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P

-SERIES Player’s Guide

P-38   •   P-38 S

TANDARD

•   P-40   •   P-44

Dear Fellow Guitar Enthusiast:

Larry Fishman and I formed Parker Guitars in 1991. It continues to
be a rewarding project and a great education for us. We're thrilled
that you have chosen to make your music on our creation! 

I designed the P-Series Guitars and Larry and I personally certified
the production process in one of the finest guitar production
facilities in the world. We're sure that you will be inspired by its
versatility, tone, outstanding quality, and playability.

Thanks for your support. Play from the heart!

-Ken Parker

P-SERIES SPECIFICATIONS

B

ODY

P-38, P-38 Standard & P-40: 

Ash

P-44: 

Mahogany with Maple top

Neck

Maple 

Fingerboard

Rosewood 

Neck Radius

12"

Scale length

25 ½"

Frets

22 medium jumbo nickel/silver

Bridge

Custom Wilkinson

®

vibrato bridge featuring 

Fishman

®

piezo pickups

Magnetic Pickups

Parker custom wound alnico pickups

P-38, P-38 Standard & P-40: One Humbucker and 
two Single-coils

P-44: Two Humbuckers

Magnetic Controls

P-38, P-38 Standard & P-40: Magnetic Pickup 
Volume, Tone, and 5-way Pickup Selector 

P-44: Magnetic Pickup Volume, Tone with push / 
pull coil-split switch, and 3-way Pickup Selector

SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES

• 

3mm allen wrench (Bridge Stud Screws/Height Adjustment)

• 

1.5mm allen wrench (Bridge Saddle Screws, Individual string height
screws, Vibrato Bar rotation tension screw)

• 

Steel rod capstan wrench (Truss rod adjustment)

• 

Stereo Y-cable (15 feet)

• 

Vibrato bar (5.2 mm.)

• 

Vibrato spring

CONTROLS 

P-SERIES GUITARS (with piezo systems) 

The Parker P-38, P-40 and P-44 are equipped with custom voiced
Parker alnico magnetic pickups along with Fishman

®

piezo transducers

mounted in a Wilkinson

®

licensed vibrato bridge. These piezo

transducers, or acoustic pickups, are integrated into each bridge
saddle and respond directly to the acoustic energy of your Parker
guitar's strings, providing a full-range acoustic sound quality.

On their own, the piezo pickups produce a subtle and intimate acoustic
guitar-like sound, but the true power of the P-38 is the ability to blend
the piezo and magnetic signals together. A special Fishman

®

active

circuit allows you to mix the two types of signals right on the guitar!
You can blend the piezo pickups with clean magnetic sounds to create
bright percussive tones or with your favorite distortion settings for fat,
two-guitar-like, mixes. You can even send the piezo and magnetic
signals to two different amplifiers for an amazingly lush split sound.

However you choose to blend (or split!) the sounds on your Parker P-
Series guitar, the results are an exciting new range of hybrid clean and
dirty tones!

Along with the familiar Volume, Tone, and Magnetic Pickup selector
found on the P-38 Standard, the P-38, P-40 & P-44 are piezo equipped
models and feature additional controls for Piezo Volume and a
Magnetic / Piezo Pickup Selector switch.

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®

Magnetic Pickup Volume

5-Way Magnetic Pickup Selector

Magnetic Pickup Tone

3-Way Piezo / Magnetic Pickup Selector

Piezo Volume

Forward: Magnetic Pickups Only
Middle: Combination
Back: Piezo Pickups Only

 Forward: Neck Single Coil
 Middle and Neck Single Coils (Hum-canceling)
 Middle: Middle Single Coil
 Inside Coil of Bridge Humbucker and 

Middle Single Coil (Hum-canceling)

 Back: Bridge Humbucker

P-38 & P-40 Controls

Magnetic Pickup Volume

3-Way Magnetic Pickup Selector

Magnetic Pickup Tone

(with push/pull coil-split switch)

3-Way Piezo / Magnetic Pickup Selector

Piezo Volume

Forward: Magnetic Pickups Only
Middle: Combination
Back: Piezo Pickups Only

 Forward: Neck Humbucker
 Middle: Both Inside Coils (series / hum-canceling)
 Back: Bridge Humbucker
(with tone pot push/pull switch pulled out)
 Forward: Neck Humbucker
 Middle: Both Inside Coils (series / hum-canceling)
 Back: Bridge Humbucker

P-44 Controls

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