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Hi All,
I've just created a new site for Ken Parker and his archtops. Please let me know what you think.
Ken Parker Archtops
Bob
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07-29-2018 11:14 AM
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Very nice!
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From my limited experience, he is a very nice guy too. I asked him if he would ever contemplate licensing his design to make them more affordable for, well, for me! He declined, but did say that if I could make it to the US to record an album, he would loan me "Lucky" for the session.
Nice website.
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Deliciously sonic website—promoting the KP tone through the fingers of varied players. Thank you for the good work there. Would love to see a player of the female jazz persuasion added to this little pantheon. Maybe Ken could put one in the hands of Mimi Fox or Sheryl Bailey or Mary Halvorsen or....?
An old family friend, Dave Acker, is featured on a number of cuts, glad to hear him there—I remember him telling me about it a few years back. Dave is most comfortable with a classical guitar, but Ive seen him on Oregon home visits playing duos/trios with a 330 or a Strat.
The video of Tommy Emmanuel being handed a Parker is priceless—“It’s a gypsy jazz guitar that’s actually playable,” he says to Martin Taylor after a minute or two of playtime.
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Great video with Martin and Tommy... Tommy must say "wow" about 100 times..
Better still, while Martin is playing it, Tommy is drooling and fondling it...
What a great endorsement for Ken.. Great work!!
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Nice website. Not sure why Ken Parker needs it. It's not like someone with $30,000 to spend on an archtop is going to discover his guitars because they happen to be cruising the Internet. But as far as a luthier website goes, you did a nice job.
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I can’t even afford to view his website.
Can’t see many working guitarists taking one of those to
a bar gig.
I sometimes shudder when I see Peter Bernstein casually put his
Zeidler on the piano at Smalls or Pasquale Grasso lean his
Trenier against the wall at Mezzrow.....
Those Parkers look pretty fragile... you’d be freaking out
in case you hit that 6 a side head stock on something
or if someone might knock it over or sit on it......
Whew.....I’m relieved they are unattainable (and frankly
unappealing) to me.
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Originally Posted by rlrhett
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Originally Posted by Moonray
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Originally Posted by Moonray
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Coryell played them for a while if I remember correctly.
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Coryell's Parker had very little to do with these though...
Still cool guitars, though.
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pretty sure larry hooked up with parker guitars after ken parker sold his company tradename in 2002...
cheers
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Originally Posted by uburoibob
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Originally Posted by Jazzstdnt
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Originally Posted by iim7V7IM7
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I will mention it to him when I see him at the show on Friday as well...
Originally Posted by uburoibob
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Originally Posted by iim7V7IM7
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Will do...I always make it a point to stop by Ken’s table...
Originally Posted by uburoibob
Debussy it? Steal that classical lick!
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