The first time I played the Silver Sky was at guitar center and I was blown away. I played another one at a different GC to make sure it wasn’t that one guitar and I was still amazed by it. Ended up buying the polar blue color with maple neck and it immediately became my number one, I absolutely love it. I think the people who caused this guitar to be so controversial are just John Mayer haters and clearly have never played the guitar
Can you hate john mayer and like the SS? Nah dont hate john, just not really aware of his songs. Do know he is an amazing guitarist. I played the polar blue one and holy cow! Bout 15yrs ago me and my friend were talking saying that, for us, we didnt like the fender neck. If there would be a strat body with PRS neck, that would be amazing. Who knew? SS neck feels amazing, and it is a lightweight 👏🏽 love the dodgem and rose versions
I just bought this guitar this week in that color with that fret board. Got it yesterday. Waited the 24 hours for it to adapt to the climate, so I haven't actually got to play it yet. But, so glad to hear another player loves it. I can't wait to actually play it.
I used to be a John Mayer hater and I was wrong he is a cool guy and loves guitar and is a hell of a player. Never played one but really like the Maple neck Polar Blue the color you got
@@lastofthe4horsemen279 I was a hater too, not to the extent that people are now, but I just thought he was the “girl song” guy and never gave his music a chance and I’m glad that I did eventually because he’s my top 3 favorite artist of all time and completely changed how I went about playing the guitar and how I listen to music.
You are such a tasteful player, Jack. Among everything else you do, your usage of "the bloom" of a fuzzy driven sound is so controlled and articulate. Just all class.
I'm always amazed at how rosewood vs maple fretboard sound so different. It's almost like you get a sub woofer tone from the rosewood that's just not there with the maple. Very deep low end is the difference I think.
I have a a black w/ the rosewood. The white maple would be a perfect compliment to it. In the video the maple sounds very jangly in a nice way, the rosewood sounded more deep throated. Pretty big difference if all else is the same.
I didn't really want to like the Silver Sky. But, I'll admit it's a hell of a good guitar with possibly the best sounding set of single coil pickups I've ever played. I got a maple fretboard model. It quickly became my favourite Strat style guitar and I've owned a fair few.
Super video. Wonderful playing as always from Jack. That maple neck Silver Sky was truly flying with the overdrive....Both sound very similar to me. The playing experience is different with a slightly different neck shape and the satin/gloss neck...I usually prefer to play rosewood necks, but I love satin necks...Both are King!
@archie baldwin I'm the last person to follow blindly, and I have the tendency to be skeptical until proven otherwise in terms of wood and tone, but... He's spot on. There's a sharpness and lack of gutsiness to the maple. doesn't have that deep warmth (think SRVs little wing) there's absolutely a difference.
I have one in the midnight rose color with rosewood. It is truly an awesome guitar. I did hear the difference, however it sounded more like one had new strings and the other one ( the rosewood) had older or different strings. The charity of the pickups on these guitars will expose that quickly..Both sound great.
I prefer the look of rosewood fretboards but you can't beat a satin finish on the neck. My ideal Silver Sky is the Midnight Rose finish with rosewood fretboard.
They changed the pickups when the maple neck came out. The updated pickups are also in the newer rosewood as well. I am wondering if your rosewood guitar is the older one or the same year as the maple.
The difference to my ears is in tone, snap & jangle. Hands down on the maple and brilliantly played as well. The approach when playing one or the other is different as I handle a maple neck with slightly more care & affection as I would a rosewood board. Blondes & brunettes, love them all but they are different.
Great video. I didn’t realize how amazing the Silver Sky was until I sold mine because I thought my Strat was what I truly wanted....nope. Everything I hate about strats was fixed by PRS. And you my friend get it to SING through that Dr Z!!!
