History:
Purchase: After an exhaustive search in local shops and on the web I found this guitar for $638 at RiksMusic.com.
The list price was over $1100 and no one else even came close to matching Riks price!
What I Like About This Unit: I love everything about it!
+ Mahogany body
+ Flame maple top
+ Dual split coil humbuckers
+ Piezo / acoustic pickups
+ Active mixer
+ Grover locking tuners
The tonal possibilities are amazing. The humbuckers are hot. The split coil lets you get a pseudo single coil sound, sans hum (I hate hum!). The piezos yield a very realistic acoustic sound, but mix them with the magnetics and you get a hybrid that introduces a whole new dimension of sound.
With a mono plug, the magnetics and the piezos mix in the active electronics, but with a stereo plug you can get magnetics on one channel and piezos on the other channel. Nice touch, Parker!
The finish is simply beautiful (I went with the transparent charcoal).
I've never had a guitar stay in tune like this... even neckthroughs and hardtails (this guitar has a bolt-on neck and a Fishman bridge with a whammy)...
It's almost spooky how it stays in tune...
What I Do NOT Like About The Parker P44: I have nothing to say
P44 Quality: Very solid guitar. Flawless finish. The controls are well organized and well placed. The body has a nice sense of balance, not too heavy - not too light.
Summary: I went to the local Guitar Center and tried the P38. I liked the playability and the workmanship, but the ash body felt insubstantial and cheap. I liked the tonal flexibility (especially the piezos), but I could not find a single pickup selection that didn't hum and I hated that glam pickguard that covered 80% of the guitar!
I knew the P44 would have all the things I liked about the P38 and none of the things I hated about it. Nevertheless, it seemed like a huge risk - I've never bought a guitar without first trying it out... much less over the web...
My risk was amply rewarded. "Nothing plays like a Parker" (I didn't make that up). This is clearly one of the best investments I have ever made, I have no regrets, and I can't say enough great things about the Parker P44.
I'd give it a 6 if I could!
Rating of this product: 5
This Parker Electric Guitars Review Submitted By: joey blades
Date: 2002-07-09
Parker P44 Electric Guitars
Usefulness Rating: 4.68182 out of 5. 44 reader(s) voted.
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