Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but having washed my hands of my SE Silver Sky Maple, I'm now master debating with myself as to whether to replace it with a USA Silver Sky or a Fiore. There are things I like about both. I like that the Fiore has the more PRS traditional 10" fret board radius as I tend to favor a flatter fretboard since I find it easier for tapping versus the rounder vintage Fender type fretboard.
Aesthetically, I mostly prefer the look of the Silver Sky as I've never really liked the look of direct mounted pickups on an HSS Strat style guitar (exception to that being an Ibanez S series guitar...even on an HSS RG, I prefer them with a pickguard as opposed to without). On the body shape of the both the Fiore and Silver Sky, I prefer an input that's mounted to the front of the body versus on the side as well. One aesthetic aspect of the Fiore I like better than Silver Sky, however is that the Fiore has a trem cover plate. In my opinion, Silver Sky also has better colors. For some reason or another I'm just not crazy about the colors offered for the Fiore.
Sound wise, like the sound of the neck and middle single coils I've heard in videos of the Silver Sky as compared to the neck and middle single coils in the Fiore. To me, the Silver Sky pickups sound more like true single coils where the beefier midrange in the Fiore makes them sound more P90 to me. As much as I liked the tones of my SE Silver Sky, I never found myself using positions 1 and 2 on the pickup selector because the bridge pickup just didn't have enough oomph for me. Don't get me wrong, It's a great sounding pickup if you're going for blues and classic rock, but for me, I need something that can drive my amp a little harder, hence my taking a look at the Fiore. The option of a bridge humbucker that can be toggled between series and parallel seems like the right option for me in this type of guitar.
I'm interested to hear from anyone who has or had both and what your thoughts are. Is it just me thinking that the Fiore single coils have a fatter beefier sound where the Silver Sky singles have a brighter, more jangly traditional Strat tone? given the way that the push-pull tone pots are wired up from the factory on the Fiore, how hard would it be for a competent tech to swap out the factory single coils for something like a pair of Bare Knuckles or Monty's? AN inquiring mind wants to know.