6:51 vs 14:03 (sounds the same to me). I think one sentence he points out is the real key difference: "when you have a rosewood neck it makes you playing different than when you have a maple neck". This visual/taste/touch of the guitar is what makes you play different somehow. It inspires you differently. But if you decide to play exclactly the same, you won't note any difference. "Rosewood is darker, warmer, etc". That may also be your brain cheating you. I can 100% ensure that a full rosewood neck is more bright than a full maple neck. Maybe just the fretboard is different, but a full rosewood neck is brighter than a maple one. That is a fact. Our brain cheates us by our eyes "dark wood = more warm", "light wood = bright sound" and it is in fact the opposite in this case (I guess the real thing is "the denser the wood is the brighter it sounds". So from warm to bright would be "maple > rosewood > ebony". Anyway...seems our eyes are cheating us, so how cares.
It's funny; I couldn't care less about either John Mayer or PRS, but, for some bizarre reason, the Silver Sky has really grown on me. Great playing, by the way.
I really think that your opinion is basically any company's dream for a signature guitar line. Even if Mayer goes back to Fender or goes to other another brand... I think the Silver Sky will still outlast us all.
Both fabulous instruments..the maple neck abit brighter funky sounding .rosewood Ali it’ll darker ..Maple neck one sounds abit like the Clapton Strat .nice with a mid range boost on it ..enjoy playing any of them .Great beautifully made well thought guitars .What a tone ..brill playing to .not thrashing the hell out of it .🤣🤣🤣
Excellent video. I was just looking at this and wondering the difference today. Listening to your playing, you seem to really enjoy the rosewood one...
Super useful! I came here thinking I wanted the maple neck, and pretty quickly figured that the tone of the rosewood board is exactly what I'm after...a big surprise.
Chris, I don’t think you stated definitively what was better between the two. You stated the maple Board is what it should have been. Maybe I should ask this way, which do you prefer?
It’s like you changed the presence control on the amp? BTW, the MAZ 18 is a great amp for these guitars! Has almost a Plexi’ish tone? Still unique. Each guitar definitely has a “character”. Either would work in a gig situation, if you needed the that sound. But, they definitely would sit differently in the mix?
I have the maple. Its amazing. I dont care for the scarf joint at the headstock - its very visible from the player side - but its absolutely perfect in every other way.
Very nice with the maple fretboard indeed. Sounds a bit harsh to me in the crunch mode, but maybe it's the Broadcast pedal ? P.S.: seems your comment section got spammed by pretending oversized-breasted ladies...🤣
@@andrerosendo3301 Well done to you. 16th-18th March for delivery. How about you? I was very lucky, I ordered late. Everywhere had sold out. Where did you buy from, if that's not too personal.
@@antreb15 tks mate! I ordered in Portugal. (I’m in Portugal btw). I think only 3 will arrive here. Mine is one. With some lucky too! I think it’s the same date for the delivery.
Has anyone ever played through the PRS 305 series guitars before? If so how would you compare them against the silver sky. I have played one 305 it was a monster. I have a silver sky on the way. My first serious guitar over a grand. I have owned an American made Les Paul but I am in no way a humbucking style player. I have owned strat style guitars all my life and I'm stoked to receive this guitar.
No doubt great guitars but I struggle to see how they justify an asking price of £2500. There's no roasted maple neck, no stainless steel frets. I think these at best are £2000 guitars and you're paying an extra £500 for a PRS logo and John Mayer signature.
The 2020 rosewood version has a slightly fuller neck, changes made this year (2020) the maple neck profile is the original SS profile. The other big thing about 2020 is they are 100% nitro whereas they were poly finish before 2020.
Last year, I got myself the PRS CE24 and I grew really fond of the neck. But I love maple fingerboard strats. Can anyone tell how close the MN of the Silver Sky is to the CE24?
I own 3 newer Ce24, one being the DW Floyd, it has a maple cap and there is def more spank to it. Don't know how much old it has to do with the the pups used but it's definitely noticeable, the cleans imo are the most beautiful i have ever heard anywhere
I played the rosewood when they first came out and was very impressed, but had too many strats at the time, so I did not buy one. I have sold a couple of guitars so am now revisiting the SS. I am really liking the maple version and will try one out next opportunity. There are however a couple of things I don’t like; one is the lack of a hardshell case at the price point. The other are the ugly bird inlays. PRS please offer dots like you used to offer on the McCarty, CE24 and others and save the birds for the fancy flamed/curly top models.
