Silver Sky - I love it but I need to change the radius, PLEK??? Has anyone done this???

[tvegas99]

I'm certain someone has done this. I love the SS but after owning it for a year I need to change the radius.

My local luthier is excellent and has set it up well (30+ years of service), so PLEASE refrain from telling me I just need it setup properly.

My question for the forum is - has anyone done this? AND are they happy with the results?

Many thanks!!

 

[Nadir]

You don't need to set it up properly,
you need a different guitar. ;-)

What does your luthier say about it?

 

[garrett]

It's no big deal as part of a refret, assuming a skilled luthier. Go for it if that makes it better for you.

I've done it the other way round before; took a 12 to a 10. It's not a whole lot of wood.

I wouldn't hesitate on a Silver Sky. I'd put some stainless 6150 wire on there while I was at it.

 

[RJK Tech]

My thought on plek job is that a well built guitar with proper attention to the frets should not need it.

There are few PRS dealers out there that make plek part of their sales pitch. I avoid buying Plek’d prs usa made guitars. There’s no need.

 

[Deleted member 5962]

Uh… birds!

 

[Deleted member 5962]

You don't need to set it up properly,
you need a different guitar. ;-)

What does your luthier say about it?

I agree. Planing down the middle of the fretboard means scalping some birdies. Just get a Fiore.

 

[garrett]

My thought on plek job is that a well built guitar with proper attention to the frets should not need it.

There are few PRS dealers out there that make plek part of their sales pitch. I avoid buying Plek’d prs usa made guitars. There’s no need.

Yep, any good luthier will tell you that it's just another tool. It's like giving a luthier perfect hands, so it's great for consistency, but they still have to know what makes a guitar play great.

I've had a couple stainless refrets done by a great luthier and they play so well I can't imagine a Plek giving me anything better.

I agree. Planing down the middle of the fretboard means scalping some birdies. Just get a Fiore.

The inlays are pretty thick based on the PRS inlay vids I've seen, so there should be plenty material there. (*Should* being the key word, I haven't seen vids of the Silver Sky birds going in, so I make no guarantee!)

 

[dmatthews]

SE SS is 8.5

 

[Deleted member 5962]

SE SS is 8.5

That was my next post. That seemingly small difference was enough for @11top

 

[dmatthews]

That was my next post. That seemingly small difference was enough for @11top

If they come out with a maple board version I shall be sorely tempted.

 

[Deleted member 5962]

If they come out with a maple board version I shall be sorely tempted.

If I get my Merican Silver Sky sorted out otherwise, I’m OK with the fretboard radius. Last night I jumped from roundest to flattest, Silver Sky (7.25”) to JP12 BFR (17”) and back several times. That’s like Dolly Parton to Julie Bowen. And just like that would be, I was totally OK with the switch. Night and day difference, but just doesn’t bother me. Both feel great!

 

[shinksma]

Both feel great!

Yes, but what about the guitar necks?

 

[11top]

That was my next post. That seemingly small difference was enough for @11top

It was an improvement, but in the end………

Just not my thing. New home today. But that’s OK; different strokes…. That’s why PRS makes so many great models.

 

[Deleted member 5962]

It was an improvement, but in the end………

Just not my thing. New home today. But that’s OK; different strokes…. That’s why PRS makes so many great models.

Fiore next?

 

[dmatthews]

Fiore next?

Tempted

 

[Deleted member 5962]

Yes, but what about the guitar necks?

Who cares?

 

[Deleted member 5962]

Tempted

Me too, I’ve always preferred HSS and was thisclose to just trading the SS in towards one but now a pot went bad so its going in to a guitar tech for some fixin.

 

[11top]

Fiore next?

Hard to wean myself from 594 McCarty SCs. I’d like to find a charcoal cherry burst.

 

[dmatthews]

Hard to wean myself from 594 McCarty SCs. I’d like to find a cherry charcoal.

594 is an insanely good platform. I am ogling a 3rd.

 

[Deleted member 5962]

Hard to wean myself from 594 McCarty SCs. I’d like to find a cherry charcoal.

Truth is, I’ve always preferred HSS to SSS, so I probably should have tried the Fiore first, but an all white PRS SSS is something I just had to try.