Condition: Used, Excellent

SP Luthier Notes: Fret Dress, Setup

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.

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. Setup flush to the body in the neutral position so that the tremolo bridge only goes down in pitch, the bridge’s increased contact with the body allows the guitar itself to be acoustically louder, which in turn improves the signal to noise ratio of the single-coil pickups. The 635JM single-coil pickups are very round and full, with a musical high end that is never “ice-picky” or brash.

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”.

BODY

Body Construction Solidbody

Body Wood Alder

Top Carve Flat Top

NECK

Number of Frets 22

Scale Length 25.5"

Neck Wood Maple

Neck Construction Scarfed

Truss Rod PRS Double-Acting

Neck Shape 635 JM (Maple Fretboard) or 635JM-R (Rosewood Fretboard)

Fretboard Wood Maple or Rosewood

Fretboard Radius 7.25”

Fretboard Inlay Small Birds

Headstock Logo Signature, Decal

NECK/BODY ASSEMBLY

Neck/Body Assembly Type Bolt-On

HARDWARE

Bridge PRS Steel Tremolo

Tuners Vintage-Style, Locking

Hardware Type Nickel

Nut Bone

ELECTRONICS

Treble Pickup 635JM

Middle Pickup 635JM

Bass Pickup 635JM

Controls One Volume and Two Tone Controls with a 5-Way Blade Pickup Switch

ADDITIONAL INFO

Strings PRS Signature 10-46

Tuning Standard (6 String): E, A, D, G, B, E

Case Premium Gig Bag

Warranty

This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.

Returns

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