I think for this rig, the rosewood sounds better. The fuzz is a bit bright. Maybe with different pedals, the maple will be better. Something woofier i guess? Love the silver sky. I have one and it is wonderful. Haters be hatin.
@@n.g.9705 Well, those people need to change their terminology cuz they're technically wrong. If "Satin" finish wasn't a thing then yes they're correct, but in this case they're not.
The maple just looks a bit more special to me. IMO having another brand strat style guitar is all good. Having more choice is great and keeps the quality bar high as manufacturers compete for our custom. Sounds great through the Maz
It's always the same for me. Maple sounds nicer in clean sounds, cleaner and warmer in a way. Rosewood sounds sweeter but a bit more rough around the edges, and this edginess comes to life on overdrive where it sounds punchier. I don't know most of the times I'll pick maple on a strat
Its my 30th next year. And all being well i want to get the white silversky with rosewood neck. Im just wondering if pretty soon prs will give into making an SE version
I can’t tell if all is equal between these two clips, but it’s the best comparison to flip back and forth between for my ears: 7:37 and 15:31
Thanks!
Legend!
bruh its not even on the same pickup position
@@Kasparow Okay, 3 years later, lol. 7:50 and 15:31 are both position four.
The first time I played the Silver Sky was at guitar center and I was blown away. I played another one at a different GC to make sure it wasn’t that one guitar and I was still amazed by it. Ended up buying the polar blue color with maple neck and it immediately became my number one, I absolutely love it. I think the people who caused this guitar to be so controversial are just John Mayer haters and clearly have never played the guitar
Can you hate john mayer and like the SS? Nah dont hate john, just not really aware of his songs. Do know he is an amazing guitarist. I played the polar blue one and holy cow!
Bout 15yrs ago me and my friend were talking saying that, for us, we didnt like the fender neck. If there would be a strat body with PRS neck, that would be amazing. Who knew?
SS neck feels amazing, and it is a lightweight 👏🏽 love the dodgem and rose versions
I just bought this guitar this week in that color with that fret board. Got it yesterday. Waited the 24 hours for it to adapt to the climate, so I haven't actually got to play it yet. But, so glad to hear another player loves it. I can't wait to actually play it.
John mayer haters? grow up man.
I used to be a John Mayer hater and I was wrong he is a cool guy and loves guitar and is a hell of a player. Never played one but really like the Maple neck Polar Blue the color you got
@@lastofthe4horsemen279 I was a hater too, not to the extent that people are now, but I just thought he was the “girl song” guy and never gave his music a chance and I’m glad that I did eventually because he’s my top 3 favorite artist of all time and completely changed how I went about playing the guitar and how I listen to music.
Awesome chops Jack! 🤘🎸🔥 Both sound great to me!
Clearly, PRS is going to have to offer a Silver Sky double neck with one Rosewood fingerboard and one Maple fingerboard.
This is so funny 😂
18:13 - Man!!! This was soooo beautiful! There's so much emotion in your fingers which makes me cry at 18:44 lick.
You are such a tasteful player, Jack. Among everything else you do, your usage of "the bloom" of a fuzzy driven sound is so controlled and articulate. Just all class.
I'm always amazed at how rosewood vs maple fretboard sound so different. It's almost like you get a sub woofer tone from the rosewood that's just not there with the maple. Very deep low end is the difference I think.
How? They all sound the same to me.
You were supposed to help me decide which one I wanted, now I just wanted both of them.
I have a a black w/ the rosewood. The white maple would be a perfect compliment to it. In the video the maple sounds very jangly in a nice way, the rosewood sounded more deep throated. Pretty big difference if all else is the same.
I didn't really want to like the Silver Sky. But, I'll admit it's a hell of a good guitar with possibly the best sounding set of single coil pickups I've ever played.
I got a maple fretboard model. It quickly became my favourite Strat style guitar and I've owned a fair few.
Super video. Wonderful playing as always from Jack. That maple neck Silver Sky was truly flying with the overdrive....Both sound very similar to me. The playing experience is different with a slightly different neck shape and the satin/gloss neck...I usually prefer to play rosewood necks, but I love satin necks...Both are King!
