PRS Silver Sky, Rosewood Fingerboard - Polar Blue with Gig Bag

PRS Silver Sky - Vintage Dreams, Modern Application

A Modern Classic: PRS Silver Sky

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 Grammy Award-winning musician 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.

Unique Features and Superior Craftsmanship

Some of the more distinctive specifications include the headstock shape, tuners, bridge, pickups, and neck and fretboard options. 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 tuners are a traditional vintage-style, closed-back tuner, but with PRS’s locking design. The steel tremolo takes the patented PRS design and incorporates Gen III knife-edge screws.

Exceptional Playability and Sound

The Silver Sky comes with the option of a rosewood or maple fretboard. The maple fretboard option comes with the original 635JM neck shape, while 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 on both options is 7.25”. The 635JM single-coil pickups are very round and full, with a musical high end that is never “ice-picky” or brash.

Specifications:

• Body Construction: Solidbody
• Body Wood: Alder
• Top Carve: Flat Top
• Neck: Maple
• Number of Frets: 22
• Scale Length: 25.5"
• Neck Construction: Scarfed
• Truss Rod: PRS Double-Acting
• Neck Shape: 635 JM (Maple Fretboard) or 635JM-R (Rosewood Fretboard)
• Fretboard Wood: Rosewood
• Fretboard Radius: 7.25”
• Fretboard Inlay: Small Birds
• Neck/Body Assembly Type: Bolt-On
• Bridge: PRS Steel Tremolo
• Tuners: Vintage-Style, Locking
• Hardware Type: Nickel
• Nut: Bone
• Pickups: 635JM Treble, Middle, and Bass
• Controls: One Volume and Two Tone Controls with a 5-Way Blade Pickup Switch

This guitar is in excellent condition and has undergone a full in-store professional inspection and setup. The neck is nice and straight, fits comfortably in the hand and exhibits only minor fretwear. Cosmetically, there is a light mark on the end of headstock and on the back of neck around the 5th fret, as well as light pick scratches to the pickguard as can be seen in photos. Original gig bag is included. 

This guitar ships fully insured with signature required.