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On the Fly we use a six or seven digit serial number. All guitars made before 2003 will have the six digit code. The first 3 digits are the day of the year, the next two are the number in that days production, and the last digit is the year.

Here’s a Fly serial number example:


Serial Number 001030
001=(Day of the year) January, 1st
03=(Number of guitar that day) Third
0=(Year) 2000
The NiteFly uses a different system using either a five or six digit serial number. The first one or two digits show the month, the third is the last number in the year, and the last three digits show the number in that months production.

Here’s a NiteFly serial number example:


Serial Number 117123
11=(Month) November
7=(Year) 1997
123=(Number of guitar that month) 123
The Fly Bass uses a six digit serial # where the first three digits are an internal code and the last three digits are the sequence number in production.

Here's a Fly Bass serial number example:


Serial Number 092075
092 = internal code
075 = number in the production sequence (75)

Here’s a Fly serial number example:
Serial Number 001030
001=(Day of the year) January, 1st
03=(Number of guitar that day) Third
0=(Year) 2000

February 3, 2000 -- At the Winter NAMM show, Parker Guitars will introduce a new member of their Fly family of guitars. The Parker Hardtail is a non-vibrato guitar with a number of special treatments.

The Hardtail® features a basswood body, selected specifically for its low-end response. Its dappled stealth-gray finish and all-black hardware give the Hardtail its distinctive look and feel. A non-vibrato bridge, in a patented die-cast aluminum housing, provides solid tuning and sustain.

Two custom DiMarzio® pickups are fastened directly into the body. Each string also drives its own custom Fishman® Piezo pickup. These piezos sense every part of the string's vibration.

Other unique features of the Hardtail include the Sperzel® D-Tuner, which allows mid-performance tuning changes on-the-fly, and jumbo stainless steel frets.

Like all members of the Fly family of guitars, the Hardtail neck is constructed from a solid piece of basswood. The union of the body and neck is seamless, with a veil of reinforcing glass fibers overlaid to create a tri-axial fibre reinforcement.

The Parker line includes the Parker Fly and NiteFly, both solid-body electrics equipped with custom Fishman piezoelectric and DiMarzio magnetic pickups. The company offers two solid-body acoustic guitars, the steel-stringed Fly Concert and the nylon-stringed Spanish Fly. The company recently introduced the MidiFly.