PRS with Silver Sky has created a fabulous instrument that many will enjoy!
I like the thickness of the rosewood sound, the maple is a bit pokey in these clips for me
6:45 vs 13:57
9:47 vs 17:52
@archie baldwin cool, glad that's settled
@archie baldwin I'm the last person to follow blindly, and I have the tendency to be skeptical until proven otherwise in terms of wood and tone, but... He's spot on. There's a sharpness and lack of gutsiness to the maple. doesn't have that deep warmth (think SRVs little wing) there's absolutely a difference.
Thank you for these time snaps. Great work. I still prefer the maple, and imagine it would sit better in a mix.
Agreed
one of the few videos ive watched on the silver sky that got away from the "mayer-isms", great job liked and subscribed
Would be interesting to have a part 3 where you compare an early Silver Sky to a 2021 version as I've heard they evolved a little year on year.
They made changes for 2020. A new nitro finish and TCI pickups. No changes for 2021 except for colors.
@@gregs8685 The apparently put slightly bigger frets on the 2021.
@@zerolight9420 and a different neck carve
Beautifully played Jack , great video.
It would be nice to see the 2 back to back with short clips so you can actually hear the difference.
Crazy good sound and playing! I'm eagerly awaiting my Lunar Ice
Maple neck sounds open and beautiful what a tone .gorgeous.got a lovely snap twang but very warm .
The Rosewood was definitely more gutsy in the low mids & the maple was more scoopy and sparkly to my ears. Oh temptations......
Id consider making a trip peach guitars just to shake this fellas hand. Killer playing my man!
I have one in the midnight rose color with rosewood. It is truly an awesome guitar.
I did hear the difference, however it sounded more like one had new strings and the other one ( the rosewood) had older or different strings. The charity of the pickups on these guitars will expose that quickly..Both sound great.
I prefer the look of rosewood fretboards but you can't beat a satin finish on the neck. My ideal Silver Sky is the Midnight Rose finish with rosewood fretboard.
I have the same one its wonderful guitar
I was surprised at how different they sounded. I’m usually a maple guy for a Strat, but you sold me on the rosewood.
They changed the pickups when the maple neck came out. The updated pickups are also in the newer rosewood as well. I am wondering if your rosewood guitar is the older one or the same year as the maple.
The difference to my ears is in tone, snap & jangle. Hands down on the maple and brilliantly played as well.
The approach when playing one or the other is different as I handle a maple neck with slightly more care & affection as I would a rosewood board.
Blondes & brunettes, love them all but they are different.
PRS needs to do more satin and stop painting all the necks
The CE24 Semi-hollow has a satin neck, which is part of what drew me to it. I have two, and they both sound great and feel amazing.
Nice riffs. Fluid playing. Beautiful guitar. Great vid
Such a great video! Definitely a difference in a good way!
Jack is such an absolute killer player
Great video. I didn’t realize how amazing the Silver Sky was until I sold mine because I thought my Strat was what I truly wanted....nope. Everything I hate about strats was fixed by PRS.
And you my friend get it to SING through that Dr Z!!!
I just ordered the maple Orion Green! 🔥
I do believe the rosewood sounds just a little bit deeper, that would be my choice! Glad you have a choice
Love the rosewood sound and feel. Hate the gloss on the neck. Now I own the Sky SE and can get at least both of these features together.
This is a fantastic video. Well done and thanks :-)
6:51 vs 14:03 (sounds the same to me). I think one sentence he points out is the real key difference: "when you have a rosewood neck it makes you playing different than when you have a maple neck". This visual/taste/touch of the guitar is what makes you play different somehow. It inspires you differently. But if you decide to play exclactly the same, you won't note any difference.
"Rosewood is darker, warmer, etc". That may also be your brain cheating you. I can 100% ensure that a full rosewood neck is more bright than a full maple neck. Maybe just the fretboard is different, but a full rosewood neck is brighter than a maple one. That is a fact. Our brain cheates us by our eyes "dark wood = more warm", "light wood = bright sound" and it is in fact the opposite in this case (I guess the real thing is "the denser the wood is the brighter it sounds". So from warm to bright would be "maple > rosewood > ebony".
