$2,549.00

The PRS Silver Sky is the result of a close collaboration between Grammy Award-winning musician John Mayer and Paul Reed Smith. More than two and half years in the making, the Silver Sky is a vintage-inspired instrument that is at once familiar but also newly PRS through and through. This model was based off of Mayer and Smith’s favorite elements from 1963 and 1964 vintage instruments, resulting in an idealized version of a vintage single-coil guitar. The attention that was paid to every detail sets this guitar apart.

Some of the more distinctive specifications include, the headstock shape, tuners, neck and fretboard, bridge, and pickups and electronics. The headstock shape is based on PRS’s trademark design, but inverted to both 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 neck shape was modeled after 1963/1964 vintage instruments, and the fretboard has a 7.25” radius. The moment your hand grabs this neck, it just feels right. Like the tuners, the steel tremolo takes a classic design and incorporates PRS’s trem arm and Gen III knife-edge screws. The bridge on the Silver Sky is setup flush to the body in the neutral position so that the tremolo bridge only goes down in pitch. By keeping the bridge in contact with the body, the guitar itself is acoustically louder, which 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.

Other high-quality specifications include a bone nut, a molded metal jack plate that is curved and makes plugging and unplugging a guitar cable hassle-free, retooled knobs, fretwire that is slightly smaller than what you’d find on most PRS electric guitars (but larger than most vintage frets), and PRS’s double action truss rod (accessible from the front of the headstock for ease of use).

Body Wood: Alder

# of Frets: 22
Scale Length: 25.5”
Neck Wood: Maple
Fretboard Wood: Rosewood
Neck Shape: 635JM
Nut Width: 1 21/32”
Neck Width at the Body: 2 7/32”
Neck Depth at the Nut: 53/64”
Fretboard Radius: 7.25”
Inlays: Small Birds

Nut: Bone
Bridge: Steel Tremolo
String Spacing: 2 9/64”
Tuners: Vintage Style, Locking
Hardware: Type Nickel

Treble Pickup: 635JM
Middle Pickup: 635JM
Bass Pickup: 635JM
Pickup Switching: One Volume & Two Tones with a 5-Way Blade Pickup Switch

$1,799.00

Ever since it was first released back in 1965, the Non-Reverse Thunderbird has been THE choice for forward-looking bassists who want to make their own path and steadfastly refuse to follow the crowd. The Non-Reverse Thunderbird's distinctive styling and huge, thunderous tone make it a standout on stage and in the studio. Now you have the opportunity to make one of these relatively rare 'birds your own with the release of the new Gibson USA Non-Reverse Thunderbird. Equipped with a Non-Reverse mahogany body and mahogany neck with a rosewood fretboard and 20 medium jumbo frets, each of the two Thunderbird pickups has a volume control, allowing you to use them separately, or to blend them in any amount you prefer. A master tone control rounds out the simple yet highly effective control layout. The three-ply white pickguard features the iconic Thunderbird graphic. The Non-Reverse Thunderbird is equipped with a Graph Tech nut. A 3-point adjustable bridge provides a full range of adjustment for action and intonation, while Hipshot Ultralite tuning machines hold down the strings at the other end and deliver accurate and stable tuning while keeping headstock weight low to improve balance.

Body Shape: Non-Reverse Thunderbird
Body Material: Mahogany
Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Neck Material: Mahogany
Profile: Rounded
Scale Length: 34"
Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 12"
Number Of Frets: 20
Frets: Medium Jumbo
Nut Material: Graph Tech
Nut Width: 1.6"
Inlays: Acrylic Dot
Joint: Glued In

Hardware Finish: Chrome
Tuner Plating: Chrome
Bridge: 3-Point Adjustable
Tuning Machines: Hipshot Ultralite
Pickguard: White 3-ply with Thunderbird Graphic
Truss Rod: Adjustable
Truss Rod Cover: Black
Control Knobs: Black Top Hat with Silver inserts
Control Covers: Black
Strap Buttons: 2 - Bottom and Shoulder
Mounting Rings: Trim Ring (Lead Pickup Only)
Pickup Covers: Chrome

Neck Pickup: Thunderbird Rhythm
Bridge Pickup: Thunderbird Lead
Controls: 2 Volume, 1 Master Tone
Output Jack: 1/4"

Strings Gauge: .045, .065, .085, .105
Case: Hardshell Case

$1,799.00

Ever since it was first released back in 1965, the Non-Reverse Thunderbird has been THE choice for forward-looking bassists who want to make their own path and steadfastly refuse to follow the crowd. The Non-Reverse Thunderbird's distinctive styling and huge, thunderous tone make it a standout on stage and in the studio. Now you have the opportunity to make one of these relatively rare 'birds your own with the release of the new Gibson USA Non-Reverse Thunderbird. Equipped with a Non-Reverse mahogany body and mahogany neck with a rosewood fretboard and 20 medium jumbo frets, each of the two Thunderbird pickups has a volume control, allowing you to use them separately, or to blend them in any amount you prefer. A master tone control rounds out the simple yet highly effective control layout. The three-ply white pickguard features the iconic Thunderbird graphic. The Non-Reverse Thunderbird is equipped with a Graph Tech nut. A 3-point adjustable bridge provides a full range of adjustment for action and intonation, while Hipshot Ultralite tuning machines hold down the strings at the other end and deliver accurate and stable tuning while keeping headstock weight low to improve balance.

Body Shape: Non-Reverse Thunderbird
Body Material: Mahogany
Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Neck Material: Mahogany
Profile: Rounded
Scale Length: 34"
Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 12"
Number Of Frets: 20
Frets: Medium Jumbo
Nut Material: Graph Tech
Nut Width: 1.6"
Inlays: Acrylic Dot
Joint: Glued In

Hardware Finish: Chrome
Tuner Plating: Chrome
Bridge: 3-Point Adjustable
Tuning Machines: Hipshot Ultralite
Pickguard: White 3-ply with Thunderbird Graphic
Truss Rod: Adjustable
Truss Rod Cover: Black
Control Knobs: Black Top Hat with Silver inserts
Control Covers: Black
Strap Buttons: 2 - Bottom and Shoulder
Mounting Rings: Trim Ring (Lead Pickup Only)
Pickup Covers: Chrome

Neck Pickup: Thunderbird Rhythm
Bridge Pickup: Thunderbird Lead
Controls: 2 Volume, 1 Master Tone
Output Jack: 1/4"

Strings Gauge: .045, .065, .085, .105
Case: Hardshell Case