Parker P-44 Guitar Repair and Setup

[@DouglasBWelch]

Thanks for the video. I have a P-44 with a Seymour Jazz and JB and love it. Very versatile, sounds great and easy to play. My LP hasn't seen a lot of playing time since I got this gem.

[@baltimoredude77]

Davey has managed to make all this shit informative and NOT boring. Best online.

[@prs94]

man good thing you are back with guitar videos cause they really make my day, guitars are my life i'm only 17 and i set up my own guitars and my fried's thanks to you i get a lot of good tips, too bad in my country i cant get a lot of the cleaning stuff you use

[@gabriel2099]

"950 - 2050 fecal hz" i'm still laughing with that... i'm glad i found your channel Dave, i've learned a couple tricks watching your vids, very useful for a guy that works on his own guitars. cheers and early happy new year.

[@ziggassedup]

Another job well done....I gotta get me one of those detectors...It'd be off the scale constantly.

[@huskvarsm]

hi dave i wanna thank you ive learned a lot about guitar repair i am disabled "a fucked leg" due to a bike crash in in the 80s but i can get funding to be re-trained and ive chosen to be trained as a guitar tech anyhoo i wont bore the balls off you thanks again and i look forward to watching your latest movie all the best peter england.

[@jltrem]

Yea! Dave's doing guitar videos again.

[@overdriven77]

that tremolo springs tip was very useful, thanks :)

[@sizzloh]

Dave, luv your vids! My solution for trem spring noise is rolling tobacco filters. They come in 2 or 3 different widths and work perfectly!

[@sizzloh]

Albeit exactly 2 years late :D

[@MrAlmightyPotato]

since i posted that comment i recently got a new ibanez rg350exz with a floyd rose style trem. now i absolutely love em, thing is with a floyd fose you can play for ages and do some really crazy stuff and still be perfectly in tune

[@juanlautarosaintbonnet6549]

¿Do you have a PDF for circuits? I don't found information. Great Channel friend.

[@willeng84]

@davey4557 Hey davey, I just bought a few Parkers and I am not sure about the P44 but I would guess it has the Carbon fiber fret board. If it does which most parkers do they say in the manual NOT to add oil but to use a lightly moist rag just a dab of water on it and thats it for neck cleaning. Just thought I would let you know, I doubt that little oil would ever do anything negative. Happy new year.

[@anthonychrismignella]

Wow, I thought that dirty switch would be like a wiring issue or something. Good job man. Thanks for that. You do good work. Hey how does that bridge lock its tuning? Its not your average floyd rose tremelo with the locking nut. Cheers from canada, sry bout the 8 string bullshit.

[@anthonychrismignella]

Are they locking machine heads or something? Ive seen those more and more recently.

[@anthonychrismignella]

Thats so cool, its about time those exist.

[@matthewbaube]

Is the fretboard protector thing homemade?

[@luiestum]

Cool guitar

[@Bluebuthappy182]

Hi Davey, quick question for you just got a guitar with an ebony fretboard do you still oil them like Rosewood one?

[@willeng84]

@dcalde78 use the edge of the plastic/credit card to scrape the majority off, after it starts coming off it will come up with the rag and oil, don't use too much oil either just a little goes along way, I know rosewood drinks it up but ebony is harder so go light.

[@moodydude66]

Hey Dave, why not just go back with .009s ?

[@PRSguy94]

I recently did some work on an old 80's Yamahahaha! It had enough DNA on the fret board I could've cloned the guy!

[@MrStu9459]

Hey Dave, Still workin'??, Man u are keen! Like the "Bull-shit o Meter.... still laughing on that one. Nice axe!

[@Stratboy999]

That trem seems to work well.

[@pitbull813]

Sheez, your amp was in the 2050 fecal hz range... damn

[@geoultra]

the piezo? sheez-a work?

[@Glockenator]

Nothing makes a shitty Christmas better than watching Dave dick around with guitars

[@trus3683]

I bought a guitar from a friend that needed a WICKED cleanup. I've had it for a month and the fretboard is still a tad bit grimy. It's doable however. It'll come off eventually.

[@willeng84]

@dcalde78 Hey man, I have been doing this stuff for years. I regularly use steel wool but HATE it for cleaning a fretboard. I use it for polishing frets between fret jobs and after. For rosewood necks I use some lemon oil fretboard cleaner/conditioner it says you can use it for maple fret boards too but I wouldn't. I understand lighter fluid works but I dont like chemicals on wood. Either way get fret board cleaner or just use a lightly and I mean lightly dampened cotton rag and use elbow grease

[@satellitenation]

Muchos nicer haha! Great video :)

[@valkiris]

Kore-aia, lol. Great vid :)

[@MrAlmightyPotato]

man, this shows one of the many reasons i dont like tremelos

[@willeng84]

@dcalde78 I play guitar constantly, like hours and hours and hours and days and days, I get paid to play/repair/record/lightly mod tube amps. I have to play hours a day now and I play with elixers so I should have some goo build up but I never do and I give my friends hell that let it get that bad. Trust me with a credit card and your fingers with a rag and oil you will get it off. Everytime you change your strings clean around the frets and give the board a quick wipe, wont happen again.