Anyway...seems our eyes are cheating us, so how cares.
The neck profiles on the maple and rosewood are different. I looked it up on the PRS website.
It's funny; I couldn't care less about either John Mayer or PRS, but, for some bizarre reason, the Silver Sky has really grown on me. Great playing, by the way.
I really think that your opinion is basically any company's dream for a signature guitar line. Even if Mayer goes back to Fender or goes to other another brand... I think the Silver Sky will still outlast us all.
Sound exactly the same to me. The fact that it feels different perhaps inspires one to play differently. Just my opinion.
It seems that he had more fun playing the rosewood one!
I always dig your playing, Jack. 🤟🏻👍
It would be interesting if PRS did a short run of Ebony fretboards (Maple sound with a Rosewood aesthetic)?
that would be better!
Both fabulous instruments..the maple neck abit brighter funky sounding .rosewood Ali it’ll darker ..Maple neck one sounds abit like the Clapton Strat .nice with a mid range boost on it ..enjoy playing any of them .Great beautifully made well thought guitars .What a tone ..brill playing to .not thrashing the hell out of it .🤣🤣🤣
Excellent video. I was just looking at this and wondering the difference today.
Listening to your playing, you seem to really enjoy the rosewood one...
Waiting on my rosewood in Roxy pink to come in.
Super useful! I came here thinking I wanted the maple neck, and pretty quickly figured that the tone of the rosewood board is exactly what I'm after...a big surprise.
I prefer the rosewood fret board for sound and esthetics
Yes please- to both!
Chris, I don’t think you stated definitively what was better between the two. You stated the maple Board is what it should have been. Maybe I should ask this way, which do you prefer?
It’s like you changed the presence control on the amp? BTW, the MAZ 18 is a great amp for these guitars! Has almost a Plexi’ish tone? Still unique.
Each guitar definitely has a “character”. Either would work in a gig situation, if you needed the that sound. But, they definitely would sit differently in the mix?
The rosewood seemed a little softer when played clean. The maple seemed to bring everything up while playing clean.
I have the maple. Its amazing. I dont care for the scarf joint at the headstock - its very visible from the player side - but its absolutely perfect in every other way.
Very nice with the maple fretboard indeed. Sounds a bit harsh to me in the crunch mode, but maybe it's the Broadcast pedal ?
P.S.: seems your comment section got spammed by pretending oversized-breasted ladies...🤣
I hear great things about those amps. Will you demo that??
Okay, pulled the trigger, got the maple frost.
Awesome choice!! I got the maple tungsten. Sounds amazing
@@wcmacster. Really like the Maple and I just purchased the Lunar Ice, ltd edition.
@@antreb15 I bought the lunar ice too. You have any delivery time?
@@andrerosendo3301 Well done to you. 16th-18th March for delivery. How about you? I was very lucky, I ordered late. Everywhere had sold out. Where did you buy from, if that's not too personal.
@@antreb15 tks mate! I ordered in Portugal. (I’m in Portugal btw). I think only 3 will arrive here. Mine is one. With some lucky too! I think it’s the same date for the delivery.
Don’t forget that the 2020 models are nitro finish
simplyvl really?? I thought they smelled like it! Coool!
Jonathan Burton yup. Nitro finished for all PRS core models as well.
Great video!!!
Really inspiring playing Jack - and to think you consider yourself a Les Paul man.
i need one of those guitars
i think the rosewood has a warmer and deeper tone, while the maple is bright and lighter. idk lol
love the Rosewood tone but love the maple look and it still sounds good,tough choice
Especially with that all white build its sooo clean!
I have the maple, but want to trade for a rosewood.
Great job!
I want one :)
Has anyone ever played through the PRS 305 series guitars before? If so how would you compare them against the silver sky. I have played one 305 it was a monster. I have a silver sky on the way. My first serious guitar over a grand. I have owned an American made Les Paul but I am in no way a humbucking style player. I have owned strat style guitars all my life and I'm stoked to receive this guitar.
rosewood FOR SURE!!!
