Question about action height on new Silver Sky

[Danny Beauregard]

Hello everyone,

New PRS owner, new to the forum, I hope I'm posting in the right location.

I've bought a new Mesa Gold Silver Sky from an Authorized dealer where I live. After playing it for a few days I asked the shop to drop the action height to as close to 1.25 MM as possible. It came from PRS, to me, at around 1.50 which felt off to me. 1.25 is where I usually set Strats so I figured this would help.

I was told to go pick it up today, that they set it to PRS specs and that the best action they could get was 1.59 MM. That it was a fact based on the neck radius and they could not do better.

When I got it home, it actually feels worse than when I dropped it off. It plays like and old dog fighting you for no good reason.

So, my question. Am I just not a good match for the Silver Sky? The action can't get lower than this? 1.59 is as good as it's going to get?

 

[RickP]

Adjust it lower and see what it does for you, there are Allen wrenches in the case for this purpose. Just watch a few reputable videos and you’ll get the idea.

The exact same action height on guitars with different neck size, radius, scale, and carve will feel different. Adjust in small and even increments, making note of what you do so that you can easily reverse it. It’s made to be adjustable at the bridge and by the truss rod, so it’s definitely not a “one height fits all” situation. Your dealer is blowing some smoke on that one!

The Silver Sky is a different radius from most new guitars, but it’s not at all an uncommon one in vintage Strats that are, I’m sure, adjusted to many varying heights by different players.

 

[swede71]

Try to flatten the bridge radius.Lower the G and D strings to your liking and see if it plays better.