Parker p6eb acoustic electric guitar

This is difficult to find instrument that I have truly enjoyed owning for the past decade plus. It has a truly unique tone, is easy to play, and its electronics are particularly strong: this is a high-performing performance/recording instrument that really shines when plugged in. Loaded with an impressive array of high-quality materials and features (e.g., spruce top, ebony fretboard, mahogany body, Fishman electronics). I am the second owner. The original owner used it for home practice and infrequent coffee-shop/open-mic gigs. I have used the instrument solely for songwriting and recording purposes. It is excellent working condition and is cosmetically in good order for a used instrument. Surface scratches and a couple very small dings are the only notable source of blemish. Includes the original deluxe hardshell case to match (which, like the instrument, has some slight wear and tear), and also includes an upgraded clip-and-lock system leather strap (really nice bonus feature). Just gave it a brand new set of strings and a fresh cleaning of the fretboard, tuners and body to get it ready for its new home. Feel free to reach out to me with questions about this specific instrument. Open to offers and/or to local pickup (Portland, OR).

Here are the full details on the guitar, courtesy of Sweetwater.com's web archives:
Parker's First Acoustic is Something Decidedly Different!

Have you noticed that any time Parker Guitars designs a product, it always ends up looking like nothing anyone ever built before? Not even a little. Those that like the unique looks combined with light weight and an extensive feature set love them. Those searching for a distinctively traditional instrument might want to look elsewhere. Or should they? Because plenty of guitarists say that a Parker isn't for them - until they sit down and play one. Hmm. Suddenly those unusual curves seem to be a logical complement to the light weight and the superb playability. Chalk up another convert! Honestly, it's not a big surprise. And now we have Parker's very first acoustic guitar. Well, actually, it's an acoustic-electric with a built-in Fishman Acoustic Matrix undersaddle pickup and a little something else up its "electric sleeve." As you'd expect, it's still a non-conformist design-wise. The Parker P6E is very similar to its "big brother" the P8E, except for the thinner body and a few different premium wood selections.

The Parker P6E starts with a solid spruce top for a big, well-balanced sound and rosewood binding. The back and sides are built from mahogany, as is the neck, which sports an ebony fingerboard and an oval sound hole rosette adds another unique touch. Say, now that you look at it, this acoustic-electric has sort of an inspired Baroque look to it, and that's before you ever play a note or plug it in. Once you start playing, you'll really fall in love with the way it balances on your knee and the way each note has just the right combination of fundamental and harmonic. Plugged-in, the Fishman Acoustic Matrix pickup system delivers a surprisingly authentic acoustic sound with tight lows, complex midrange and a smooth, glossy high end. For a raw, more aggressive electric sound, simply switch to the specially-designed Fishman hum-canceling neck pickup. Now it's another guitar altogether. Sweet, eh? Yeah, we knew you'd love it all along. After all, if Parker didn't believe they could do the whole acoustic-electric thing just a bit better than anyone else - and yes, a bit differently - well then, why bother?

Parker P6E Acoustic-Electric Features at a Glance:

• Distinctive Parker design with spruce top and rosewood binding
• Solid mahogany back and sides
• Select mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard
• Fishman hum-canceling neck pickup plus Acoustic Matrix undersaddle system
• Includes deluxe plush-lined hardshell case

Distinctive Parker design with spruce top and rosewood binding
Like all Parker Guitars, the P6E Acoustic-Electric doesn't follow any trend. Like all their products, they chose the best materials; then they built their own uncompromising vision of what a guitar should be. For superb tonal balance, they started with a piece of select spruce for the top, because that's where the magic begins. From there, all the pieces must work in total harmony, so for the binding, Parker decided that the best possible material was not plastic, it was rosewood.

Solid mahogany back and sides
The next step is choosing a tone wood that would resonate perfectly with the spruce top, and so, for the Parker P6E, solid mahogany was selected for the back and sides, a recipe that's been time-tested to produce a clear, well-articulated sound. It's been used for over a century in some of the finest instruments, making it the perfect choice for this brand new acoustic-electric for a brand new century!

Select mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard
Mahogany is some of the densest wood on the planet, yet it also contributes in a very distinctive way to the sound of the P6E. By using it here, Parker has actually made the neck superbly stable (as any woodworker will tell you). And since they've gone to this much effort, you can bet that only the best fingerboard will do, so they chose African ebony, which has long been called "the king of woods."

Fishman hum-canceling neck pickup plus Acoustic Matrix undersaddle system
Sure, once Parker got the P6E to this point, they could have considered the instrument to be perfect. But knowing that many musicians require an amplified acoustic guitar sound, they hand selected a Fishman Acoustic Matrix undersaddle pickup system for the most accurate reproduction of this guitar's tone up on stage, or alternatively, when used in the studio, where nothing less than the best will cut it. For those times when an accurate acoustic sound simply isn't what the doctor ordered, there's a specially-designed Fishman neck pickup with Neodymium magnets. The combination is guaranteed to blow you away!

Includes deluxe plush-lined hardshell case
Naturally, any guitar this good deserves a deluxe, plush-lined hardshell case at no additional charge. This will protect your investment when traveling to gigs across town or across the country.

Parker P6E Acoustic-Electric Features:

• Color: Black
• Body Type: Custom-designed slim-profile acoustic
• Finish: Gloss
• Neck Wood: Mahogany
• Neck Shape: Custom
• Top Wood: Spruce
• Back Wood: Mahogany
• Side Wood: Mahogany
• Machine Heads: Grover Sta-tite
• Scale Length: 25"
• Fingerboard: Ebony
• No. of Frets: 19
• Position Markers: Microdot
• Pickups: Fishman magnetic neck pickup plus Fishman Acoustic Matrix system
• Controls: Master volume, Mag/Piezo blend, active bass and treble controls
• Pickup Switching: Blend control
• Bridge/Tailpiece: Solid ebony with compensated saddle
• Hardware: Gold
• Case: Deluxe hardshell

The P6E is acoustic-electric done the Parker way!