NGD: 2024 PRS Silver Sky

[AlbertA]

I got this new-in-the-box at a great price from The Guitar Sanctuary.

PRS Silver Sky in Polar Blue with a rosewood fretboard. It's got quite a nice chunky neck slightly chunkier than my Fender American Professional II but not quite as chunky as the PRS SE DGT.

The tremolo bar is the kind you insert and has a little screw beside the saddle screws to adjust the tightness

Rolled edges on the saddles.

Locking tuners

The pocket fitting could have been a bit tighter but I don't feel any movement here.

The heel is quite chunky too, not unlike a standard Fender.

The fretwork is great out of the box. Maybe about 3 slight high spots here and there. The fret ends are beveled correctly and smooth without any fret sprout.

The bone nut looks cut well - I measured about .018" of clearance to the first fret

 

[AlbertA]

It comes stock with a 10-46 set of strings.

The neck relief was set to my preference already ~.005" at the 6th fret.

The action is great right out of the box too; I'm measuring just a tad above 1.5mm at the 12th fret on the 6th string and around 1.25mm on the 1st string.

I may adjust the neck pocket angle a tiny bit with a shim to lower the action at the last fret, which is hovering a bit above 2mm.

 

[AlbertA]

Here's a brief demo

 

[ᛗᛜᛜᚺDᛜᎶ Ꮤᛨᚳᚴ]

Looks like a fabulous score and awesome that it all checks out from the get go! Congrats and enjoy ;~))

 

[iaresee]

I dig that frost color. And the clip. Congrats! Best Strat Fender never made!

 

[AlbertA]

I dig that frost color.

They also had the rose gold and grey and the polar blue with maple.
The polar blue is the one I dug the most and thought looked best with the rosewood (and I have plenty of maple fretboards already)

And the clip. Congrats!

Thanks!

Best Strat Fender never made!

For sure it is its own thing - complementary to my American Professional II

 

[AlbertA]

The bridge was decked all the way to the body so it only pitches down. There's a note explaining why

But eh I don't care for that - I made the bridge float a little bit, I like to be able to do a little vibrato on chords with the bar

 

[Fireproof]

Looks fab!!

 

[TubeStack]

Beautiful guitar and a cool colour! Enjoy!

 

[OrganicZed]

Nice!

 

[SillyOctpuss]

The bridge was decked all the way to the body so it only pitches down. There's a note explaining whyView attachment 51307


But eh I don't care for that - I made the bridge float a little bit, I like to be able to do a little vibrato on chords with the bar

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I've only just realised the pole pieces match the neck radius.

 

[itchyfingers]

Congrats man, beautiful guitar!

 

[AlbertA]

I've only just realised the pole pieces match the neck radius.

I hand't realized it either until you pointed it out. Neat.

 

[djd100]

The bridge was decked all the way to the body so it only pitches down. There's a note explaining whyView attachment 51307


But eh I don't care for that - I made the bridge float a little bit, I like to be able to do a little vibrato on chords with the bar

View attachment 51308

That'll in most cases keep you in tune if you break a string as well.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

I hand't realized it either until you pointed it out. Neat.

I only noticed it because of the angle in the pic you posted.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Looks great, congrats!!!

 

[iaresee]

How are you getting along with the radius on the fretboard? I've personally not found it to be challenging for bends. But some people coming from much flatter radii have remarked it's a challenge. It's my most gigged guitar in the past 3 years, so it could be I'm just used to it now.