John Mayer Talks // Plays Silver Sky PRS Signature Guitar | Livestream
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- Опубліковано 15 бер 2018
- John Mayer plays // talks about his new Silver Sky signature PRS guitar! Running through the pickups and demo's the different sounds that you can get out of the Silver Sky PRS, he does a Q&A talking about his ideas behind the Silver Sky guitar, why he went for a simple fender stratocaster style body and why it took him and PRS two years to design it!
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This was awesome and exactly why I have ordered the Silver Sky. The comment that "..out of 100 Strats you get 2 or 3 that are MAGIC" is exactly right. I ended up finding a Custom Shop Strat that I have played 1000's of shows on over the last 20 years after trying about 50 Strats. I have tried hundreds of Strats, Suhr's, PRS's etc to replace my now very aged and well worn Strat without success. Thank you JM & PRS. The perfect marriage of guitar mojo and luthier. Bring it on...
nice story , says it all thanks
How many players watched this just too learn few licks? Can't wait to play this thing tho
Daniel Santorowski Really dude? Johns your starting point?! Come on man all you need is BBKing Live At The Regal LP and Albert King Born Under A Bad Sign LP, every lick he plays is on there.
@@Datanditto Jesus, not everybody has the same chronological discovery of music. JM is just as good a starting point as BB King.
John is such a great confident player. I also really dig how he champions Jerry Garcia's style which has been criminally overlooked by much of our guitar playing community.
Drink it in my sinister brothers, This is as close to a lefty Silver Sky you will ever see
Glad to see this after all the madness a single instrument has caused. Not a strat fan, not a PRS fan, but it sounds fantastic and better than any strat I've heard in a while.
and it NAILS the "regal" tone... somehow.
You can argue what ever, he’s one of the best contemporary guitar players and kudos to PRS for having built an instrument according to his vision. This is history!
From the man, hard to get any clearer than that. You rock brother. Please keep sharing your knowledge on what you do. When I see it the first time I just enjoy it. When I play your clips for the 10th time I get maybe 5% of what you are trying to do. When I apply it to what I know and I land it in my mind I feel like my guitar playing has purpose and it inspires me to keep growing. Nothing better than that. You are a deep cat!
Man, I love the ideas, sound, and reasoning behind this guitar. I'm already starting to save my pennies. It's really growing on me. The whole explanation about looking at a guitar from across the room REALLY hit home with me. Love it!
thanks for sitting down and doing this. i had no problem with the 'Stratiness' like a lot of folks did. but this was a very intimate listen to the new guitar. and thanks for explaining about where and how it came to be!
I just love how John is so casual in his conversation and at the same time he’s playing sweet riffs that just makes one smile. Keep it up, John!! 👏🏻
I know! he’s just using his phone. 🎸
Great to see the joy playing still brings and the down to earth conversational style you are bringing to us John. Enough for the music fans and guitar geeks alike 😄
Thank you for dispelling the myths and haters on radius! Love that you do these videos John. Thanks!
John, you are simply amazing. Thanks for taking the time to explain all this. Have a great day, my friend. :-)
Not gonna lie, I’ve never liked PRS but this thing is growing on me immensely. I think John did an amazing job with the main focus being “balance” and he definitely killed it. Great job. Also thanks for the upload!
actually i never liked prs too, until i had one... they are well build guitars
Great video thanks for making it and posting this!
This should shut the haters up. I’m impressed by how much he knew about designs and aesthetics as well as photography
Simon Tay well we still hate this ugly fake ass Strat, the only reason you should use this guitar is if you are getting paid like Mayer to play it. $2200 is fucking bullshit for fake Strat. You can buy some early CBS strats for that. Save another 1500 and you are starting to talk about getting into the 60’s range.
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LOL, you can have ur cbs era
stuff!
Simon Tay , shut up the haters? You mean it should please the Mayer fan boys? Nobody is gonna buy this fake strat that isn’t a Mayer fan boy.
Simon Tay You are impressed he knows how to photoshop and reverse an image? What I heard over and over again is him expressing.. but not saying.. 'Man I luv Fender Strats and amps'
Exactly, this video says pretty clearly that he wishes he were playing a Strat again. You can tell he sits at home and cradles a strat.
Excellent video... I can’t wait to get my hands on one of these!
Thanks for explaining your new guitar, can't wait to try it now.
Thanks John for taking the time to discuss this. Internet is very polarized for some reason. Suhr etc..no outrage. It may be a PRS that gets a new customer base.
