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Prs Silver Sky
Instrument Description:
John Mayer Signature Model Some say this is just another strat clone. But that does not cover the story of the Sliver Sky. PRS and John Mayer have actually build upon and seriously improved on the Stratocaster legacy. Sound wise it is very much a classic strat. But it feels completely different because of the different head stock that creates less string tension than you would find on a normal strat. Of course PRS added their legendary quality that is found in every detail of the guitar. Be sure to give the Silver Sky a try and make up your own mind about this well published guitar. Body-type: Solid-body Merk: PRS Model: S-Style, Stratocaster DESCRIPTION The PRS Silver Sky is the result of a close collaboration between Grammy Award-winning musician John Mayer and Paul Reed Smith. More than two and half years in the making, the Silver Sky is a vintage-inspired instrument that is at once familiar but also newly PRS through and through. This model was based off of Mayer and Smith’s favorite elements from 1963 and 1964 vintage instruments, resulting in an idealized version of a vintage single-coil guitar. The attention that was paid to every detail sets this guitar apart. Some of the more distinctive specifications include, the headstock shape, tuners, neck and fretboard, bridge, and pickups and electronics. The headstock shape is based on PRS’s trademark design, but inverted to both accommodate Mayer’s playing style and also to keep a consistent length of string behind the nut, which makes staying in tune easier. The tuners are a traditional vintage-style, closed-back tuner, but with PRS’s locking design. The neck shape was modeled after 1963/1964 vintage instruments, and the fretboard has a 7.25” radius. The moment your hand grabs this neck, it just feels right. Like the tuners, the steel tremolo takes a classic design and incorporates PRS’s trem arm and Gen III knife-edge screws. The bridge on the Silver Sky is setup flush to the body in the neutral position so that the tremolo bridge only goes down in pitch. By keeping the bridge in contact with the body, the guitar itself is acoustically louder, which improves the signal to noise ratio of the single-coil pickups. The 635JM single-coil pickups are very round and full, with a musical high end that is never “ice-picky” or brash. Other high-quality specifications include a bone nut, a molded metal jack plate that is curved and makes plugging and unplugging a guitar cable hassle-free, retooled knobs, fretwire that is slightly smaller than what you’d find on most PRS electric guitars, and PRS’s double action truss rod (accessible from the front of the headstock for ease of use).   SPECS BODY Body Wood Alder   NECK Number of Frets 22 Scale Length 25.5″ Neck Wood Maple Neck Shape 635JM Neck Depth At The Nut 53/64” Width of Fretboard at the Body 2 7/32” Width of Fretboard at the Nut 1 21/32” Fretboard Wood Rosewood Fretboard Inlay Small Birds Fretboard Radius 7.25” Nut Bone   HARDWARE Bridge Steel Tremolo Tuners Vintage Style, Locking Hardware Type Nickel   ELECTRONICS Treble Pickup 635JM Middle Pickup 635JM Bass Pickup 635JM Controls One Volume & Two Tones with a 5-Way Blade Pickup Switch
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Kauffmanns Guitar Store, Netherlands  

Kauffmanns Guitar Store
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Contact name:
Paul Van Bree
Brands:
Novo, Patrick James Eggle, Suhr, Nash, Kauffmann Guitars, PRS, Rivolta, Volt Guitars, Maybach, Eastman, Maton, Atkin, Pre-War Guitars, Dowina
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Dutch, English, Deutsch
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