Description
Grammy Award-winning musician John Mayer and Paul Reed Smith has spent 2 years of research and development to create a unique guitar to include favorite vintage specifications with a modern spirit and aesthetic.
The PRS Silver Sky is an idealized version of a vintage single-coil guitar where every detail adds up and sets this guitar apart from the pack and the past. The result of a close collaboration between John Mayer and Paul Reed Smith, the Silver Sky is based off of years of development. Incorporating Mayer and Smith’s favorite elements of 1963 and 1964 instruments with an eye toward modern references, the PRS Silver Sky delivers the warmth and familiarity of an old guitar with the finesse of a brand-new instrument.
Some of the more distinctive specifications such as the headstock shape is based on PRS’s trademark design, but inverted both to accommodate Mayer’s playing style and also to keep a consistent length of string behind the nut, which makes staying in tune easier. The 635JM single-coil pickups are very round and full, with a musical high end that is never “ice-picky” or brash.
The rosewood fretboard option has been subtly modified in the shoulders to feel more “rounded” in your hand. Both neck shapes were designed by researching vintage instruments and Mayer test-driving guitars on stage to find what felt right. The fretboard radius is 7.25”.
Other high-quality specifications include a bone nut, a molded metal jack plate (curved to make plugging and unplugging a guitar cable hassle-free), retooled knobs, and PRS’s double action truss rod (accessible from the front of the headstock for ease of use). PRS premium gig bag included. Every part of the PRS Silver Sky was created with reason and purpose to make playing
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Features
- Body Wood: Alder
- Number of Frets: 22
- Scale Length: 25.5″
- Neck Wood: Maple
- Fretboard Wood: Maple
- Fretboard Inlay: Small Birds
- Bridge: PRS Steel Tremolo
- Tuners: Vintage-Style, Locking
- Hardware Type: Nickel
- Treble Pickup: 635JM
- Middle Pickup: 635JM
- Bass Pickup: 635JM
- Controls: One Volume and Two Tone Controls with a 5-Way Blade Switch
- Actual Weight: 7.1 lbs.