Intelligent and comprehensive. John did a great job getting across his vision to us.
Beautiful looking. . . Beautiful sounding. . . Beautifully built and beautifully demonstrated guitar! Thanks.
Great video! Thanks John!
Amazing looks, awesome sounds! Gonna have to save a lil cash and add one of those beauties to the arsenal. One can definitely see much effort and research were put into it. Congrats on such a lovely instrument!
JM keeping it real. I want one of these a lot more after watching JM demo it. Also that playing from 38:44 on is so old school young JM it's awesome.
Thanks for doing this. Love the new guitar - already ordered mine. And, also bought the new Monterey Strat. As you said, additive to the guitar mix of options.
i walked into a guitar store in Ottawa and just started playing lots of different guitars and comparing them. i was down to a 1964 fender custom shop and the silver sky i loved the sound of both (I had no idea yours was even based on it ) the fender was $ 6500.00 ...... I left the shop with the silver sky and very, very happy with with it ! Thank you for such a great looking, sounding and playing guitar !!!!!
I didn't know much about JM. But here, I see a monster player, scarcastic, self-depricating, insightful, well-spoken. Very cool.
EDIT: Did he say if it can djent?
The Guitar Geek If you like the style he plays at the beginning, you should check out his song Try and the Try album. Lots of the others are more “pop” guitar oriented, but I like them.
He cant djent. You can only djent on a 9 string and a Blackstar. Maybe one day he'll work up to that.
you mean work down
JM is an amazing player and a living legend. Seems to be a little less of an egomanic now than he used to be.
Jason Clark so far like 15 mins Into this video I’d agree ...but the ugly arrogance of like the last 10 yrs are tough to forget about...lol. One video of him in concert saying something like “ I wrote this song and sent it out to make (or sell) millions ...” just about made me puke . And yes I probably misquoted heavily but it was in that vein of ‘Im great , cause I write songs like this ‘ along with the attitude that just are , I don’t know , gross.. but yes in this video he seems to be informative without all the arrogance . And I will watch him now and then cause he is a committed player ,and if I can learn one thin g from him all the bs is worth it
I just watched that whole video. The more I listen I must admit John is rather knowledgeable in a not so scientific way of very deep mechanical sciences. This guitar is a beautiful refinement of a classic icon. Bravo Zulu!
Think its great that any Artist gives their experience and time to assist a real hands on manufacturer to improve any instrument it is just progress - wish you every success well done - sounds stunning
I Love it JOhn! And btw thanks for your explanation!
Cool video! Thanks John!
I got the stone blue se edition. Absolutely love it. Hoping to get the usa version later. Awesome job on design and quality. I recommend it to all my friends. Iv been playing lead since the 60,s. Thank you John and prs. I played the usa version too and it blew me away.
Thanks. A great artist who knows what he is talking about. Great playing and great sounding guitar.
Love the couch explanation... so true for me... sound, feel, and there ya go!!!
I just want to say I’m very impressed with John he is a really down to earth guy especially at this point in his life, I really appreciate that, I remember when I first found Joe Bonamassa and I really liked him because he was down to earth too, now he seems completely self absorbed.. I follow John on Instagram super cool dude. Thanks for the video I missed the live stream
So good to see him play here. One of the last great guitar heroes who brought blues guitar to my generation. Completely underated.
This is a kick ass instrument and it will eventually find full acceptance in the guitar playing world.
Most of the acceptance will be by John Mayer fans.
I disagree. The Les Paul, for example, wasn't the first single cutaway electric guitar introduced, but it has become widely accepted by musicians around the world because it was a better instrument than what was previously available. Most LP players bought the guitar based on the merits of the instrument, not because they are fans of Les Paul's music. A similar scenario will play out with the Silver Sky.
You never know what might happen in the future
Plain and simple he's cool and he knows what he's talking about. Obviously he loves playing this guitar and his love is infectious .
Fair play to PRS and JM
I’m sure it’s an epic guitar to play.
I love my strats but I’m pretty sure I’d love this too
Gr8 vid. I have really been struggling w this guitar. Really appreciate John’s candor about it being Strat based. AND saying the words Strat & Fender. Really made it alright for me.
Why? Tons of guitars are. It's just a guitar.
