“I cannot thank you enough for your incredible Parker Fly design. Your genius changed my life”: Adrian Belew leads tributes to Ken Parker, pioneering guitar maker who has died aged 73

Parker's builds were played by everyone from Belew and Joni Mitchell to Eddie Van Halen and Matt Bellamy

Guitar World

I've had a long love affair with #worldmusic, not the least of which is the guitar work in #Afropop, #Soukous, etc.

Here's the outro of a tune on our 2012 record. My man Danny Gotham showed up to the session with his #ParkerFly to lay down a guitar part. I then transcribed his solo and wrote a harmonized line to it. He takes the first turn, then me on my #Heritage 375, then us together with the harmonized part.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqnRrltQpQU

#mastomusic #musicians

Every Drop Outro

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What the #Kauer #Banshee sounds like. I’m using the Banshee on all of the fills and my solo turns. Guitar is super light, made of Spanish cypress. Nice warm Wolftone humbuckers.

The solos also feature #DannyGotham on a #ParkerFly.

#guitar #afropop #mastomusic

https://youtu.be/JbC2cPSMuaI

Every Drop

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