6 things PRS don’t tell you about the Silver Sky
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- #prsguitars #prssilversky #johnmayer
I've been loving my @prsguitars Silver Sky for the past month, however there have been a handful of things that took me by surprise... I'm going to share them with you!
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2:17 Clean tones
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7:07 Drive tones
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10:39 Fuzz tones
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• Ernie Ball Music Man Cutlass HSS (McNelly Pickups)
• Ernie Ball Music Man St Vincent
• Fender American Vintage '56 Strat
• Fender Telecaster (Seymour Duncan Antiquity Pickups)
• Gibson Les Paul Junior (Sunbear Pickup)
• Heritage H-150 Standard Artisan Aged Europe Ltd
• Victory V40 The Duchess
• Victory VC35 The Copper
• Victory V4 The Sheriff
• Boss Waza Tube Amp Expander
• Universal Audio Apollo Solo
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One advantage of the angled back headstock is that it removes the need for string trees. Great vid.
Great point!
Loved your video - sick finish, btw!
not even a strat player, but teh silver sky jack plate is a thing of beauty
It’s the small things…
Great video. I have a USA silver sky with a maple fretboard. I bought it in 2020. I was originally looking for a Fender with a rosewood fretboard, but had not found the one that sung to me and then this silver sky appeared and we just bonded. I love the neck shape and profile. It is so comfortable to play. It is one of my favourite guitars.
That thin rosewood is there because of the changes that Leo Fender made to neck construction in the late PreCBS era. Mayer’s favorite 1963 and 1964 strats have laminate boards.
Great video man! Keep it up!
Appreciate it!
Love it , 😻 im wanting one , just doing my due diligence, cant decide on maple or rosewood
I really like my SE silver sky. I’ve played for long enough now that the neck carve, nut width, radius, etc is the most important aspect. I felt like the neck was a bit thicker than most fender strays I’ve played and I really like that. Plus you can get used SE sioverskys for under 500
Nice & comprehensive review man, good one... I really hope to own one soon❗
It should be noted that the frets are med size after 2020. Before that they were the skinny frets which some like and some don't.
Nice video. Keep this great content coming.
Thanks!
I think the slim fretboard is there to mimic his ‘63 strat.
Dope watch btw
Thanks!
Great video, Jackson…Just discovered you from the Baum website, testing their Celestor #subbed …Really appreciate your insights about the Silver Sky…I'm privileged to own a new "Dead Spec" Silver Sky and it's absolutely incredible, in looks and sound… #Brass…Hopefully you'll get the opportunity to play one sometime.
That’s awesome! I’d love to play a Dead Spec
The horn contours are reworked so that they form a diagonal line to one another where they connect to the neck. This is a much more graceful design choice than the classic Strat which is just kinda random.
Bought a Silver Sky SE and it’s a splendid guitar, almost too perfect. It doesn’t fight back and it’s very versatile. Sometimes I long for a high end filthy Strat but you can’t have everything. As I said it’s just a great tool but not doesn’t always have the mojo of other guitars.
You make a great point and usually that’s my approach to guitars as well. Although I’m getting on with the Silver Sky tremendously
I asked a sales rep about the nitro finish maybe a year ago. They confirmed that its not nitro, its poly.
at least the poly was thin enough to produce little cracks like a nitro does when aged, unlike the thick poly finishes that peels like egg shells.
Since 2021 its Nitro
I have the exact same Silver Sky as shown in the video. I can 100% confirm it has a nitro finish. Most of my guitar already has nitro cracks.
I was almost sure to pick up a cutlass...but yesterday I tried the ss (firts prs on my hands in my life), and was blown away by the tone...Now Im doubting, as the cutlass is much more ergonomic...
But dont think will be as amazingly sounding as the silver sky
The Cutlass, IMO, is probably the best alternative to a good Strat. It beats out the SS, in tone and feel. It's totally subjective, of course, and there are literally dozens of comparable guitars. There are a lot of great boutique builders at that price point as well.
thanks man!@@RByrne
Music Man makes the best USA guitars on the market. I miss my Cutlass.
Interesting!! Why hasn't PRS told us all this themselves? Is there a reason for this?
Nice timepiece bruh 👀
Good spot
What year is your Silver Sky? I’m starting to save up for one as a 30th bday present to myself. Seeing all of the supposed slight changes they’ve made around 2019-2021 is very interesting. No doubt all of them sound phenomenal, just curious. Loved the vid by the way!
Mine is a 2023. I actually didn’t realise how many subtle changes they’ve made since release
@@JacksonBrooksby sweet, thanks! Ya it’s interesting, they do seem pretty subtle though at least. As far as I know the frets got slightly bigger, neck carve may be slightly different, the body finish is nitro topcoat now, and the pickups are voiced slightly different. But every example I’ve heard of the different years, including yours, sound so good!
A colour coordinated T shirt, such attention to detail 😂.
Hope you're doing well buddy 👍
Honestly, I have two 70s Classics reissues. They are both 7.25. It’s not an issue for me ever.
What fuzz pedal didyou use? Sounds awesome
New Reeves Electro TwinSound
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Help! I am playing like John Mayer when I play it. And then I become him and become kind of obtuse. All my friends have abandoned me. Even though my name is Seabert I insist that they call me JAY EM.
It’s not a thin piece of rosewood. Its smaller radius gives it that impression. There is less rosewood visible on the edge thickness due to less wood being present. From top of the arc to base is probably close to the thickness of a flatter board top to bottom.
You forgot to mention the body-to-neck pocket is not a square but curved.
It’s different than a strat
because its not a strat
I heard so many people say that the fretboard radius isn't an issue at all and then I bought the Silver Sky and I can only say coming from a 10" radius - this is so terrible. I sent the guitar right back. I think it is not a good idea to talk this feature down - the fretboard is where you live as a guitar player.
Nahhhh I'll take a Strat first anyday. The REAL THING.
Agreed. I could afford the price tag, but I’m just an amateur guitar duffer. I wouldn’t enjoy the Silver Sky more than the MIM Strat, MIM Tele, Epi Les Paul Custom and the Gretsch 5230T I could buy together for the same money.
What does this offer to hold a $2750 price tag? No stainless frets?!?
Fender Ultra Luxe, Ultra, and Professional II stratocasters are superior in every single way.
The Silver Sky SE only sold well the last two years because they sold them 20% off.
John Mayer hasn't been relevant since 2003. 😂
You get so much more dollar per dollar with a Stratocaster.
More fret sprout.
@@markuyehara7880 If you pay for top of the line Strat (still cheaper than the PRS) you don't get fret sprouts.
If it doesn't say Fender, it ain't a Strat.
Exactly! Its a S-Style guitar, but not a Strat
True!
I might agree, but what about a suhr, john suhr ran that fender custom shop in the 90s.
@@BobbyCulpepper.srv3fender still a S-Style. Even a G&L would be an S-Style. It's only a Stratocaster when it's a Fender only due to the proper model name. Obviously an S-Style means Strat Style, so calling it an S-Style is still calling it a Strat in a way, but avoiding using an actual model name. It's the reason why Suhr calls them a Classic S Vintage, or G&L calls it an S-500. It's just being proper in your terminology even though we all know what the abbreviation means.
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I played Silver Sky, it is modern guitar now, but in just a few years, everybody will hear how lifeless and tiny these guitars sound, you see fender strat is not legendary guitar because of horn contour, but because of the life it breaths into the note.
Try to understand, even the John Mayer sounds better on the stratocaster.
That's called "listening with your eyes".
It doesn’t say Fender, it’s not a Stratocaster……………thank god!