PRS SE Silver Sky Electric Guitar - Storm Gray with Rosewood Fingerboard Reviews
The original Silver Sky was designed in conjunction with John Mayer to elevate a familiar guitar aesthetic with PRS Guitars' world-renowned innovation. That collaboration is now making its way into the SE line with the goal of delivering a more affordable version of the Silver Sky — with all the same PRS quality! The SE Silver Sky features a lightweight poplar body loaded with a trio of 635JM “S” pickups to deliver all the glassy highs and round bottom end that you’d expect out of a classic three single-coil configuration. While the original Silver Sky kept the original 7.25-inch radius of its inspiration, the SE Silver Sky's maple/rosewood neck offers a slightly modernized 8.5-inch radius that feels vintage, but injects a dose of modern playability. Since its inception, PRS has been known to push the boundaries of guitar design. The Silver Sky SE combines that philosophy with a deep respect for tradition, resulting in a high-performance, vintage-style model of the highest caliber — but at a wallet-friendly price!
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Highest Rated Reviews
GREAT value and quality!!
I've had my Silver Sky SE for a couple weeks now and the honeymoon continues! I'd of course read the good reviews over the last year but hadn't pulled the trigger due to not liking the colors. When these new varieties hit AND went 20% off it was a no brainer.
I'm really digging the variety on the stock pickups so I'm not planning a swap anytime soon. The quality was pretty good with the exception of a loose input jack and a scratchy pot and pickup selector switch. Easy fixes. I would recommend this guitar for sure! Good first PRS experience!
Unbelievable Value
This guitar EASILY has some of the best Strat pickups I've ever heard....and this is coming from 30 years of playing and owning literally dozens of various 'real' Strats, some with boutique pickups in them. Neck is a bit chunky, but very comfortable once you get used to it. But those pickups. My god. Fit and finish on the guitar was great right out of the box, only needed a minor action tweak to be close to perfect. My only complaint is the plastic buttons on the tuners are ridiculous, but given how utterly fantastic the rest of the guitar is (did I mention the pickups?), I guess I can live with the bargain basement tuner buttons.
10/10 don't even look at Fenders in this price range. This thing punches WAY above its weight.
No need to modify, perfect as is
I got the Storm Gray color!!!
Mines weighed in at 7 lbs 9 ounces.
Plays and sounds almost at good as my Core Silver Sky. I got the action down to just 1.2mm at the 12th fret on all strings and it will not buzz or fret out on full note bends. I play hard and aggressive and it still sounds amazing.
Pickups are just slightly hotter and darker than the Core model. Tone is very similar, so no need to make EQ adjustments.
I was planning on upgrading the pickups, but after I played it, there's no need. Pickups sound awesome.
Only major difference from the Core Silver Sky is the neck shape and feel. But it's hard to top the Core's neck as it feels like butter, so smooth.
Great value and wonderful tone
I purchased the storm gray with rosewood fretboard version. The color is really growing on me and everyone that sees it thinks it's a really unique color on an electric guitar. As usual with every PRS I've purchased, the action was a little high out of the box, so I spent the first day or two fine tuning the action and loosening the trem spring claw so I could get it to play the way I like. Once that was done it was ready to work.
It really sounds and plays great for the price point. The frets feel great. I love the feel of the satin (unfinished) feeling on the neck, and I enjoy that thickness of the neck.
It sounds like a Strat but has a bit more thickness to the tone and the sustain is great. It's a great compliment to the PRS CE that I also gig with. It provides a completely different feel and tone, but still feels like a super high quality instrument that can played hard and gigged every weekend.
PRS SE Silver Sky - Evergreen
I got this guitar in the evergreen color. It is beautiful. It sounds amazing too. I do have a Fender Strat Player series one too, but for some reason I keep going to this one to play. It has a slim C neck which is perfect for my small hands. The Fender one is easy to play too, but this one kinda is a better guitar. IDK I'm on the fence with both of these guitars, but I highly recommend getting this SE version of John Mayer's signature guitar.
No way this exists...
Oh my gosh I just bought this and IT IS AMAZING! I didn't really like the four colors when it first came out and so I didn't buy it, but when these new colors arrived, I knew I had to get one. Don't be fooled, this thing plays so good, sounds like heaven, and looks gorgeous. Don't know why so many people dislike it!
I was worried about the trem system having tuning stability issues before I got this after seeing several people review this guitar, but once I got it, I realized this wasn't the trem to go out of tune. It is truly like it says: "Reliable 2-point tremolo system".
Will definitely recommend this to anyone whether he/she is beginner, amateur, or super professional.
