the Fly Clone Project

If you are new to owning a Fly, you can learn most of the information you will ever need to know by reading the manuals and catalogs below.

See also the Electronics and Wiring Guides
See also the Fly Vibrato Bridge Guide

Fly Manuals:
Fly Manual (1995)
Fly Manual (2004)
Adrian Belew Signature Fly Manual
Nylon/Spanish Fly Manual
Fly Mojo Singlecut Manual
Fishman Powerchip User Guide
Fly Guitar Player's Guide
Fly Features Reference Guide


Other Manuals:
Parker NiteFly History
Parker NiteFly Manual
MIDI Fly Manual
Parker NiteFly Players Guide
Fly Bass (FB-4) Manual
Fly Bass Mojo (FB-4) Manual
P Series (P-38, P-40, P-44) Manual

Catalogs:
1993
1996
2000
2001
2003
2004
2005 | 2005 Addendum
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2012
2013
2014
2015

Retail Price Lists:
2001
2004
2008

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Parker Four Seasons
Fly Select Koa

Instrument Tags:
"Made in Wilmington" Tag
D'Addario Strings Tag

You may also find this post A summary of the Fly changes, issues, and forum opinions through the years relevant toward discerning the differences between Fly models.

Excellent!

This is exactly what I needed. Very useful.

( ahhhhhh so THAT"S what that knob does....)

Awesome! Glad it helped!

Adding the 2003 guide

Awesome! Thanks for adding this! I’ll link this to the main post!!

Didn't see this posted elsewhere, this is the "Fly Guitar Player's Guide" Amazing it wasn't just a one liner... "Plug in, rock out!"

Fantastic @jjozwia! I just added it.

Love "Plug in, rock out!"

Here's a link to a PDF of the 2001 Parker price list... http://bobmartin1111.com/BobGuitars/Par ... ceList.pdf

And here's a link to a PDF of the 2004 Parker price list.... http://bobmartin1111.com/BobGuitars/200 ... E_LIST.pdf

MIDIFly manual: http://bobmartin1111.com/BobGuitars/MIDIFlyManual.pdf

Parker Fly Feature Reference guide: http://bobmartin1111.com/BobGuitars/Par ... eGuide.pdf

Parker Four Seasons sheet: http://bobmartin1111.com/BobGuitars/Par ... easons.pdf

Parker Koa: http://bobmartin1111.com/BobGuitars/ParkerHawaiian.pdf

This is great, @uburoibob!!! Thanks for adding this!!

I've uploaded and linked these documents into the main post!!

Here's one more:

A link to Parker Mass' instructions on how to replace the jack in a PRE-REFINED Parker Fly:



And here's a link to the part:
https://www.stewmac.com/electronics/com ... -jack.html

This is great, @uburoibob! Nice find!

Parker P series manual, I’ve had this for a while but didn’t see it here.

Thanks, @shoozpup! I just linked it from the main post!

Am I missing it somewhere? I'm trying to find a manual for the Southern Nitefly model.

CryptCat wrote: Sun Jan 28, 2024 8:05 pm I'm trying to find a manual for the Southern Nitefly model.

Unfortunately, that manual is not in our collection, and, personally, I’m not certain that one exists.

Hello, Everyone -

I have looked at a few of the price list PDF's. Very helpful, but I'm confused about the wording. The far right column shows (then current) prices of the various models. The 2004 document calls the prices "List Price." The 2008 doc calls them "List." Does that mean actual LIST Price (as opposed to street price) or do they just mean "List" like here's the list of prices. I'm asking because the List Price for any product is basically meaningless to the consumer. Any thoughts? Thanks for your time!

Hi @ChrisB, the List price is, in most cases, what they sold for new to customers. There was a time when stores were able to get Flys at a lower than list price, but what the customer paid was always list unless you happened to be in Wilmington and Ken made you a deal.

When I bought my first Fly new in 2005 (USM-era), the price I paid from Magdon Music (where I bought it) was what they paid directly from Parker—they didn’t add anything on top and I have the paperwork showing that they didn’t get the instrument at a lower price either. By that time in Parker Guitars history, bigger stores like Sam Ash and Guitar Center were no longer getting guitars from Parker at a lower cost either or even carrying them, so if you wanted to order a Fly through those stores, you essentially paid them the full price up front that it would cost them to purchase one from Parker.

Thank you for the quick reply and information. It's very helpful. You were also the first to respond to my initial inquiry in October about the Fly I had made contact with was trying to learn more about. The more I read about these guitars, the more interesting they become.