PRS John Mayer JM Silver Sky Polar Blue #0407639
Product information "PRS John Mayer JM Silver Sky Polar Blue #0407639"
- Body Material: Alder
- Body Shape: ST-Style
- Body finish: High Gloss Nitro
- Bridge / Tremolo: PRS Steel Tremolo
- Bridge Pickup: PRS 635JM
- Color/ Finish: Polar Blue
- Colour: Blue
- Controls: 1x volume, 2x tone
- Country of Origin: USA
- Custom shop: yes
- Factory Stringing: PRS Signature 10-46
- Finish: High Gloss Nitro
- Fretboard: Rosewood
- Fretboard Inlays: Small Birds
- Fretboard radius: 7,25"
- Frets: 22
- Hardware: Nickel
- Includes: Gigbag and Certificate
- Middle Pickup: PRS 635JM
- Neck: Maple
- Neck Pickup: PRS 635JM
- Neck Profile: 635JM-R
- Neck construction: Bolt on neck
- Neck finish: Satin Nitro
- Nut Width: 1.656" (42.07 mm)
- Nut material: Bone
- Pickguard: 3-lagig weiß
- Pickup Configuration: S-S-S (3x Single Coil)
- Pickup Cover: White
- Pickup Selector Switch: 5-way switch
- Pickup type: passive
- Pot Caps: White
- Scale: 25" (635 - 659 mm)
- Scale Length: 25,5" (648 mm)
- Serial number: #0407639
- Signature Artist: John Mayer
- Signature Model: yes
- Strings: 6 string
- Strings thickness ex factory: .010 - .046
- Technology: Solid Body
- Top: Flat Top
- Tuning Machines: PRS Vintage-Style Locking Tuners
- Weight: 3,50 kg
What happens when a top-class guitarist and a quality-focused guitar workshop put their heads together to design a guitar series? Something very special — that much is certain. The PRS Silver Sky was created in cooperation with John Mayer and reflects what he values in a guitar. It combines elements from early 1960s guitars with a contemporary outlook, bringing the feel of a vintage instrument together with the precision of a new one. Numerous modifications were also made to the basic design.
The guitar is based on an ST-style body made of alder and fitted with three 635JM single-coil pickups specially designed for this series. Both the bolt-on neck and the fretboard — available in either rosewood or maple — were adapted to John Mayer's specifications. The PRS-typical bird inlays are of course present. Even the patented headstock was inverted. The Silver Sky guitars are produced in PRS's main factory in Stevensville by highly skilled luthiers and checked for the smallest details.
If you want an overview of the PRS Silver Sky series you can find our series page here.
Top Features:
- Alder body
- 3 x 635JM single-coil pickups
- Maple neck
- Maple or rosewood fretboard
- High-quality finishes
- Bird inlays
PRS Guitars sets its own standards when it comes to electric guitars. At session you'll find not only the high-class PRS Custom Shop guitars but also mid-range models and PRS electric basses. At NAMM 2016 PRS looked to the past and reintroduced CE 24 models to the main range after many years, featuring bolt-on and maple necks — an interesting alternative to the traditional construction. Later, a hugely successful instrument emerged through the collaboration with John Mayer: the Silver Sky series, which was initially expanded with more colours and later complemented by the more affordable SE series.
Through a great passion for guitar making and meticulous research and optimisation of his models, founder Paul Reed Smith has been creating instruments for over 40 years that are rightly regarded as true works of art. Not only guitar legends like Carlos Santana play the high-quality PRS guitars from the Standard line, the exclusive Private Stock or the more affordable SE production.
Paul Reed Smith makes a name for himself
Officially the American guitar maker PRS Guitars was founded in 1985, but founder and namesake Paul Reed Smith has been active in guitar making since around 1975. By giving his guitars to stars like Carlos Santana, Al Di Meola and Peter Frampton and convincing them directly, his instruments became increasingly well known. In 1985 serial production of the Custom 24 began. With former Gibson president Ted McCarty as an experienced advisor, Paul Reed Smith set the course for success for the guitars with the characteristic bird inlays on the fretboard.
Every guitar a Custom Shop model
PRS guitars are generally positioned at the higher price points due to high-quality materials and careful workmanship. Since the 1990s there has also been the SE line, manufactured in Korea, which despite more affordable materials still competes at a high quality level. The S2 series forms a bridge: the instruments are made in the USA but remain relatively affordable.
PRS refers to all its instruments as Custom Shop instruments because of the high quality and the options for customisation, but with the Private Stock instruments the company goes one step further and sets real benchmarks in terms of materials, quality, originality and individuality. One thing all PRS guitars have in common: they are true workhorses with great versatility and they look outrageously good. This is also evident from the countless endorsers who swear by their PRS, as well as the numerous signature models from artists like John Mayer, Carlos Santana, Orianthi, Mark Tremonti and Chad Kroeger.
