John Mayer Prs Silver Sky Review

The prs silver sky is the result of a close collaboration between grammy award winning musician john mayer and paul reed smith.

John mayer prs silver sky review. Prs s take on an american classic. After two years of exhaustive r d march 2018 saw one of the industry s worst kept secrets become the most talked about guitar in recent history. Apr 12 2018 on march 5 guitar maker paul reed smith announced a new john mayer signature guitar called the silver sky. Depending on whom you believe john mayer and paul reed smith s silver sky is either the future of a classic design or just another strat copy with the wrong headstock.

Join guitar super system today. Mayer has been posting videos of what appeared to be a stratocaster with the wrong headstock while prs has steadfastly refused to comment. The prs silver sky was designed by paul reed smith and built to john mayer s specifications. John mayer s prs silver sky captures the magic of vintage guitars.

The design is immediately familiar to guitarists inspired by mayer s instrument of choice for the. But to the rest of the world it s a stratocaster with the wrong headstock isn t it. By chris gill 25 may 2018. So it s no shocker that his new prs signature model is basically a vintage flavored s style filtered through paul reed smith s aesthetic.

The prs john mayer silver sky is a blend between vintage and that classic prs creamy sophisticated look and tone we have all come to love guitar world magazine full review here after playing the silver sky it s easy to understand why it took so long to design and why john mayer embraced this endeavor. More than two and half years in the making the silver sky is a vintage inspired instrument that is at once familiar but also newly prs through and through. It s a lot of guitar for the price. Well the wait is over and the guitar is here officially the prs silver sky john mayer signature.

On several occasions we ve done this thing where i ll name a guitar from the past and he ll tell me several ways it could be improved as. The result is a beautifully made instrument that authentically nails the feel and tones of a pre cbs strat while benefiting from a number of modest yet meaningful refinements. This vintage inspired guitar boasts a familiar shape with an eye catching contrasting tone in its cutaway scoop.