Zidders Roofurry - Eh... just that I’ve always respected PRS for becoming one of the “big 3”, along with Fender & Gibson. We don’t see Gibson making Fenders it vice versa... Not a big deal. Was just getting annoyed w ppl saying it’s not a strat, it’s nothing like a strat and saying that ppl r crazy to even think down that path.
I get where you're coming from. It does seem a little odd for them. Plus John sounds like he's making a lot of excuses here.
Zidders Roofurry stfu you’re not even gonna buy one. Like he needs to answer to people like you 🙄
infoowetrust He def doesn’t need to respond to any of us. I nvr asked him to. Very much appreciated his vid on the matter tho.
i think you and Paul did a great job with this guitar John. i'm a full time musician 28 plus years, on Decca records in the 90's, and own a great gibson R7 LP, a 335, 3 tele's and a whitfill tele... i say all that just to say, i think it's complete BS the way i see a lot of musicians mean, ignorant comments about the gtr. just about every guitar company, big or small has copied the basic designs of Strats, Tele's, LP's and 335's... anyhow Rant over, and again the guitar sounds great, and the look is growing on me, as i think it will a lot of other players in the future... rock on brother...
John I love your new guitar by PRS. I wish it was a little more affordable but for the quality and what went into this guitar it's in the right range. Keep making awesome mayer inspired gear! Your the f--king man John!
I want one now...I’ll wait for the used market on this one...if I can!!! Awesome playing!!! Guitar sounds amazing!!!
At least he was honest how it compares from his signature fender strat
At least?
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Xavier Gonzalez he only owns hundreds of them and yes I saw and heard him say it on his dvd. Not all Fenders but he bought enough to last a lifetime. Oddly, he just bought a Fender real 63 the price tag was $20,000 not sure if he got a deal. That says it all. He will never run out of them. Sorry this is about Fender not asskissing him when he calls. Plus, he and PRS are a lot alike. Not a compliment John. Egomaniacs. Headstock is hideous. I’m. Surprised he liked it.
Timestamp?
I like this headstock better. I love Teles, but Ive always thought strat and tele headstocks were ugly. I do like fender neck profiles. I also find prs necks very playable compared to Gibsons.
Best freestyle I've heard from him in a minute.
I'm pretty fuckin impressed about this conversation. It was clearly super honest.
I don't know much about Mayer, but I have watched a lot of videos talking about people dissing this guitar. While it is not my style, it is obvious John put some heavy thought into this. I like the cut away and the head stock is nice. I'm not a fan of Fender at all, but this has enough to make it a totally different guitar. This video should shut down anyone still bitching that this is just a Fender copy. Lastly, while I knew he could play guitar, I now have the utmost respect for this guy. He is a monster player.
Oh, and super cool of him for doing this video.
I think everyone is going OK I get all those fine changes now John's explained, it's human nature that we don't like change but moving forward on something that was already great can only be a good thing right.
andrew broadhead exactly! I DIDN'T want to like this guitar, but after trying one out briefly in person, that all went out the window. It's not like they're trying to hide the inspiration, anyway. There is no other company that will or can print the word Strat in their product description because they will get sued, right?
He is such a true guitar player. He said when the frets are done right, it knocks out the radius issue. I personally play a 9 and 12" radius and I tried a silver sky at my local guitar center. I honestly think it was so easy to play on an adapt just because of the scale length, how well its set up and the glorius frets.
John is truly a classy guy. I'll try the guitar when I see it. His take on this whole thing is eminently fair.
Wow! A middle pickup that sounds pretty good! That's actually something wonderful to my eyes.
Maestro,maestro,maestro, One of the best guitarrist in the world!! Thanks John Mayer you are awesome!!
Sounds phenomenal.
Absolutely phenomenal.
I must admit Mayer does an excellent job explaining the entire process of the development of this guitar. Especially when he says he could call PRS, himself, about creating this one. But I'm never going back to a bolt-on neck guitar, ever again.
interesting , collings does impress me with their set necks , do you mind if i ask what your #1 is ? peace
Outstanding!!!!! I knew I made the right decision to get one of the first ones. Could well be the most perfect new guitar ever made
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None of this sounds irrational or controversial.
