classic Model, serial #028017BMH, with four control knobs: master volume, magnetic volume, magnetic tone, and piezo volume and tone, and two toggle switches: magnetic pickup selector and piezo/magnetic pickup selector.

Date Made: 1997

Maker: Parker Guitars

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Wilmington

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Related Publication: parkersguitars.com

Credit Line: Gift of Ken Parker and Larry Fishman

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1997.0299.01Accession Number: 1997.0299Catalog Number: 1997.0299.01

Object Name: guitar

Measurements: overall: 45 cm x 32 cm x 95 cm; 17 11/16 in x 12 5/8 in x 37 3/8 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-4ffd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_608161

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