Parker P-36 Review

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Overall Rating 4.66

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Features 4.68

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Quality 4.55

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Reliability / Value 4.5

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Parker P-36 Specs

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  • Body Shape: Soloist  
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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Scale Length: 25-1/2"  
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  • Body Construction: Double cutaway  
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  • Body Wood: Ash  
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  • Finish: Gloss  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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  • Neck Shape: Standard  
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  • Neck Joint: Bolt-on  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Radius: Compound 10"-13"  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Maple  
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  • Number of Frets: 24  
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  • Nut Width: 1.6875" (1-11/16")  
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  • String Nut: Syntetic Bone  
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  • Bridge: Tele bridge  
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  • Hardware: Chrome  
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  • Fret Size: Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 3  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 5-Position Blade  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Piezo  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Single Coil  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Piezo preamp  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • 2 Parker designed alnico single-coil pickups Fishman piezo pickup

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Have you seen and heard this guitar in action? If you did, then you know that it's well worth the price. Parker created a great sounding guitar, which P-36 certainly is. Not only it sounds well, but also performs and handles really nice. Another must-have from Parker!

Some truly amazing features put Parker's P-36 at the top of the ranking table in its price range. With every guitar player's wish fulfilled, the overall feeling is that Parker did a great job at choosing the right features and tuning them well. Feature-wise you can rest assured that P-36 is ready to rock. Are you ready to give Parker's baby a try?

Another great sounding guitar from Parker such as P-36 surely stands shoulder to shoulder with its previous models, and with top guitar models from other musical instruments manufacturers as well. Plugged into most amplifiers, this guitar will deliver the kind of tone you'd expect from a high class instrument. Hardware setup that requires no effort to adjust will have you playing your tone in no time.

Ready to play out of the box, Parker's P-36 is easy to set it up even more precise than usual, thanks to great hardware pieces it has built in. Handling and playing this kind of guitar is a pure joy as it stays in tune 90% of the time, regardless of the level of usage. It feels reliable and it really is, as Parker put great deal of time and effort to produce such a good-looking guitar that is behaving well, as P-36 does.

If you need an instrument that withstands live performances and studio sessions, rehearsals and practicing, you should rest assured that Parker's P-36 is the right choice. This instrument is definitely built to last and will do so , through fire and flames. Parker has the knowledge and experience you can rely on, and that kind of experience is well built into P-36.