John Mayer Silver Prs

More than two and half years in the making the silver sky a vintage inspired instrument that is at once familiar but also totally prs through and through is the end result of a close collaboration between grammy award winning musician john mayer and paul reed smith.

John mayer silver prs.

The prs silver sky is the result of a close collaboration between grammy award winning musician john mayer and paul reed smith. It s fair to say the launch of john mayer s prs strat a like the silver sky earlier this year provoked some mixed reactions online now the man himself has taken it upon himself to set the record straight. This vintage inspired guitar boasts a familiar shape with an eye catching contrasting tone in its cutaway scoop. Musicradar s best of 2018.

Show yourself and your gear some love with prs parts accessories and apparel. I had an idea for a guitar that is sort of the future of the classic strat design. 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. Well the wait is over and the guitar is here officially the prs silver sky john mayer signature.

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. 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. Mayer has been posting videos of what appeared to be a stratocaster with the wrong headstock while prs has steadfastly refused to comment. 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.

Choose one of our private stock models or let us build your dream instrument. The prs silver sky was designed by paul reed smith and built to john mayer s specifications. Its neck carve scale length and fingerboard radius were modeled after john s early 60s instruments. However a modified prs style.

Read our official news stories and product announcements. But to the rest of the world it s a stratocaster with the wrong headstock isn t it. John mayer is passionate about his early 60s fender stratocasters.