2025 PRS USA Silver Sky Maple Fretboard w/ Gigbag – Midnight Rose

Information

Condition: Used, Near Mint. Like what you see? All photos are of the exact item you will receive. The plastic is still present on the pickguard, and it’s in near mint condition overall.

Just arrived via trade in! The legendary PRS Silver Sky needs no introduction. It’s a modern classic and one of the most popular PRS models ever. If you are in the market for a ‘Strat’ style guitar with John Mayer’s preferred specs, the Silver Sky is the one! This particular example was only very lightly used; it could almost pass for new!

From PRS: “It’s been a dream of mine for years to design a guitar that includes some of my favorite vintage specifications but with a modern spirit and aesthetic. After two years of study and refinement, the Silver Sky is my vision of what a reboot of the electric guitar should look and feel like.”

– John Mayer

The PRS Silver Sky is an idealized version of a vintage single-coil guitar where every detail adds up and sets this guitar apart from the pack and the past. The result of a close collaboration between Grammy Award-winning musician John Mayer and Paul Reed Smith, the Silver Sky is based off of years of development. Incorporating Mayer and Smith’s favorite elements of 1963 and 1964 instruments with an eye toward modern references, the PRS Silver Sky delivers the warmth and familiarity of an old guitar with the finesse of a brand-new instrument.

Some of the more distinctive specifications include the headstock shape, tuners, bridge, pickups, and neck and fretboard options. The headstock shape is based on PRS’s trademark design, but inverted both to 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 steel tremolo takes the patented PRS design and incorporates Gen III knife-edge screws. Setup flush to the body in the neutral position so that the tremolo bridge only goes down in pitch, the bridge’s increased contact with the body allows the guitar itself to be acoustically louder, which in turn 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.

The Silver Sky comes with the option of a rosewood or maple fretboard. The maple fretboard option comes with the original 635JM neck shape, while the rosewood fretboard option has been subtly modified in the shoulders to feel more “rounded” in your hand. Both neck shapes were designed by researching vintage instruments and Mayer test-driving guitars on stage to find what felt right. The fretboard radius on both options is 7.25”.

Other high-quality specifications include a bone nut, a molded metal jack plate (curved to make plugging and unplugging a guitar cable hassle-free), retooled knobs, and PRS’s double action truss rod (accessible from the front of the headstock for ease of use). PRS premium gig bag included.

How Does It Play?

The truss rod functions properly and the guitar sets up nicely. The string action sits at 4.5/64” on the low E string and right at 4/64” on the high E string, measured at the 12th fret.

Weight: 7lb 2.9oz

Comes with PRS Gigbag and Case Candy!

Specifications

Body

Body Construction: Solidbody

Body Wood: Alder

Top Carve: Flat Top

Neck

Number of Frets: 22

Width of Fret Crown: .085"

Height of Fret Crown: .045"

Scale Length: 25.5"

Neck Wood: Maple

Neck Construction: Scarfed

Truss Rod: PRS Double-Acting

Neck Shape: 635JM (Maple Fretboard)

Neck Depth at the 1/2 Fret: 27/32"

Neck Depth at the 12 1/2 Fret: 31/32"

Neck Width at the Nut: 1 41/64"

Neck Width at the Body: 2 15/64"

Fretboard Wood: Maple

Fretboard Radius: 7.25”

Fretboard Inlay: Small Birds

Headstock Logo: Signature, Decal

Neck/Body Assembly Type: Bolt-On

Neck Finish Type: Satin Nitro

Hardware

Bridge: PRS Steel Tremolo

Tuners: Vintage-Style, Locking

Hardware Type: Nickel

Nut: Bone 

Electronics

Treble Pickup: 635JM

Middle Pickup: 635JM

Bass Pickup: 635JM

Controls: One Volume and Two Tone Controls with a 5-Way Blade Pickup Switch