Oh, I try much harder in other threads. ;)
I am intrigued. Sign me up when one based off of the Tesla navy blue comes out!
very cool that's it the same colour as a Tesla. The truly remarkable thing is that his new guitar very much captures the spirit of the Fender stratocaster. The fender guitar, regardless what John plays, is in his current guitars DNA. For a guitar over 60 years old that is amazing amazing and speaks to the genius of Leo's original idea. Candy Apple Red Mustang or red Tesla - both very cool but if the strat was never painted in a car's colour he wouldn't be holding that shade of red. Very interesting how the evolution of the guitar is an extension of the original. Who was it that said the more things change the more they stay the same
Love the Photography analogy. It's true in all things. People parrot what they read, and spend more money trying to buy talent. John is a great guy, an amazing musician and performer. He is a nostalgic romantic engaging in modern conversation. He connects directly with his fans, and the public. This guitar is a great work of love. but again, it's only as good as the Musician holding it.
To take his photography analogy, then try to take an inside picture of a room with a 200mm now... I'm pretty sure it won't work and you won't get the whole room, right? That's exactly how some people might feel about the 7"¼ radius. I fully understand it's for him, but saying it's irrelevant, it's just saying it's irrelevant to look at the size at all... like trying to say a 200mm will be good for EVERYTHING and EVERYONE. Hint: it does... and there's nothing to do about it, it's physics, just like a neck dimensions and shape. Using a "vintage" size is not what most people are looking for today... there's a reason why most manufacturers (including Fender) run away from 7"¼ and went with more modern and more comfortable radius later on (and now even compound C to D and 9"½ to 12"). It's all about modern comfort because most of people today want familiar look, vintage tones but with modern comfort.. A 7"¼ radius is like a 200mm lens. It might be great for some people and some usage, and yes we can even make portrait with (and a very nice bokeh when fully zoomed on the person), but it will surely not fit if you try to make interior pictures.
Phil Smith I think the point John was making us not too have the idea in your head that a 7.25 won't work just because that's what your told to think, but rather, try the guitar for yourself and if you don't like it, that's ok. But at least you made an educated choice at that point. I've played several guitars with the same exact neck radius and some felt great to play on while others were obnoxious to me. There's many different factors and the only way to really tell what works is to test it without a preconceived idea.
This guy knows his stuff I'm impressed
Couldn't agree more with his neck radius explanation! I'm able to play any radius without issues.
Yeah, and honestly, alot of guitars in big stores are verging on unplayable because of the setup.
my guitar has a 15" neck radius, i cant even imagine how difficult it would be to play on a 7.25" neck radius
It makes a huge difference if one is a shredder. A 20” radius is almost flat making it a more efficient for crossing strings and legato playing in general.
and they seem to have rusty 11's on them, wound up about an octave high
Fiore de'i Liberi true, i should probably get a strat with the vintage specs to practice, plus they sound sick for blues (something im practicing)
I admire a man who stands behind his creation, cool reasons and some vision of what he wanted.
Isn't he standing behind Leo Fender's creation?
sounds FANTASTIC!!
I think my favorite part was just seeing how much fun he was having
John seems like a really chill dude to have a cold one with. I will definitly play the horizon colored model. 😍
I'm sold!
Ouch that sounds too good! 100% want one but I don't have a red Tesla so hope PRS do a Vintage Sunburst sometime soon to match my rusty Ford.
It's amazing how polarizing this guy is. The guitar community seems to love him or hate him. And those that hate him really hate him which is unfortunate. I think he's a hell of a guitar player and he knows a lot more about guitars and guitar sound than most people are willing to give him credit for. I love the look and sound of this guitar and can't wait to try one out. However, I'm concerned about the fret board radius. If the radius was 9.5 or higher I probably would have ordered one already, but who knows I might just love it. In the end, I'm probably making too big a deal out of that aspect. I appreciate his candor in talking about his guitar.
He smashed the nail on the head about the unusable treble on even the high end custom shop strats. I have the 1960th anniversary edition American strat and anything above 7-8 is almost painful to the ear. LOVE that idea of chopping some of those treble-some frequencies.
Nice demo, John. I love the sound of this axe. Compared to Fender it seems a bit warmer on each pick up which I like. I love the tone 5 setting, also. Nobody complained about Schecter or Charvel copying the Strat sound. Therefore, PRS will take his own place in this, as well. I love PRS axes. I prefer the neck angle which is shallower like an Epiphone so you'll have less string binding...You'll always have your place with the Strat and you'll have yours with the Silver Sky, also. Leo would definitely welcome this axe...Thank you for your accomplishments...
Sounds awesome !
I totally get your point👍 I may just purchase...
Great demo, nice, nice, NICE, playing [terribly interrupting ads from YT, but not your fault.] Good job!
