Excerpts from an interview Adrian gave to Guitar Player Magazine (June 2008).

What’s the latest on the Parker Adrian Belew Signature Model guitar?
I think we are getting to the point now where we can consider manufacturing it. I just had another meeting with Parker in Chicago. There have been a lot of hang-ups since the designer of the custom part, Axel Rudich, passed away. It became nearly impossible to reverse engineer what he had done, because he had manufactured so many of the parts himself. But I think we have finally resolved those issues, and in three months we should be able to put the signature guitar into production. It’s an incredible guitar. I can’t say enough good things about it. The Parker Fly Deluxe, period, is revolutionary to such a degree. The feel of it, the way it makes you play better, smoother, its perfectly in tune, there are no dead notes, it weighs four pounds. For the signature model we crammed in every possible electronic thing that you could have in there that’s modern, including the Line 6 Variax system, the Sustainiac system, and MIDI. So the Parker Fly Adrian Belew Signature Model will allow you to do just about everything. It’s got some vacuum cleaner attachments on the back, and a microwave somewhere in there.

How many of those things will be in the production model?
All of it will be available. It took me a while to convince Line 6 that they should actually put this into the highest quality guitar possible, which is the Parker Fly. Because all along I felt that the Variax was just amazing technology—I love it, I think it is incredible—but I wanted it on my guitar, and I’m sure a lot of players feel that way. It has taken them a while to open their minds up to that. Each Signature Model is individually ordered and custom made to what you want, so if you didn’t want the Variax, they could mange that. Parker is going to hand the guitar off to the customizing guy—yet to be named—and he’s going to add everything. They’ve got orders, and I’m really sorry to anyone who has been waiting, some for two years now, but its one of those situations where the guy who was doing all the work was a genius.

The next time you are out on the town, be sure to sport your Adrian Belew gear.  Why (we hear you asking) should I do that?  Well we can think of a million reasons (but we'll only give you three). 

• What better to wear to a friends wedding than your Side One t-shirt?
• Is there anything more appropriate for that big meeting downtown than a vintage Twang Bar King shirt? 
• Why buy wallpaper when you could decorate your room in Adrian Belew bumper stickers?

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So who is this Adrian Belew character? Watch and see.

Credits:
00:00 Walking On Air - King Crimson
00:37 City of Tiny Lights - Frank Zappa
01:04 Pretty Pink Rose - Adrian Belew w/ David Bowie
01:44 Once In A Lifetime - Talking Heads
01:48 Genius of Love - Tom Tom Club
01:47 You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
02:00 Lone Rhinoceros - Adrian Belew
02:04 Writing On The Wall - Adrian Belew
03:26 Dvorak's New World Symphony - Adrian Belew
03:39 Oh Daddy - Adrian Belew w/ Audie Belew
04:10 Elephant Talk - King Crimson
05:30 Life In A Nutshell - The Bears