Parker P-42 Review

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Overall Rating 4.3

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Features 4.46

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Quality 4.27

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Reliability / Value 4.07

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Parker P-42 Specs

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  • Body Shape: Z Body  
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  • Body Shape: Strat®  
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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 Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Neck Shape: Wide fat  
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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: Ebony  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • Bridge: Stoptail  
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  • Bridge: Tune-O-Matic  
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  • Hardware: Black  
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  • Fret Size: .060 high, .090 wide  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-way Pickup Selector  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Coil Splitting: Yes  
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  • Split stereo or summed mono smart-switching output.

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P-42 caused an increasing interest with guitar players, especially when you consider that it's built by a renowned guitar manufacturer such as Parker. It performs well both in studio and on stage, and will fit many different playing styles.

This guitar is fitted with all the features you could possibly wish for, for a playing style that goes with this kind of instrument. Carefully chosen features leave no guitar player's desire unfulfilled, which makes Parker's P-42 an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for P-42's features!

Tone delivered by Parker's P-42 makes it a serious sounding instrument that gives Parker a lot of reasons to be proud of it. Somewhat limited when playing certain music styles doesn't mean that P-42 will make your tone to sound poor, quite the opposite, because P-42 provides rich and versatile tone that you'll be happy with.

Ready to play out of the box, Parker's P-42 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-42 does.

Playing live, P-42 will perform well and will not let you down. It is fairly reliable instrument both in studio and on stage, and will be a long term companion, as it is built to last. Parker has made a solid instrument that you will be happy with, and can depend on right from the start. Needs no backup as it has proven to be built really well.