Parker Guitars Fly Mojo

One guitar that I always wanted to try a Parker Mojo Fly. So I purchased a used one and from day one had problems with it. It wouldn't stay in tune and the sound really wasn't on par with my other guitars (a PRS custom 22 and an Ibanez Prestige Team J Craft - don't expect me to remember the exact model of that Ibanez, as it's all numbers and letters No matter what I did, I couldn't keep this thing in tune. Even with the locking tuners. I tried many different sets of strings, nut lube on the nut and bridge, even chap stick and pencil lead.

UTILIZATION

I have been playing electric guitar for many years, and in that time, I've owned many guitars. Some great, some ok, and some, just pure junk. There was a time when I had over 20 guitars (electric and acoustic). At that time, maybe 1 or 2 were great, 1 or 2 were ok, and the rest. Junk. So years have gone by and I decided I would rather have just a few great guitars than a bunch of junk. quality over quantity I guess. I was thinking that the Parker Mojo Fly was going to be the fix that I needed. But I guess not, unless I just had a defected unit but I wasn’t going to take a chance and get another one.


SOUNDS


Everything you could do to try and keep this thing tuned up, I tried...no luck. Still for the few minutes that it was in tune, it certainly wasn't a bad guitar. It felt great, sounded pretty good, and looked beautiful. So it was with reluctance that I decided to bring it back and exchange for something else. It was possible that since I purchased it used that something was wrong with it.

OVERALL OPINION

Good thing that the store let me return. But besides the tune part, the guitar looks and feels pretty good. But if you don’t want to be out of tune, pass on this one.

This is one of the higher end Parkers out there. Parkers are cool guitars known for their use of composite materials and very modern designs. I think this is the best sounding Parker they make. This guitar has a mahogany body and mahogany set neck. The fretboard is Parkers composite design which is very similar to ebony. The fretboard is made from a carbon class composite. The fretboard is wide with a compound radius design. The frets on the fretboard are stainless steel which is great. Stainless steel frets do not wear out like nickle frets so once you get them leveled correctly they will stay perfectly leveled. The electronics on this guitar are very cool. The guitar comes with a normal set of Seymour Duncan magnetic pickups. You get the good JB Jazz set with those. The guitar also has an active piezo pickup built into the bridge.

UTILIZATION

This guitar is super comfortable. The guitar has a super light weight design. The guitar is thin so it does not really feel like mahogany. The body has nice cutaways and bevels that give you good upper fret access. There are no inlays on the fretboard but there are always side markers. The composite fretboard is super smooth. This along with the stainless steel frets means you get nice smooth playability. Stainless steel frets dont get rough for worn out so they will always be smooth. The tremolo design is pretty interesting. It works pretty well it seems and stays in tune well for being non locking.

SOUNDS

Parkers are always unique sounding guitars because of their design. They tend to be a bit brighter than your normal guitar. The Seymour Duncan pickup in this guitar compliment this well but giving you a nice singing tone that can really cut through. The JB in the bridge with the Jazz in the neck is a very common set that is very versatile. The Jazz is similar to the 59 but with more bite on the high end. The 59 is so vintage and smooth on some guitars it can get pretty muddy. The Jazz fixes that by added some more treble to the voicing of the pickup. When playing fast leads in the neck position the Jazz will have a clearer sound than the 59. The 59 is more voiced towards slower bluesy leads while the Jazz is better for fast shredding or even jazz. Having slightly less low end than the 59 means the Jazz is less boomy and will have more clarity when it comes to playing. This also means the clean tones are very good. With less low end the high strings in the clean tones will really ring out and do not get overpowered by the bass end strings on the Parker. The JB is great as well. The guitars brighter sound complements these two relatively bright pickups. I did not have a proper amp to test the Piezo on this guitar but from what I have seen and heard it sounds like a normal Piezo pickup.

OVERALL OPINION

These Parker guitars are pretty cool and unusual. Their modern design seems to throw off a lot of people and so not many people play them. The people who play them love the design. The guitars are super comfortable and the neck plays extremely smooth. With its unique bright sound you wont get lost in any mixes any time soon. If you are looking for a guitar that is something different the Parker Mojo is a good one.

The Parker Guitars Mojo Fly is an electric guitar that is made in the USA and is extremely unique sounding and looking. It has two humbucker style pick ups with two switches to control each, as well as two volume knobs and a tone control knob. It also has a whammy bar and has quite a thin neck.

UTILIZATION

The neck of the Parker Guitars Mojo Fly is very thin and really feels fluid and nice on the fingers. It is very easy to play, whether you are playing lead guitar or rhythm and is overall very very light in weight. Getting a good sound is pretty easy as this is inherently a great sounding guitar with a good amount of control available over your tone.

