PRS Guitare électrique "Silver Sky" signature John Mayer

Reach for the Sky

"For years, I've dreamed of designing a guitar that incorporates some of my favorite vintage specifications, but with a modern feel and aesthetic. After two years of study and refinement, the Silver Sky is my vision of what a reboot of the electric guitar should sound like." - John Mayer

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 crowd 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 on years of development. Incorporating Mayer and Smith's favorite elements from the 1963 and 1964 instruments with an eye toward modern references, the PRS Silver Sky offers 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 fingerboard options. The headstock shape is based on the PRS trademark design, but reversed both to accommodate Mayer's playing style and also to maintain a consistent string length behind the nut, making it easier to maintain tuning. The tuners are a traditional vintage-style closed-back tuner, but with PRS's locking design. The steel tremolo uses the PRS patented design and incorporates Gen III knife-edge screws. Installed flush to the body in the neutral position so that the tremolo bridge only goes down in pitch, the increased contact of the bridge with the body allows the guitar itself to be sonically louder, improving the signal-to-noise ratio of the single-coil pickups. The 635JM single-coil pickups are very round and full, with a musical top end that's never "icy" or overpowering.

The Silver Sky comes with the option of a rosewood or maple fingerboard. The maple fingerboard option comes with the original 635JM neck shape, while the rosewood fingerboard 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 guitars on stage to find the perfect fit. The fretboard radius on both options is 7.25".

Other high-quality specifications include a bone nut, a cast metal jack plate (curved for easy plugging and unplugging of a guitar cable), retooled knobs, and PRS's dual-action truss rod (accessible from the front of the headstock for ease of use). A premium PRS gig bag is included.

SPECIFICATIONS

BODY

Alder Body

NECK

22 Frets

25.5" Scale Length

Maple Neck

Maple or Rosewood Fingerboard

Little Birds Fingerboard Inlay

HARDWARE

PRS Bridge Steel Tremolo

Vintage-Style Locking Tuners

Hardware Type Nickel

ELECTRONICS

635JM Treble Pickup

635JM Middle Pickup

635JM Bass Pickup

Controls one volume and two tone controls with a 5-position blade switch