Parker Fly User Manual

Nite-Fly Player's Guide
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Dear Fellow Guitar Enthusiast:
Larry Fishman and I formed Parker Guitars in 1991. It continues to be a rewarding
project and a great education for us. We're thrilled that you have chosen to make
your music with our creation!
Guitar players of every style in more than 20 nations are choosing the Fly Guitar,
and some have suggested that the Fly is taking its rightful place alongside other
ground breaking and enduringly great designs of yesteryear. Thanks to your sup-
port, our little duet of inventors has grown to a sturdy group of craftspeople col-
laborating to make the most useful and highest quality instrument available.
Feedback from you guitarists influenced us to design a "bolt-on" sibling to the Fly.
Your comments, suggestions and criticism helped to shape the NiteFly. We chose
the pickguard format to simplify changes in the pickups. The neck shape is thick-
er; with "firmer cheeks". The frets are taller and wider. The body, similar in outline
and contouring, bears a distant resemblance to other members of the Fly family.
Your input will continue to inspire us as we develop new instruments with new
capabilities for years to come. Meanwhile, we expect you'll enjoy many years of
faithful service from your NiteFly.
Thanks for your support. Play from the heart!
-Ken Parker
NITEFLY SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
NFV-SA & NFV-SA Standard: Ash
NFV-M: Mahogany
Neck Mahogany
Fingerboard Glass and Carbon Fiber
Neck Radius 10" to 13" conical form
Scale length 25 ½"
Frets 22 medium jumbo hardened stainless steel
Bridge Custom Parker cast aluminum bridge featuring
stainless steel saddles and Fishman
pickups
Magnetic Pickups Custom DiMarzio
NFV-SA & NFV-SA Standard: One Humbucker and
two Single-coils
NFV-M: Two Humbuckers
Magnetic Controls NFV-SA & NFV-SA Standard: Magnetic Pickup
Volume, Tone, and 5-way Pickup Selector
NFV-M: Magnetic Pickup Volume, Tone with
push/pull coil-split switch, and 3-way Pickup
Selector
NITEFLY MODELS EQUIPPED WITH PIEZOS
Piezo System 6-element Fishman
Powerchip™ preamp/mixer circuit
Piezo Controls Piezo Volume, 3-way Magnetic / Piezo Selector
Switch
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES
• 1/8" T-handle allen wrench (Bridge Stud Screws/Height
Adjustment), Bridge Stop Screw)
• 3/32" T-handle allen wrench(Bridge Saddle Screws, Vibrato Bar
rotation tension screw)
• 1/8" steel rod (Truss rod capstan adjustment)
• Stereo Y-Cable (15 feet)
• Vibrato Bar (3/16" round stainless steel)
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FEATURES
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CONTROLS
NiteFly SA & M - with Piezo Systems
Along with the familiar Volume, Tone, and Magnetic Pickup selector
found on the NiteFly Standard, (and most electric guitars), the NiteFly-
SA and NiteFly-M are piezo equipped models and feature additional
controls for Piezo Volume and a Magnetic / Piezo Pickup Selector
switch.
1. Sperzel ® locking tuning
machines
2. Hardened stainless
steel frets
3. Composite fingerboard
4. One piece solid wood
neck encapsulated in
glass and carbon fibers
5. Solid hardwood body
6. Easy-Access truss rod
adjuster
7. 3/16" stainless steel
vibrato bar
8. Custom DiMarzio ®
magnetic pickups
9. Cast aluminum bridge
with stainless steel bridge
saddles and Fishman
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piezo pickups
10. Stereo output jack
NiteFly SA Controls
Magnetic Volume
5-Way Magnetic Pickup Selector
(NiteFly-SA Model)
Stereo / Mono Switch
Out: Stereo Output (Magnetic and Piezo pickup
signals split to two separate amps)
In: Summed Mono Output (Magnetic and Piezo
pickup signals sent to a single amp)
Magnetic Tone
Piezo / Magnetic Pickup Selector
Forward: Magnetic Pickups Only
Middle: Combination
Piezo Volume
Back: Piezo Pickups Only