12:55 - Jack desperately looking for a more positive way to say "sticky".
I have a white Silver Sky with a maple board as my number 1.
Came here solely for Jack's playing as I have no intention/means to buy a Silver Sky these days...
What kind and style is a frets? Thank you.
Though the maple it's way more more beautiful (I like matching) the rosewood for sure has the guts.
There's no king it's just what you like the feel and sound of more
I love your playing
No doubt great guitars but I struggle to see how they justify an asking price of £2500. There's no roasted maple neck, no stainless steel frets. I think these at best are £2000 guitars and you're paying an extra £500 for a PRS logo and John Mayer signature.
Rosewood for the win! 🏆
A neck and a fretboard are 2 different pieces of wood. In this video, the words are used interchangeably, an this is a confusing error .
The 2020 rosewood version has a slightly fuller neck, changes made this year (2020) the maple neck profile is the original SS profile. The other big thing about 2020 is they are 100% nitro whereas they were poly finish before 2020.
Appreciate that!! When you say “fuller” exactly how much more full are we talking?
@@ManumusMaximus Enough to make it a different profile, I have one of the Nebular editions and I love it.
Maple board sounds awsome
are they SS frets?
My eyes can't help but wander to that Tele in the background.
Steven Wilson just rolled back a few years!
I always struggled to keep mine in tune
probably needs the nut slots setup better
I kinda thought from the title we’d get your opinion.
I like maple. It has that nice, focused midrange and sweet treble.
definitely rosewood for me
Great playing as usual, and an excellent comparison video in the current situation where it is increasingly difficult to try these out in person
Last year, I got myself the PRS CE24 and I grew really fond of the neck. But I love maple fingerboard strats. Can anyone tell how close the MN of the Silver Sky is to the CE24?
I own 3 newer Ce24, one being the DW Floyd, it has a maple cap and there is def more spank to it. Don't know how much old it has to do with the the pups used but it's definitely noticeable, the cleans imo are the most beautiful i have ever heard anywhere
I played the rosewood when they first came out and was very impressed, but had too many strats at the time, so I did not buy one. I have sold a couple of guitars so am now revisiting the SS. I am really liking the maple version and will try one out next opportunity. There are however a couple of things I don’t like; one is the lack of a hardshell case at the price point. The other are the ugly bird inlays. PRS please offer dots like you used to offer on the McCarty, CE24 and others and save the birds for the fancy flamed/curly top models.
I think Jack is the king
Just get both 😂😂
I think for this rig, the rosewood sounds better. The fuzz is a bit bright. Maybe with different pedals, the maple will be better. Something woofier i guess? Love the silver sky. I have one and it is wonderful. Haters be hatin.
Not playing the same riff back to back in an A/B situation negates any value this might have.......at least to my ears, sorry.
4:36 wrong. They are finished, just satin.
Most people refer to satin as unfinished, just because you can’t really feel any of the lacquer.
@@n.g.9705 Well, those people need to change their terminology cuz they're technically wrong. If "Satin" finish wasn't a thing then yes they're correct, but in this case they're not.
The maple just looks a bit more special to me. IMO having another brand strat style guitar is all good. Having more choice is great and keeps the quality bar high as manufacturers compete for our custom. Sounds great through the Maz
It's always the same for me. Maple sounds nicer in clean sounds, cleaner and warmer in a way. Rosewood sounds sweeter but a bit more rough around the edges, and this edginess comes to life on overdrive where it sounds punchier. I don't know most of the times I'll pick maple on a strat
Its my 30th next year. And all being well i want to get the white silversky with rosewood neck. Im just wondering if pretty soon prs will give into making an SE version
Great demo, sold on maple!
I have the very rare JM nebula obviously with a rosewood fretboard...but I love how the maple neck looks & I've always preferred maple fretboards
In my opinion, the maple neck. I love the sound and the look.
I prefer the feel and tone of the rosewood fretboard
They sound exactly the same to me.