clayville
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The Parker Fly guy. I think I've only ever picked up a Fly once, and so could be relaying info many of you already know, but the article was to me an interesting profile about him and his new guitar quest: an acoustic archtop called The Olive Branch.
It's made from a laminate of some of the composite materials he used in the Fly and traditional tone woods, with the composites hidden inside, out of sight for the most part. He has apparently produced an extraordinarily lightweight guitar (3 1/2 pounds) that has a very rich and versatile acoustic sound.
Anyway, it's a well-written article for a general audience that doesn't insult guitar geeks (that I noticed ). It isn't available online, but there's a 7 minute+ audio that has the author talking quite a bit along with clips of the Olive Branch here:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/2007/05/14/070514on_audio_bilger
It's made from a laminate of some of the composite materials he used in the Fly and traditional tone woods, with the composites hidden inside, out of sight for the most part. He has apparently produced an extraordinarily lightweight guitar (3 1/2 pounds) that has a very rich and versatile acoustic sound.
Anyway, it's a well-written article for a general audience that doesn't insult guitar geeks (that I noticed ). It isn't available online, but there's a 7 minute+ audio that has the author talking quite a bit along with clips of the Olive Branch here:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/2007/05/14/070514on_audio_bilger