I played the Silver Sky at Experience. I went into the event wanting to love this guitar; however, as a long-time Strat and Super Strat guitar player, it and I did not get along. I have big hands, and that neck is just too much for me when combined with a 7.25" radius and smaller fret wire. Add in the fact that the guitar ships from the factory with 10s, and it was a "no, just no" experience for me. Tens just do not feel right on a 25.5" scale instrument. The tension is too much for me when combined with that itty-bitty radius. That is nothing a setup for 9s will not fix; however, nothing is going to fix what I feel is too much shoulder except re-carving the neck profile. The neck is fine thickness-wise. It just needs slimmer shoulders for my style of playing. One thing that concerns me about the Silver Sky is that the necks that I saw in production were flatsawn. I have never seen anything other than quartersawn maple on a PRS guitar. The beauty of quartersawn wood is its dimensional stability. I know that Leo used whatever clear maple he could obtain on vintage Strats, but Leo was a bean counter who looked for ways to shave costs. Flatsawn maple is cheaper than quartersawn maple.
With that said, the sleeper for me was the Vela. I have been out of the new product loop for a couple of years; therefore, I had not played any new PRS models until Experience. Wow, that guitar has its own vibe, but what I really like about the instrument is its weight and how it feels in your arms. I would like to see PRS offer a special run of this guitar shape and neck with a PRS trem, an HFS in the treble position, and a DeArmond-style pickup in the neck. That would be a smoking guitar. I would part with my McCarty 58 for that instrument. The PRS old regular neck profile on which the pattern regular neck is based is still my favorite.
) and makes a pop, which gets picked up by the pickups. The shielding strips connect to the foil shield for the pots, which is grounded. So that means when you complete that circuit, the charge will hop on to those foil shields and head straight for ground instead of making noise for the pickups.
