Silver Sky Neck/Headstock - Two Pieces???

[sixstringoverdrive]

Just got a Silver Sky from Sweetwater today and saw on the back of the neck that the head stock seems to be a separate piece and is blended in? Either that, or they sold me a guitar which had a neck repair. You can see the wood grains don't line up, so I'm pretty sure it's two pieces.

Is this normal?? I would think for $2300 the whole neck would be solid.

 

[Silver Sky Surfer]

They are two pieces with a scarf joint. I can’t see the join on my silver Sky I got last week from Sweetwater though.

 

[alantig]

Yeah, just a normal scarf joint. Just as strong as a solid piece of wood, and it uses less wood so it’s more efficient.

 

[jxe]

fake news.

 

[Ovibos]

Yeah, just a normal scarf joint. Just as strong as a solid piece of wood, and it uses less wood so it’s more efficient.

I believe it’s stronger, right? Because of mismatched grains and glue and such.

 

[bodia]

It’s a scarf joint. Lots of builders use them. Nothing to be concerned about.

 

[bodia]

I believe it’s stronger, right? Because of mismatched grains and glue and such.

This

 

[dmatthews]

Every Silver Sky has a scarf joint. It's all good.

 

[Ovibos]

I would think for $2300 the whole neck would be solid.

If you buy a Wood Library, Skitchy comes to your house and changes your strings every time.

If you buy a Private Stock, Paul comes to your house to TCI your music room.

 

[alantig]

If you buy a Wood Library, Skitchy comes to your house and changes your strings every time.

If you buy a Private Stock, Paul comes to your house to TCI your music room.

Not quite - but he does make Shawn pose with you in Kiss makeup.

 

[alantig]

I believe it’s stronger, right? Because of mismatched grains and glue and such.

I couldn’t remember for sure, so I didn’t go there. But that’s what I remember.

 

[sixstringoverdrive]

Thanks everyone, was just confused since my McCarty is a solid piece. Enjoying the guitar!

 

[jxe]

i was kidding, just wanted to say fake news. scarf joints are common on skinny neck metal guitars because they do add stability.

 

[Egads]

PRS can use a smaller blank for the neck, which helps keep the cost down.

It's like the wings on the normal PRS headstock. If they used a blank that was big enough to include the wings, there would be a ton of waste, and increase the cost.

 

[sixstringoverdrive]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. It's pretty interesting learning about all these different techniques to manufacture a guitar.

 

[Warmart]

You should take a factory tour, you'd love it and learn a thing or two. And if you're younger than me, you might even remember most of it!

 

[sixstringoverdrive]

I would love to, wish I lived closed to the factory!

 

[RickP]

I would love to, wish I lived closed to the factory!

I live in Texas, but I’m going in May.

I think they found out John Mayer’s head is scarfed on to his body, so they made it part of the guitar. Must be true, it was on Twitter.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

I live in Texas, but I’m going in May.

I think they found out John Mayer’s head is scarfed on to his body, so they made it part of the guitar. Must be true, it was on Twitter.

Apparently there’s going to be a movie -

“Scarf Face”

 

[alantig]

Apparently there’s going to be a movie -

“Scarf Face”

Sigh...you fell for the misinformation. This is not accurate. It's more a corruption of the truth, like the old telephone game.

One more time...

There is a documentary on PRS Guitars being made, to cover the history, some notable players, but mostly focusing on the people and the culture of the company. The confusion comes about because the producers, for whatever reason, posted a short segment on YouTube that focused on the S2 production line, including a small bit that talked about the necks. That segment included a short interview with Vic Shonell, who's considered to be the best in the company at building a scarf joint. They used a title card introducing his story that simply said, "Scarf Ace". Someone posted here about it, but spellcheck took over, thus the confusion.