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The Parker Guitars Mojo Fly is great for all types of music, but I've used it mostly for rock and pop music. I find that I get great results for recording when I plug this guitar into my 1976 Fender Twin Reverb and throw up a Shure SM57 mic. The sound is really watery and fluid and really excels for playing clean rhythm parts. It is hard to describe the tone of this guitar because it is pretty unique, and I would strongly encourage those interested to go down to your local dealer and try it out for yourself.

OVERALL OPINION

I've been using the Parker Guitars Mojo Fly for about a year and I've found it to be a great guitar that is unique to itself in all aspects including the look and the sound. This is a different type of guitar and while it probably isn't for everyone, I've come to love it and believe it is worthy of a try by all guitar players. The price of the Parker Guitars Mojo Fly isn't that expensive, but isn't cheap and for this reason I would only recommend it to those looking for a top notch guitar who believe this style and sound of guitar fit in with their style. Overall, the Parker Guitars Mojo Fly is definitely worth a play.

United States Construction
Body and handle one pice in Mahogany
Seymour & Duncan Jazz (neck), JB (neck)
Micro Piezo-Electric Fishman
Carbon-Glass Key
Custom vibrato, two directions of operation
Custom Bridge
Mcaniques Sperzel ddies
Truss-Ultra-lightweight ddibr Road /> Weight: 2.8 kg
24 frets

3 knobs: volume microphones, piezo volume, the tone selector with 2 single / double coil.
2 switches: micro bridge / neck / both, and piezo / mic / both
Stereo output is available to connect the amp on a piezo (acoustic amp for example) and Seymour & Duncan on another ...

The bte needs a 9v battery to function (amplification of the piezo signal and mix piezzos microphones "classic").

Pulling the strings tip: 0.9 - 0.42

Parker Fly and look ...

Mine is red varnish: we see the wood for transparency, aspect by far is the original form is often discussed (personal love), but prs guitar puts everyone in agreement : + red wood look is beautiful.

Book by tui rigid (plastic, of course) Designed specially for the beautiful. The tui includes all the hardware ncessaire rgler guitar (cls), cl closes and is fully equilibrated. There are sites for wiring, straps, batteries, rags ... and o Fast-Fret came back stack (coincidence?).

In short, CHARACTERISTICS impeccable. 10 hsitation without ... Despite the price.

UTILIZATION

Well, on the sleeve, touching the perfection Access in acute is unheard of, the handle is up to 2cm thick 24me cargo without any EXAGRES. This is the great advantage of a handle and a body in one pice.
It is enjoyable trs, the neck and fingerboard are covered with carbon and glass slide perfectly.
Point of view shape of the handle, it approaches a Ibanez (finesse, curve of the bridge), it is possible not apprcier is true that this race is wide enough that end trs .

As for the planimtrie, and droiteur the handle is irrprochable.
The frets are the same size as Gibson frets, thin enough so.

I did not need to rgler this guitar, it RULES factory and does not seem to move ... trs the action is low and constant. The neck is REALLY a highway.

Vibrato is enjoyable, well-calibrated the floyd ncessaire force the action too. The vibrato is fully lockable, it can also be activated in one direction, and in two senses. This action can not be made live like a Fender Jazzmaster, but you have to take the keys supplied with the machine and take 1 minute to drive a little mcanique. The Systm is really well thought out.

The weight can play for hours without getting tired feet at all.

For maintenance, least of all products, freight and the key carbon (coated glass) would not stand. The only possibility is clean water (wet cloth lgrement). We must therefore devote some time the guitar the end of each use to remove all traces of sweat, so as not to risk a dtrioration the handle.
Since I (3 years), freight and touch my guitar did not take the slightest trace of wear.
The table wears more by fingerprints as the key.

The Sperzel mcaniques fill out their rle trs: 30 Seconds to change a string, counting 10 seconds to get out the rope from the packaging ... The action is prcise ankles and effective. I have the game on one of my tuning pegs though. She also seems to wear a little faster ropes?

On knobs and switches, they are well positioned trs. The knobs are effective and prcis, the knob of tone that can go from simple humbucker is well thought out.
But the pageantry default Much of my guitar: the switches are not reliable.
Sometimes frquemment the switch of a microphone in the other rsulte ... no sound, or sound abnormally low. Each change is accompanied by a more grsillement. The best Manir switch will ensure that a property is to play hard for us to change ... impractical. More teacher, this same problem of the passage switch ESG simple double coil, and vice versa.
The opening of the cover (the rear) shows that this is not a priori problem of electronic ... but to switch. Speaking of electronics, the welds are clean, the cables to the maximum gains, the interior is painted over mtalise to shield the whole, in short it's clean.
In fact, it is possible to remdier this problem by twisting strips of lgrement mtal to ensure contact. But the problem comes tt or later and you have to redo the manip.
Few srieux for a guitar of this level together and this award.

Regarding the playing position, the weight helps find enjoyable standing position is really good with the straps and their orientation. The guitar is trs balance.
Sitting, the corner suprieur can enter the stomach ... some people find this guitar dsagrable sitting, despite the good investment in the hollow of the leg.
Note that the positioning of the straps to mount prevents straplocks "classic" Dunlop on guitar: to ensure the strap, it is necessary to use straps with Straplock included, such as Designed by Planet-Waves.

