John Mayer Silver Sky Prs Review

One of my favorite guitars in my collection is a prs.

John mayer silver sky prs review.

It s a lot of guitar for the price. Musicradar s best of 2018. 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. Apr 12 2018 on march 5 guitar maker paul reed smith announced a new john mayer signature guitar called the silver sky.

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. Prs guitars john mayer silver sky. John mayer s prs silver sky captures the magic of vintage guitars. John mayer prs silver sky review.

Prs guitars i ve enjoyed numerous conversations and interviews with prs guitars founder paul reed smith. I had an idea for a guitar that is sort of the future of the classic strat design. 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. 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.

John mayer is passionate about his early 60s fender stratocasters. I remember when i first picked up a prs i just knew i wanted to have that one day. The design is immediately familiar to guitarists inspired by mayer s instrument of choice for the. 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.

Well the wait is over and the guitar is here officially the prs silver sky john mayer signature. Any mention of name john mayer and the word guitar and the mind swiftly conjures up an image of mayer complete with agonizing guitar face and a fender stratocaster firmly in hand. He is well associated with the guitar from look through to tone. 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.

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. The prs silver sky is the result of a close collaboration between grammy award winning musician john mayer and paul reed smith. But to the rest of the world it s a stratocaster with the wrong headstock isn t it. 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.

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