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PARKER FB5-N Details
Color: Natural
Includes a Custom Gig Bag
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FEATURES:
Sitka Spruce body with Quilted Maple face and back
Unique deep-pocket set neck construction
DiMarzio® custom wound Ultra-Jazz® pickups
Custom Fishman® active piezo pickup preamp/mixer system
Stacked magnetic 2-band EQ and piezo vol/tone controls
5-String
7¾ lbs
PARKER FB5-N Specs
Tones / Sounds 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.
Body Wood Sitka Spruce with Quilted Maple face and back
Contruction 12 layers of acoustic guitar top grade Sitka Spruce, PAF
Finish Polyurethane
Bridge Custom Ibanez® Mono-Rail II bridge
Vibrato System N/A
Neck Wood Mahogany with figured Maple headstock
Neck Design 12 horizontal layers of continuous wood fiber w/ woven carbon reinforcement
Neck-Body Joint Custom PAF deep – pocket, long – tongue design
Scale 34”
# of Frets 24 Frets
Fret Material Hardened stainless steel
Fret Size .045" high, .095" wide
Fret Board Carbon-Glass-Epoxy
Fretboard Shapet 10”-15” conical form
Neck Shape
Finish Polyurethane
Nut GraphTech
Nut Width 1.8"
String Spacing Bridge: .670” string to string, Nut: .364” string to string
Truss Rod Custom design, light-weight steel
Tuners Sperzel locking
Electronics Mag Pickups DiMarzio custom wound Ultra Jazz
Mag. Config Number: 2 Config: SS
Mag. PU Select Pan pot
Piezo System 5-element Fishman piezo
PreAmp/Mixer Active Fishman mono preamp w/ voltage-doubled circuit (18V peak-to-peak)
Other Controls Master volume, Mag volume, Mag PU plan, Mag PU 2 band EQ (stacked), Piezo vol & active tone (stacked)
Output mono
Miscellaneous Weight 7 ¾ pounds
Strings Fodera Nickel strings .045” - .130”
Other Features N/A
Case/Bag Parker Fly Bass custom gig bag
Parker FB5/N Fly Bass 5 String Natural w/Gig Bag & ... at MusiciansBuy!
RATING:
| Sound Quality |
10 | |
| Features |
10 | |
| Ease Of Use |
10 | |
| Value |
9 | |
| Reliability |
10 | |
| Overall |
10 | |
In the late 90s I bought a Parker Fly guitar. Now I'm a bass player and I was not, nor am I currently, much of a guitarist...but I have loved this guitar for almost 10 years. It's amazingly light, easier to play than any I've ever experienced, and the sound continues to be exactly what I want. When I saw that Parker had finally released a Fly bass, I was afraid to hope for too much...but truly the bass has exceeded my expectations. It's light (though it weighs 7.75 lbs, not 7 or less, as stated all over the web), and has such great contours that it feels like a natural extention of the player's body. The whole thing is friendly to the hands, the ears, and the eyes. No, it doesn't look like a Fender, but be glad for that. There are entirely too many cookie-cutter Fender derivatives out there already, and this bass certainly isn't derivative. Moving the evolution of the instrument one huge step forward, this bass is a piece of art that sounds as good as it feels. Now if only Parker made a fretless. . .
-Benjamin
-Mt. Washington, KY, 08/11/05
Parker FB5/N Fly Bass 5 String Natural
