Paul Reed Smith Plays a SILVER SKY vs 1964 STRATOCASTER (Live at CME)
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Paul Reed Smith live at Chicago Music Exchange - Playing a 1964 Fender Stratocaster vs. a new PRS Silver Sky. Paul A/B's a vintage Stratocaster and a PRS Silver Sky and talks about the development of the silver sky and winning over the critics.
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The PRS Silver Sky 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 with rosewood fretboard option comes with a 635JM-R neck shape, which is slightly modified in the shoulders to feel more rounded in your hand.
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.
"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
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Both sound great
It was worth it to drive all the way to the event just to hear what the 64 strat sounded like my gosh did it live up to the hype.
So many people are calling Paul a snake oil salesman yet many of you don't miss a chance to buy the same old rehashing of Fender's and Gibson's and will even go so far as to pay thousands more for scuffed up and scratched up versions of the SAME guitar they have been selling for over 70 years. So much for moving the guitar forward. Let's continue to be brainwashed into thinking that only old Strats, Telecasters, and Les Pauls sound great.
Gibson and Fenders are the original and NOTHING has top the feel and tone of either. They got it right the first time.
Very true, I love those guitars, but I don’t care about the headstock. For me, idk how old and this and that, what plays better and feels better is ultimately the guitar I buy. Not a silver sky guy myself, I actually loved the schecter Nick Johnson guitars I played. And I never liked schecter before, tried loving em, they are priced reasonably and have great stuff for the price, never liked the necks. That one guitar spoke to me, and i thought it was a fluke, but my guitar store had three, they all a lil,different in weight and neck sometimes a lil different but close, but play nice. The prs one I compare, the cheaper one too. A lot of times it just wasn’t for me. Who knows? But everything is subjective, something maybe nice to me, to others maybe not soo much.
I think you are presenting a misleading narrative. Custom shops and special builds further the craft
I can't really blame PRS for copying Leo's designs but it's a testament to Leo that the 60 year old guitar sounds better than (or at least as good as) the new one. As the old saying goes: imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!
Every guitar is different. Even two 64s or two SSs. Mayer would make both sound good and stratty. Owning a 64 is definitely more desirable and a better brag.
Emphasis on 'brag' imo
I regret selling my 2021 Silver Sky. SS is a bargain. Gonna get a new 2024 Faded Black Tee SS.
As a "PoorMusician" i will stay with My Indonesian Squier CV and get some Strat Sounds As Well... of Course i Would Like Enjoy a WellMade Guitar , but i saw some Musicians pull out Extraordinary Music from "Crappy" instruments as Well... Anyway great respect to Mr PRS that is for sure the Third Great Name After Fender and Gibson able to Re-new our favorite Toy.
64 for the win
I looove my 408. It’s an original sound, a unique feel, quality throughout. But I do NOT need a Strat copy with a PRS headstock, for 6x what I’m willing to pay for a Stratocaster.
Another way to look at it is, if you are looking for something to invest in or just record. the vintage Strat all the way . A-touring and playing the hell out of it . The PRS.
“Apples and oranges as far as I’m concerned.”-Eric Johnson, presumably.
For the Money?? The Silver Sky!
Ever heard of an A/B switch??
Why didn’t he play a rosewood SS?
...and the point was? The sound was marginally different between the two guitars (as it would be between two Strats). And a $1200 Strat would sound just as nice as the '64. The PRS is nice, it sounds fine...but worth the $$? Well...I guess it is if you want a PRS.
I like PRS guitars, but I’m not going to the church of Paul Reed Smith anytime soon, or finding his religion, even if I respect his art.
What’s with the hot-swaps Paul?
Ok so I’m not the only one hahahah. I was like dude, get an ab switch please or at least a cable with the Neutrik silent plug.
They sound virtually the same.
I'll take the Strat please.
And Ladies and Gentlemen the Stratocaster was the guitar that Paul COPIED to get the sound. Paul is not saying where the tone controls are
or how old the strings are on the Stratocaster. How about a comparison with a new Fender Fender American Professional 11 for $400.00 bucks
less ....with a case. It's not the guitar it's the player.
People minds get poisoned quickly by all this talking, but the truth is the tone comes to a players hands .
Necks are different . Rosewood vs. maple makes a difference. Notes are more snappy with maple.
My £600 Mexican Strat sounds very similar. I really don’t hear that much difference between any sss Strat style guitar.
I owned a silver sky for the better part of 3 years. Parted with it earlier in February for a Suhr classic S.
I do own a Myles Kennedy PRS model still; they’re great guitars, but the MK is the only one I’ve ever played that inspired me to play more.
There’s just a sauce that any Suhr I’ve ever played has that most PRS’ lack. I’ve owned the core silver sky, the S2 594 (swapped the pickups) and a core Special apart from the Myles Kennedy I still have.
None of them BAD. Just not inspiring to play. I guess the point is, play what you like and play what speaks to you. As much as I love Mayer, the silver sky over time just wasn’t my jam and I feel like I get more “Mayer-y” tones out of my Suhr far and away 🤷♂️
The 64 strat clearly sounds better. Try as they must, A prs will never sound better than a Fender Strat. The same goes for trying to sound better than a Gibson.
In your opinion. The world evolves, so does guitars even when some people hang on to the past and myths as hard as they can. But Rasch and everyone can buy and use whatever they like, that is the freedom of choice.
Solution AYB Pedal 😖
He turned the tone knob down on the strat.
I don’t get it. You are comparing a 60 yr old guitar. Ten years after its invention to a new modern guitar with 70 yrs of innovation. I would hope the modern one is better.
I agree, yet almost no one in the "guitar community" embraces the concept of evolution. Just read the comments in thread for proof.
@@musiccreation1198 You are exactly right. That's why we get the same old rehash from Gibson and Fender. Now they're charging thousands more just to get the same old guitars with scratches and scrapes. Yet all these people are criticizing Paul for trying to push the guitar forward.
Strat was better just saying.
He's quite the salesman, the truth is you can get any sound out of any guitar.
That’s not true. There are too many variables for that to be true
The Fender was way better sounding.
The strat smokes the prs
Now close your eyes
Totally different set ups, totally different pickups and totally different design. Ah well, 2/3 ain’t bad
I have to say my Prs is not brilliant at all ,would be a lot better if it stays in tune .I would expect a cheap guitar to go out of tune but not and expensive PRS core model .
Pointless exercise...!!!