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PRS Guitars and John Mayer Introduce the SE Silver Sky

PRS Guitars and John Mayer Introduce the SE Silver Sky

PRS Guitars and John Mayer officially announce the PRS SE Silver Sky, an affordable version of the original with PRS trademark bird inlays and three single-coil pickups.


The PRS SE Silver Sky is a familiar iteration of Mayer’s signature model, which was first introduced with John Mayer in 2018. The SE model starts with a poplar body, bolt-on maple neck, and rosewood fretboard with PRS trademark bird inlays. The 22-fret, 25.5ā€ scale length neck features the original 635JM carve and an 8.5ā€ fretboard radius, which will make the SE Silver Sky feel right at home. The SE Silver Sky comes in four colors: Dragon Fruit, Ever Green, Moon White, and Stone Blue.

At the heart of the instrument are the three single-coil pickups, which were meticulously designed to capture the voicing of the original Silver Sky. The 635JM ā€œSā€ pickups capture the same round, full tone with musical high end that is never too harsh and add a bit of a bite. This guitar is anchored by a two-point steel tremolo, synthetic bone nut, and vintage-style tuners. Other design features include the PRS Silver Sky inverted headstock shape and the PRS double-acting truss rod (accessible from the front of the headstock for ease of use). This instrument ships with PRS Classic 10-46 strings and a PRS SE gig bag.

PRS SE Silver Sky John Mayer Signature Demo | First Look

ā€œThis guitar is the product of planetary alignment,ā€ said Jack Higginbotham, COO of PRS Guitars. ā€œJohn has an incredible ability to sweat all the right details; PT CORT Indonesia has all the skill, enthusiasm, and courage to take on large-scale manufacturing; and our own guitar making is sophisticated enough to collaboratively design an instrument that is both complementary to original Silver Sky but also uniquely itself. All this comes at a time when guitar players are looking to us to provide musical solutions in ever larger numbers. We have had amazing experiences with the SE Silver Sky ourselves, and it feels wonderful to share those with guitar players around the world.ā€

The SE Silver Sky | John Mayer Model | PRS Guitars

For full specifications, demo videos, and more please visit www.prsguitars.com and PRS Guitars’ YouTube channel, and follow @prsguitars on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

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