The PRS Silver Sky is something of a modern marvel. Forged in the flame of creative collaboration between musician John Mayer and guitar maker Paul Reed Smith, the Silver Sky came together in pursuit of a concise sum: vintage specification with modern aesthetic. Years of work and deliberation preceded the Silver Sky and today it exists as a masterwork of collaboration as well as an ode to the proverbial guitarist old and new. Balancing these two worlds, Mayer describes the Silver Sky as, “My vision of what a reboot of the electric guitar should look and feel like.”

As if plucked from some alternate musical timeline, the Silver Sky embodies multiple facets of guitar design across history – from the most time-tested and honored to the most recent and relevant. The Silver Sky sought to embody the archetype of the vintage single-coil guitar while setting its own standard for modern sensibilities. With this ethos, the PRS Silver Sky came to form.

PRS and Mayer set their course on the Silver Sky beginning with a classic body wood pick of alder. This double-cutaway, carefully contoured and effortlessly comfortable body carries with it a familiar feel to other double-cutaways across time, yet has that distinct PRS eye for care when it comes to precise shaping. The solid body design and PRS Flat Top carve makes for a smooth and svelte feel across the entire alder cut and serves as a lively sonic engine from which acoustic and electric tonality can bloom. A bolt-on maple neck joins the alder to form the basis of this guitar’s form. This particular Silver Sky features a PRS 635JM-R neck shape that has been subtly modified from the original 635JM neck and fills a more rounded shape in the shoulders to fit differently in hand. As a product of Smith’s examinations of vintage necks and Mayer’s trials of guitars onstage, this carefully modified neck profile offers a different route.

A rosewood fingerboard joins the Silver Sky formula on this model. With a radius of 7.25”, this fingerboard feels comfortable and precise across the six strings. Twenty-two frets laid across a 25.5” scale length open up the guitar completely for exploration of the highest and lowest registers with ease. PRS Small Birds fret inlays adorn the board for that required flourish of PRS authenticity and style. A bone nut lands at the end of this rosewood and acts as a gate to the reverse-oriented PRS headstock, specially designed by Mayer to accommodate for consistent string length. PRS Vintage-Style Locking tuners join together on the headstock and feature a more traditional assembly with closed backs and PRS’s locking design for ultimate stability in tuning.

The coal behind the Silver Sky’s sonic engine takes the form of three 635JM single-coil pickups. A classic pickup configuration seen across plenty of iconic guitars spanning generations, this specific assortment of single-coils sings with a unified voice that chimes with a rounded and full voice. Retaining a classic single-coil sound but while carrying its own unique character, the three pickups of the Silver Sky play into the resonant alder body for a stellar conversion of sound. The playability of these pickups is enhanced by the integration of a steel tremolo bridge. This particular bridge, incorporating patented PRS tremolo design, utilizes Gen III knife-edge screws that are set flush to the body in its neutral position. A design choice that only allows the tremolo to go downward in pitch, this tremolo embodies sturdy accuracy for deep vibrato bends with no altering of intonation.

The PRS Silver Sky embodies generations of electric guitar design, both forward-thinking and reverent. Between its vintage mindfulness and modern playability, the Silver Sky is an endlessly exciting instrument for players across time. Fashioned with clear intention and vision, this guitar is a modern musical treasure incarnate.

• Collaboration model between Paul Reed Smith and John Mayer
• Solid double-cutaway alder body with high-gloss nitro finish
• Bolt-on 635JM-R profile maple neck with subtle shoulder contour
• Rosewood fingerboard with twenty-two frets and PRS Small Birds inlays
• Three 635JM single-coil pickups with five-way pickup selector switch
• Reverse-oriented PRS headstock with Vintage-Style Locking tuners
• PRS steel tremolo bridge with Gen III knife-edge screws
• PRS Premium gig bag included