Try before you buy.
I remember well my first impression after spending time with a friend's brand new Fly in the mid 90's. It was the first Parker any of us had seen in the music store we both worked for back then. It was all black, no sight of wood anywhere on the thing. My friend was raving "It's so light! It makes every kind of sound! It's all carbon fiber and shit, so it will never warp! This is going to take over the whole guitar industry!"
It was a slow day in the store, so I spent some time with the Fly in the amp room and gave it a full shakedown. Thing was so innovative in so many ways, and I remember wanting to like it. But it left me cold. It played smooth and easy but I felt like I was playing a video game or something. All too plastic feeling. It played perfect, yet felt totally wrong at the same time. The range of tones possible was cool, but to me it seemed like every one had a bit of weird sheen on top, sounded a bit unnatural.
Since then I've owned many dozens of guitars and at least briefly had my hands on hundreds more... but none of them were a Parker Fly. I'm still friends with that guy and he has always been a way worse guitar trader/hoarder than I am (he sold me my fave Les Paul). I haven't seen him using a Fly since the 90s.
