Parker USA DragonFly DF842 Adrian Belew Signature Model Belew Berry Electric Acoustic Guitar

This is the Parker USA DragonFly DF842 Adrian Belew Signature Model Belew Berry Electric Acoustic Guitar.  The finish on this guitar is amazing.  Here is the story with this guitar. This guitar was made for Adrian and was in his possession for 2 weeks.  This is the exact guitar featured on the Parker website.  This was the prototype.  Parker made this guitar and sent it to Adrian for his approval and he brought it with him to the NAMM Show and to give it back to Parker.  Parker then put it up on the display at NAMM which is were I picked it up.  So this was supposed to be the only guitar Adrian Belew Model DragonFly you will ever see.  But as it turns out this is now a production model that can be ordered.  It is called Belew Berry and it actually glows in the dark. There is a minor small crack in the poly finish on the back of the headstock as pictured.  It should be noted that this guitar does not have a stereo output.  It has a summed mono output and you control the the volume/blend of the Piezo and the Magnetic Pickup via the 3rd Knob.  When on "5" both the Piezo and Magnetic pickup are on but at a low volume. When you turn the knob to "10" the Mag PU is on with no Piezo.  When you turn the knob to "0" the Piezo is on with no Mag PU.  The Master Volume works as a global volume.

Following in the footsteps of The Adrian Belew Signature Fly is the DF842. With the exception of the Line 6 electronics, the DF842 comes with all the unique features of Adrian's signature Fly in our new DF body style. Among the Seymour Duncan TB4 bridge pickup & Sperzel® Trim-Lok™ Tuners this guitars comes loaded with two unique features:

1. Sustainiac® Stealth PRO neck pickup. This pickup produces intense, predictable, and infinite feedback sustain. With the Sustainiac® you can achieve screaming feedback at any volume. You can also “morph” the sustained string vibration into cool-sounding upper harmonics during a solo using the Harmonic Mode control. When the sustainer is off, the driver functions as an active neck pickup.

2. RMC® Pow'r Bridge 'PF" Saddles & RMC® Poly-Drive 1 Preamp. The 6 pickup signals from the RMC® sensor saddles are preamplified & equalized separately. These buffered string signals are also mixed together and further equalized to produce the Saddles Mix signal.

 

Tones/Sounds: Edgy, immediate tones; bright, spirited and funky

Body

     

Wood: Mahogany

Construction: Solid one piece

Finish: Polyurethane

Bridge: Parker custom cast aluminum vibrato bridge, Stainless steel saddles

Vibrato System: Custom flat spring with balance adjustment, 3-mode step stop: fixed, bend down only or floating

Neck

     

Wood: Mahogany

Neck Design: Solid one piece with carbon-glass-epoxy reinforcement

Neck-Body Joint: Reinforced carved multiple finger joint

Scale: 25.5",

Number of Frets: 24 Frets

Fret Material: Hardened stainless steel

Fret Size: .045" high, .095" wide

Fret Board: Carbon-Glass-Epoxy .020" composite

Fretboard Shape: 10"-13" conical form

Neck Shape: Width: wide Thickness: reg.

Finish: Polyurethane

Nut: GraphTech

Nut Width: 1.68"

String Spacing: Bridge: 2.14" Nut: 1.43"

Truss Rod: Dual function truss rod

Tuners: Sperzel® locking

Electronics

     

Mag. Pickups:Sustainiac® Stealth PRO neck pickup, Seymour Duncan TB-4 humbucker bridge pickup

Mag. PU Select: 3 way with Mag Tone w/ push/pull to turn on Sustainiac, Click to activate Feedback Sustain,

Mag PU/Sustainiac Blend Knob

Piezo System: RMC® Pow’r Bridge ‘PF” Saddles

PreAmp/Mixer: RMC® Poly-Drive 1 Preamp.

Other Controls: Mag volume,  Mag Tone/w push-pull to activate Sustainiac & Click to activate Feedback, Piezo/Mag PU Volume/Blend Knob, Mag/Piezo 3 way selector

Output: Summed mono

Miscellaneous

     

Weight: 6.6 pounds

Strings: D'Addario EXL 120, .009" - .042"

Other Features:

Case/Bag: Parker Fly DELUXE Hard Case