Only 8 for the (only) problem with the switches, but with a guitar like one is obliged to be demanding, and obviously the choice of a t switches bacl ... it's a shame.
edit: Note also that after several years I have found small traces of corrosion on the bridge, as well as screws knobs (the coup, one of my knobs is loose). It does not seem to be more serious than a, but rather pnible maintenance.

SOUNDS

This guitar is not that of ergonomics is also a great sound.

When empty, the scratching sounds. Each note is distinct, prcise, round, no freeze with strings of good quality. A rgal. The sustain is important dja trs.

We start with the piezo. Dja good, has a piezo remains: it is not with ropes and pulling of the guitar-shaped wood that imitate the sound of folk. It must however be noted that the piezo sounds great, and the balance of acute overdose Manir crdible done everything. Its volume is very well adjusted compared to Seymour, the mix between the two signals work well and can make any sound made INTERESTED, including use of jazz. used with distortion and especially an amp that supports it, it can make original sounds. Warning, if the battery is not in his youth Premire, its volume can vary, which is pluttgnant.

We go to Seymour & Duncan:
- In the bridge: the Seymour Duncan JB & is known to be a screamer. His is by no reputable usurps ... This is the passive micro rock rv flanked at least in this guitar.
In single coil, and clear, it is a little anecdote: it's a typical country trs, trs nasal. However, the Tone knob lets give it some blues sounding. Coupled a distortion, it's velvet attacks extremely prcises, brightness, shades, a twang, everything is there.
Double coil is immediately heavier: a real nice blues sound, warm wishes, changed the tone wanted with the knob. The output level is plutt lev and a micro possde trslger grain. A distortion is velvet ... trs spend much treble, all harmonics are Submitted, tufts doing well. Rendering, and especially prsence the brilliance of this micro really apprciables, particulirement in the treble that are really its scope.

- In the neck: the Seymour Duncan Jazz &.
In single coil, and clear the attacks are beautiful, crisp and prcises trs. It was a bit like finding the sound of a stratum, the same precision, a bit less but really slamming round. Once again, the Tone knob allows you to really "shaper" his sound with precision. Submitted are the serious trs. A distortion of this returns a micro trs his brilliant attacks trs free, dynamic super ... Impressive.
Double coil, the sound goes a prsence impressive in the bass. The attacks are prcises. The sound is really warm and prcis trs, and the output level is plutt important. The micro retains its dynamic surcrot. A small effect on the tone knob and moving from a bright sound, and prcis nanmoins trs smooth warm sound, almost jazz typ. A distal branch of the configuration restores one's a little tuft at the grave, but warm trs. Tuft involved the power of the grave is spectacular. A lamp is really a distortion rgal heat and power.

The shuffled between the two microphones is the height of the microphones alone: ​​in the high gloss, heat in the mediums, dynamic, precision, grain output level lev in humbucker, single coil in the scathing attacks, roundness of her ... Everything is there. Whether or distortion clean sound, this sound is like no other. It is very modern, but without being strotyp. Impeccable.

We can only regret that each microphone is not adjustable volume indpendament, which would have a better mix shuffled between brightness in the treble and round, depending on the types DSIR. But to some extent, the mix with the piezo compensates for this lack.

Speaking of sustain ... Whereas it is.

Ultimately, the most versatile guitar I've ever seen ... Between the piezo that restores one's pseudo-acoustic INTERESTED, micro neck can sound out the most smooth-jazz possible before the enchantment of a funky good slamming into action knob, the micro bridge that ranges from country blues to the good fats, distos hot and / or chattering, all shades are possible.
OK we will not enter into the vintage, but you can really play anything you like on this guitar.

10/10 for sound without any doubt.

A note however: given as the lgret and brilliance of the guitar, it will not forgive any default in your game can be the "mute" instantanment, to prolong the bends "indfiniment" but also to rot your solo with any dirt in your game is truly a guitar trs demanding prvenu be provided.

OVERALL OPINION

In the end, for me it's a bit the ultimate weapon of the guitarist who wants to play some prs all without needing a rack of guitars.
Whatever the registry, this guitar is comfortable ... vintage blues to funk, to jazz, mtal, everything passes, and with honors. I really redcouvert my amp with it.
Its jouabilit is immense.
Its look is really excellent and original, prs guitar has an aspect irrprochable.

Purchased during the 2300 dstockage a store in Bordeaux ... At this level of quality (violin, sound, jouabilit), hard to beat in 2007.

The only default is so big at the switches, which is a shame given the quality of both together ...

10/10 However, I am unable to rsoudre 9 with such a jewel tone.

It is clear that with the exprience I would do this election ... least point me to a guitar really "type" (they all are it seems .. ct)