"BURN my Fender strats to get a Silver Sky"
Anything less makes John Mayer cry on his TikTok.
Depart with my Fender strats to get a Silver Sky
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Anything less makes John Mayer cry on his TikTok.
I'm also in the camp of I think the SS would look better with the traditional PRS headstock. When I look at the photos posted by @Forpie, the wings on the SS are offset, which could indeed create a problem for someone with big hands. So I look over at my old CE22 and notice there is no offset on the wings. They are symmetrical.
Lewguitar
Strat-O-Master
Would love to hear those Fluence pickups. Greg Koch seems to like them. I have a Fishman pickup and electronics in my Breedlove acoustic guitars and am very happy with the sound.
I’ve had my SS SE for almost a week now and I absolutely love it. It’s so comfortable and smooth to play and I really enjoy the pickups and weight of the guitar.
For sentimental reasons, I was shopping for a Strat around this price point and year of production…I was looking between the Vintera series, Nick Johnston schecter and the silver sky se. I went with the SS because of the neck, the rosewood board and the pickups. The Vintera I didn’t like the pao fero board and the vintage less output pickups, and the shecter I didn’t like the fingerboard radius (too flat for me), but would have grabbed one if I didn’t love the SS.
But I really do enjoy this guitar. Again, the neck is amazing and I really love the tones. And for the record I am not a Mayer (though I respect his playing) fan and didn’t really care at all about these when the initial core models were released.
For sentimental reasons, I was shopping for a Strat around this price point and year of production…I was looking between the Vintera series, Nick Johnston schecter and the silver sky se. I went with the SS because of the neck, the rosewood board and the pickups. The Vintera I didn’t like the pao fero board and the vintage less output pickups, and the shecter I didn’t like the fingerboard radius (too flat for me), but would have grabbed one if I didn’t love the SS.
But I really do enjoy this guitar. Again, the neck is amazing and I really love the tones. And for the record I am not a Mayer (though I respect his playing) fan and didn’t really care at all about these when the initial core models were released.
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Lewguitar
Strat-O-Master
Awesome! Glad you're liking it. Yours look like mine. Ever Green.
You bought it for the same reasons I bought mine.
And I'm not a John Mayer fan either.
But I kept my strats. (lower case s....although the white one is a MIJ Fender Squier)
crankmeister
Most Honored Senior Member
I have never let the fact that Clapton and Mayer are so boring and stupid deter me from getting a PRS.
Or a Fender, for that matter.
Or a Fender, for that matter.
Butcher of Strats
Senior Stratmaster
Oh what a dreadful thought!
If John Mayer and Eric Clapton started playing PRS, the trolls would take over all the gear chat sites and we would be forced to play music instead of posting comments in fantasy gear shop discussions!
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Get to the choppah! So that we can fly into the silver sky!
Get to the choppah! So that we can fly into the silver sky!
Awesome! Glad you're liking it. Yours look like mine. Ever Green.
I still have my early 80s Squier Bullet1 too, but it needs some work!
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touch of gray
Strat-O-Master
I have listened to a couple of recent interviews with Paul. He can come off a little full of himself, but is putting out some great product right now.
"Depart with my Fender strats to get a Silver Sky"
Two questions:1) To where are you departing to get a Silver Sky? and
2) And why do you need to take the Strats along to do so?
If it inspires you...go for it!
The silver sky was built precisely for Mayer, wasn’t it?
touch of gray
Strat-O-Master
Have you played one?
touch of gray
Strat-O-Master
I really wanted either stone blue or the green one you have but they were out of everything except moon white. It sounds so good I don’t care what color it is.
touch of gray
Strat-O-Master
The new PRS DGT SE was unveiled this week, and sounds incredible for around $800. It’s not a Strat per se, but the coil tapped humbuckers sound very convincing as single coils.
mijstrat72
Strat-Talker
When I first played a SS, I didn't know anything about it. The salesman just handed it to me and said "Try this one".
Not only was this the first silver sky I've played, but it was actually the first PRS I ever played as well. Needless to say the guitar felt like it was made for me. The compact feel, the playability was all spot on and perfect. I didn't even plug it in I just put it back on the rack after looking at the price tag. I don't really deal with guitars in this price range because I'm just a poor dude, but this guitar was different. And even after I went home I thought about it. Later on I was telling one of my guitar friends about the silver sky, so he went down to the store and got a job there, and then sold me the guitar at cost it was a really good deal.
Not only was this the first silver sky I've played, but it was actually the first PRS I ever played as well. Needless to say the guitar felt like it was made for me. The compact feel, the playability was all spot on and perfect. I didn't even plug it in I just put it back on the rack after looking at the price tag. I don't really deal with guitars in this price range because I'm just a poor dude, but this guitar was different. And even after I went home I thought about it. Later on I was telling one of my guitar friends about the silver sky, so he went down to the store and got a job there, and then sold me the guitar at cost it was a really good deal.
