A High-flying Signature Model from John Mayer and PRS
The SE Silver Sky combines John Mayer’s unique musical sensibilities with PRS’s unmatched prowess for innovation, delivering a quality-built, versatile model destined to become your new go-to guitar. The SE Silver Sky’s lightweight poplar body is loaded with a trio of 635JM “S” pickups that contain a palette of glassy highs, warm mids, and full-bodied lows that would impress even the most discerning single-coil connoisseur. Featuring a maple neck and fingerboard with an 8.5-inch radius, the SE Silver Sky neatly blends traditional taste with modern touches to create a playing experience that will entice guitarists of all styles. From delicate melodies to lush chord voicings to gritty blues rhythms, the SE Silver Sky soars with grace and refinement, proving itself an egalitarian guitar of the highest order.
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A modern touch on a vintage-inspired neck
The SE Silver Sky’s biggest deviation from the Core model is a modified 8.5-inch radius, which is slightly flatter than the Core’s 7.25-inch radius but more rounded than the typical 9.5-inch radius of many modern fingerboards. The SE Silver Sky presents you with the best of both vintage-style and contemporary playing surfaces. This modification delivers an extremely natural playing experience across the length of the fretboard, encouraging robust chords, expressive bends, and articulate melodic runs.
A trio of sweet-sounding single-coil pickups
If you're a single-coil tone connoisseur, the PRS SE Silver Sky is the guitar for you. A set of 635JM “S” single-coil pickups combines the best elements of early-’60s American electric guitars: a round and full tone with glassy, musical highs that never venture into ice-pick land. Whether in front of a solid-state rig, a tube amp, or a modeling unit, these pickups deliver the dynamic responsiveness, clear articulation, and warm, full tone you need for playing pop, rock, blues, and more.
Modern 2-point tremolo system
While the PRS SE Silver Sky may draw inspiration from ’60s-era guitars, modern appointments, such as the steel 2-point tremolo system, ensure players enjoy all the benefits of contemporary design. Providing smooth action, reliable tuning stability, and simple adjustability, this tremolo system enhances just about every aspect of the Silver Sky, from its expressiveness to its maintenance. Here at Sweetwater, we’re dedicated to the seemingly small details, and it’s clear that PRS shares in this sentiment.
PRS SE Silver Sky Features:
- SE model of the popular Silver Sky, John Mayer’s ’60s-inspired signature electric guitar from PRS
- Familiar shape with a host of both classic and contemporary finish options
- Lightweight poplar body shares similar tone characteristics with alder, but with a slightly more pronounced upper midrange
- 635JM neck profile and 8.5-in. fingerboard radius provide a comfortable feel and slightly flatter playing surface for achieving clear articulation and expressive bends
- Sturdy maple neck and fingerboard are a trusted combination for producing smooth, articulate notes
- 635JM “S” single-coil pickups deliver a dynamic responsiveness and full-bodied palette
- Steel 2-point tremolo provides smooth action, reliable stability, and simple adjustments, all for a modern feel
