After many years of collaboration between
Paul Reed Smith
and seven-time Grammy award winner John Mayer, the traditional Maryland company now presents the
John Mayer's Silver Sky embodies the ergonomic feeling of traditional double cutaway guitars and brings timeless design to today's stages. In addition to classic features such as the top-load construction and contours for arm and chest, Paul Reed Smith gave the lower cutaway the typical 'scoop', from which playing in the highest positions of the fretboard benefits noticeably.
The construction of the PRS Silver Sky follows the classic bolt-on design. The quadruple bolt-on maple neck with a specially designed Silver Sky neckplate features a rosewood fretboard including classic small bird inlays for fret marking. After the first few fingerings, a characteristic vintage feeling becomes apparent immediately, thanks to the painstakingly recreated neck profile of John's classic 63/64 instruments and a vintage fretboard radius of 7.25".
Powerful, but full of character and not too harsh, these single coils were designed specifically for John's Silver Sky. Full, round and warm sounds are the speciality of the single coils, without denying the characteristic beef. The pickup circuits, which can be selected via the 5-way blade switch, awaken the whole palette of the set, whereby especially the intermediate positions 2 and 4 testify to the good balance between the pickups.
The hardware equipment of the PRS Silver Sky remains fundamentally classic, but gets a modern touch. First of all, the Jack Plate design was adapted and curved by Paul Reed Smith to make instrument cables easier to connect and disconnect. The Vintage Tremolo, held in place by six screws resting on knife edges, has four steel springs ex works, which allow the baseplate to rest on the body. This not only provides a more reliable tuning and double stops, but also a stronger signal and improved sustain.