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JOhn VitAle (pArker guitArS ArtiSt relAtiOnS)
“Only days before winter nAMM 2005 we were to showcase and launch
Adrian’s signature model when i received a phone call late at night from
Axel. i could instantly hear in his voice something was very wrong. As
disappointed as he was, he would not be making the trip. A couple weeks
later he had passed. the man was as much a pleasure to work with as he
was a genius. I began the scramble to find someone who could pick up
where Axel had left off. during a meeting with peter Swiadon of roland
and explaining the challenges ahead, peter suggested i contact dennis
Anesi, who happened to live in chicago. the rest as they say… is history.
enough cannot be said about the monumental task of reverse engineering
what Axel had begun and then improving upon early designs and
functionality. i believe in some way Axel had sent dennis to us. Managing
this project and working with Adrian over the last four years has certainly
been a highlight of my career. Many a meeting and long conversations
with Adrian has produced the finest and most functional guitar in music
today! My personal thanks go out to all the folks involved over the years to
make this partnership and instrument a reality… resulting in a truly unique
signature artist guitar we are all very proud of.”
denniS AneSi (AnSAn preciSiOn)
Meanwhile, audiences kept going to concerts, and fans kept buying
music. After a number of false starts, John Vitale of parker guitars learned
of a skilled luthier and machinist right in his own back yard who was already
familiar with synth hookups, having done some internal gk installs for peter
Swiadon at roland. his name is dennis Anesi. with some help from long
time associate Mark Stephens, dennis has teamed up with parker guitars
to replicate the exact configuration of Axel’s final prototype for a limited
production run, which includes the instrument you now own. here’s what
dennis has to say about the project.
“All sorts of ‘signature’ guitars exist on the market. Most of them are nothing
more than a special finish with a Duncan or DiMarzio pickup. Or something else
on that order … with the artist’s name on it. But in this case, the consumer will
end up with a guitar with specs by Adrian that was road-tested and refined with
each of the prototypes. Although all the electronics are the same in the 3 protos,
placement of controls and cable plug-in were moved around a bit. The third guitar,
in arctic silver, got it exactly right. And the production run will be a duplicate of
this guitar. Absolutely no features will be left out. This guitar will be exactly what
Adrian plays with nothing deleted or cheapened in any way. The owner can relish
on the fact that his axe has everything that Adrian’s has, without some ‘secret
ingredient’ missing from the prototypes.”
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