PRS and John Mayer unveil ultra-limited, luxuriously finished Lunar Ice Silver Sky
The guitar’s polychromatic ‘flip-flop’ finish looks different from all angles
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PRS has announced its latest limited-edition John Mayer electric guitar model, the Lunar Ice Silver Sky.
Like the blues pin-up’s previous limited model, the Nebula, this Lunar Ice version features a polychromatic ‘flip-flop’ finish, which reflects light differently at different angles. Just check out the photos below – bling bling.
This also marks the first limited-edition Silver Sky to play host to a maple fretboard – a feature that was introduced at NAMM last year – inlaid with small versions of PRS’s trademark birds.
Otherwise, the guitar is spec’d as per Mayer’s usual Silver Sky setup, with an alder body, trio of 635JM single coils, a steel PRS tremolo with Gen III knife-edge screws, as well as a reverse headstock.
Just 1,000 of these limited-edition Silver Skys will be made available worldwide. There’s no price confirmed yet, but we’d expect at least $2.5k.
Head over to PRS Guitars for more information.
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Mayer recently hinted at new surf-inspired colors for the Silver Sky, but there’s no sign of these among PRS’s initial 2021 announcements. Watch this space…
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Mike is Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com, in addition to being an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict. He has a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and over a decade's experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Ed O'Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock under the nom de plume Maebe.
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