Ken Parker, Who Sought to Reinvent the Guitar, Dies at 73

An inveterate tinkerer, he built groundbreaking guitars that were displayed in art galleries and played by Joni Mitchell, ...
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Ken Parker, the visionary luthier behind the Parker Fly, has died, aged 73

Guitar has lost one of its great innovators as Ken Parker has died, aged 73. Parker was the luthier who designed the Parker Fly, an electric guitar that was truly ahead of its time – and still is – ...
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Watch Joni Mitchell play a Parker Fly at her first headline show in 23 years

Last Saturday, Joni Mitchell took to the stage for her first headline show in 23 years – an event that turned out to be a three-hour celebration of Mitchell's music, which saw the folk legend perform ...
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“She said, ‘Looks like you found it on a beach. But then it also looks like it came from outer space’”: Ken Parker, visionary luthier behind the Parker Fly, has died ...

Parker was one of guitar designs great radicals, whose legendary electric, the Parker Fly, became a '90s classic, famously played by the likes of Joni Mitchell, Adrian Belew, David Lynch and more ...