[@madsally4]

I like using Old motor oil on my ebony fret board..It soaks in nice and leaves a nice black sheen!!....WWWHAAAHHOOOOOOO!!!

[@Bluebuthappy182]

@davey4557 cool man thanks

[@gallionlion6388]

its korea not korhiya

[@moodydude66]

Hey...can you get the bullshit amp detector from Musicians Friend, or do you gotta deal with Stew Mac? lol.

[@Doodlebug1996]

Bullshit amplifier detector hahaha nice

[@HughJaz69]

:34 giggitty

[@jojitsu2]

muchos nicer? That's Canexican.

[@MaximumPrat]

Korea not ''Ko-ri-a lol''

[@jeremydmccann]

fecal hz lol!

[@therealnpc]

weird head

[@willeng84]

@davey4557 Hey davey, I just bought a few Parkers and I am not sure about the P44 but I would guess it has the Carbon fiber fret board. If it does which most parkers do they say in the manual NOT to add oil but to use a lightly moist rag just a dab of water on it and thats it for neck cleaning. Just thought I would let you know, I doubt that little oil would ever do anything negative. Happy new year.

[@willeng84]

@dcalde78 I play guitar constantly, like hours and hours and hours and days and days, I get paid to play/repair/record/lightly mod tube amps. I have to play hours a day now and I play with elixers so I should have some goo build up but I never do and I give my friends hell that let it get that bad. Trust me with a credit card and your fingers with a rag and oil you will get it off. Everytime you change your strings clean around the frets and give the board a quick wipe, wont happen again.

[@willeng84]

@davey4557 Hey davey, I just bought a few Parkers and I am not sure about the P44 but I would guess it has the Carbon fiber fret board. If it does which most parkers do they say in the manual NOT to add oil but to use a lightly moist rag just a dab of water on it and thats it for neck cleaning. Just thought I would let you know, I doubt that little oil would ever do anything negative. Happy new year.

[@willeng84]

@dcalde78 I play guitar constantly, like hours and hours and hours and days and days, I get paid to play/repair/record/lightly mod tube amps. I have to play hours a day now and I play with elixers so I should have some goo build up but I never do and I give my friends hell that let it get that bad. Trust me with a credit card and your fingers with a rag and oil you will get it off. Everytime you change your strings clean around the frets and give the board a quick wipe, wont happen again.

[@willeng84]

@davey4557 Hey davey, I just bought a few Parkers and I am not sure about the P44 but I would guess it has the Carbon fiber fret board. If it does which most parkers do they say in the manual NOT to add oil but to use a lightly moist rag just a dab of water on it and thats it for neck cleaning. Just thought I would let you know, I doubt that little oil would ever do anything negative. Happy new year.

[@willeng84]

@dcalde78 I play guitar constantly, like hours and hours and hours and days and days, I get paid to play/repair/record/lightly mod tube amps. I have to play hours a day now and I play with elixers so I should have some goo build up but I never do and I give my friends hell that let it get that bad. Trust me with a credit card and your fingers with a rag and oil you will get it off. Everytime you change your strings clean around the frets and give the board a quick wipe, wont happen again.

[@willeng84]

@davey4557 Hey davey, I just bought a few Parkers and I am not sure about the P44 but I would guess it has the Carbon fiber fret board. If it does which most parkers do they say in the manual NOT to add oil but to use a lightly moist rag just a dab of water on it and thats it for neck cleaning. Just thought I would let you know, I doubt that little oil would ever do anything negative. Happy new year.

[@willeng84]

@dcalde78 I play guitar constantly, like hours and hours and hours and days and days, I get paid to play/repair/record/lightly mod tube amps. I have to play hours a day now and I play with elixers so I should have some goo build up but I never do and I give my friends hell that let it get that bad. Trust me with a credit card and your fingers with a rag and oil you will get it off. Everytime you change your strings clean around the frets and give the board a quick wipe, wont happen again.

[@willeng84]

@dcalde78 I play guitar constantly, like hours and hours and hours and days and days, I get paid to play/repair/record/lightly mod tube amps. I have to play hours a day now and I play with elixers so I should have some goo build up but I never do and I give my friends hell that let it get that bad. Trust me with a credit card and your fingers with a rag and oil you will get it off. Everytime you change your strings clean around the frets and give the board a quick wipe, wont happen again.

[@willeng84]

@dcalde78 I play guitar constantly, like hours and hours and hours and days and days, I get paid to play/repair/record/lightly mod tube amps. I have to play hours a day now and I play with elixers so I should have some goo build up but I never do and I give my friends hell that let it get that bad. Trust me with a credit card and your fingers with a rag and oil you will get it off. Everytime you change your strings clean around the frets and give the board a quick wipe, wont happen again.

[@willeng84]

@dcalde78 I play guitar constantly, like hours and hours and hours and days and days, I get paid to play/repair/record/lightly mod tube amps. I have to play hours a day now and I play with elixers so I should have some goo build up but I never do and I give my friends hell that let it get that bad. Trust me with a credit card and your fingers with a rag and oil you will get it off. Everytime you change your strings clean around the frets and give the board a quick wipe, wont happen again.