1993 Ken Parker "Stormy" Bearclaw Acoustic Archtop Guitar

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Description


 


Ken Parker 7-String Acoustic Archtop (used,1993)


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.


OPTIONS


  • Condition: Used, Near Mint

  • Strings: 7

  • Nut width: 2 1/8"

  • Frets to body: 14

  • Scale Length: 25.5"

  • Lower bout: 17"

  • Depth at tail: 3"

  • Depth at heel: 2 1/4"

  • Cutaway: Venetian

  • Pickup: No


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