..love that thing around 26mins...and btw..a great honest talk..
nice demo John
So you just grabbed this off his instagram and added a ton of ads?
LMFAO comment of the month
People that do this make me disgusted. But then I think, if everyone is gonna do it I’m gonna do it too.
There are people who don't use AdBlock Plus?
ElDuderino502 not on an iPhone. On my pc yeah. Those ad blockers for iPhone suck.
Looks like this hero got the ads removed.
Fascinating video. Amazing playing. I'm sure there are still plenty of haters out there for this guitar, but that's life. I would definitely buy this guitar if I had the $$$$. Well, I would go play it first to be sure, but I like what I've seen and heard thus far and, honestly, I don't think the price is that unreasonable. I figured these would be in the $3500 - $4000 range when I first heard about it.
Sounds like a really nice guitar. The 90's Strat Plus with Lace Sensors and TBX had great bottom end in the bridge, plenty of bite when wide open and quiet.
G&L guitars have been doing similar things with their strats and teles. Leo Fender improved his design while at G&L. The Legacy, for example, replaced the tone controls with treble and bass controls. This Silver Sky sounds incredible. The tone controls make sense. The headstock...yeah, it works, sick wit it. Now do a Telecaster!
beautiful guitar, every brand have strat style guitar why not prs, and perfect artist for this is exactly John.
Looking foreword to playing one!
@5:57 for those who want this feature in your strats...replace the tone control pot with a linear taper pot. total cost: not even 5 dollars. know what's inside your guitar.
First thing I did when I got my strat was to replace the pots and it definitely makes a huge difference
Zaidi Hamid hey thanks!
Lol after watching John's amazing honesty, earnest delivery, and brilliant artistry, everyone who came here to hate on this guitar just bought one as an investment
Excellent. Can’t wait to try one. Fender makes a great guitar, this guitar takes nothing away from them. I’ve had a PRS Santana III for 9-years and love it, I’m sure this Silver Sky is going to be a home run. Sadly the Santana doesn’t make me sound like Carlos and I fear the Silver Sky won’t let me sound like John
you happy, I am happy for you. Sounds great in your hands.
Holy crap ...jm you just won me back over ...Iam always trying to find a reference point for the knobs to know the number Iam on ...so frustrating not being able to have a direct way to recall where the tone/volume was when I got a certain sound I liked ...definitely make /design a guard with reference marks for the knobs and I’ll be completely sold on your genius 😉
As in the tune of *I'm *Gonna *Find *Another *You* - "I hope she looks like you, and she's nicer too..."
Emil Ebriega HAHA It just sound like fender. But just little bit hotter.
김민성 it shouldn’t/and doesn’t sound any hotter... the pickups are under wound vintage style pickups that are based off of his original 64 strat... and his black1 has the exact same thing going on
Did this answer all your questions you had for the PRS Silver Sky? :)
THANK YOU!! :)
Daaammnn. Mic drop. Thank you very much for posting this.
I wish he played some mid to high gain stuff on it. Curious to hear how that would sound on this guitar
I’m a fan of this now. I think fender might be kicking themselves in the ass for not letting John go where he wanted to go with the Strat. Ty prs for working with John.
The Music Space I’m sure you know the Capt, Lee Anderton is a huge fan of yours. Throw the guy a bone and give him a call. 👍
Excellent review! Ideally, he would have had the blk1 strat handy for an actual A to B comparison. A great video nonetheless.
I spit my coffee out laughing. "A new way forward".. awesome sense of humor!!
Musically I don't get JM. But regarding the controvercy of his PRS signature guitar I was curious. And man, that statement makes me check out some of his music, too. Because that is a musician I can really respect. Whatever his choices are.
Amazing player. Amazing guitar too.
John ist einfach großartig ✌️😊🎸!
wow great playing on this.
i think it is a cool looking guitar, and good for you, for creating some thing so new,, inspired by a good old guitar you no and love.. i personaly like the humbugger just for the quit and playability.. i always spent so much time adjusting the tomes and volumes i said to heck with the single coil thing, but loved the middle postion when i did... nothing like a prs i personaly like the custom models... i would like to see maple fretboard options someday... but cool set up..
Curious, will PRS get any heat from Fender about the Silver Sky?
nice playing Mr Mayer . did PRS compare tones with the single and double acting truss rod necks ?
Great talent... Great Job... Great ideias.... Great guitar. Congratulations.
the right capacitor and resistor would get those harsh trebles away on any strat though