Hi, also a new forum member.
I ordered a Silver Sky in Tungsten on the 9th of March. Monday i received a email that i could pick it up (with a tank of a case!!) at the dealer, here in the Netherlands, so i thought i'll share my thoughts and first impression on the guitar.
The moment i took the guitar in my hands when i was in the shop, i noticed this guitar is on the lighter side, maybe it also feels that way because it feels and looks so well balanced. The finish looks really nice, nice sparkle when the light hits the surface. It also seems like they've use a really thin layer of lacquer. In the sunlight you can see where they've sanded the guitar on the edges. And that is a good thing in my opinion. They made sure (by hand) the shapes of the guitar are all perfect and smooth like it should be. And i think the thin layer also helps (like all the other extra's details) the guitar to vibrate like it does.
So i 'threw' the guitar in the car, i drove home for almost 3 hours though traffic jams and what not.
When i finally arrived at home, i took it out of the case, plugged it in a well known 6L6 tubed amp and played a tune i was dreaming away with that morning, on a strat.
The first thing i noticed is how punchy it is. With the tone on 10 it's probably a little to bright for me in some cases, but it's still a usable tone. Roll it back a little and the tone is still there, but extremly usable for my taste, instead of losing all of the flavor and getting all muddy, if that makes sense. What i also noticed and what in my opinion is a big difference compared to my other guitars, is that all the strings sound just as loud.
And then we have the neck. For me, all the fuzz about the radius and the frets, i just don't get it. I'm used to really large frets, which all my guitars are equipped with. But man, this neck is just so great!! The smaller frets, i dig it. It feels fast, super smooth, easy to handle, very familiar, like i've played it for 20 years. About the radius, i'm not a guy who talks about the radius of the guitar, i just don't care. I just play it and if it happens to be 7.25, 9.5 or 10, then that's that. If i like it, i play it. And this neck, to be honest, incl. the well discussed frets, i LOVE it.
The guitar outperforms my expectations. It looks even more classy in real life compared to the pictures, it looks like a expensive tool you don't want to keep in the case all day, which you shouldn't anyway.
So there you have it. I hope the rest of the Silver Sky owners will enjoy it just as much!
Cheers,
Paul