Ken Parker 7 string Acoustic Archtop

$ 35,500.00

This beautiful guitar's name is "STORMY"

Highly figured Maple back & sides on this 7 string archtop from Ken Parker
Hazelficte (Bearclaw) alpine spruce top
Venetian cutaway
This was Ken's last guitar with “F-ish” holes, and a Gibson style adjustable bridge.
The stunning inlay of Moon and Clouds on the fretboard was designed by Ken Parker and executed by Vinny Fodera of Brooklyn's Fordera Guitars.
Elevated fretboard
Pernambuco pickguard, bridge, heelcap, bindings and fretboard.
It is worth mentioning, that Ken's buddy, TJ Thompson got roped into helping get this guitar out the door by installing the Pernambuco edge binding all around while Ken was one-armed-paper-hanger busy with the early part of the manufacturing project known as the Parker FLY GUITAR!
Satin Gold Sperzel tuning machines which are countersunk
Pernambuco headstock front and back plates
Uber cool tail piece that was hand fabricated by Ken Parker from sheet aluminum, and the finish was created by Marvin Jensen, a close friend, mentor, and collaborator of his. The finish is a result of a unique and very complex suite of actions, based on a series of anodizing (aluminum dying) events that Marvin Jensen invented.
This guitar is ultra light in weight and abides in a custom Calton flight case.
Click the VIDEOS Tab for a quick bio video about Ken Parker by D'addario Strings!