RedGuitars
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Just a JM idea or other?
Silver Sky - what’s the story behind the model name?
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Black Plaid
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Given how utilitarian PRS models names trend (aside from the Mira, Starla, and Angelus), I'm going to say it's a good bet the name came from Mayer.
RickP
Established 1960, Still Not Dead
Yes, that was a Mayer thing.
When GuitarWorld asked where the name came from, JM said:
”I don’t remember. I think it might’ve been a broken piece of a song idea. I liked it because it sounded like a secret operation: Project Silver Sky. I sort of imagined a congressional hearing being assembled to find out more about this “clandestine Silver Sky venture.” I also felt it was in keeping with Paul Reed Smith’s bird nomenclature.
In another way, it reminded me of things like the Broadcaster, the Telecaster and the Stratocaster—you get this sort of air and sky vibration from the name.”
When GuitarWorld asked where the name came from, JM said:
”I don’t remember. I think it might’ve been a broken piece of a song idea. I liked it because it sounded like a secret operation: Project Silver Sky. I sort of imagined a congressional hearing being assembled to find out more about this “clandestine Silver Sky venture.” I also felt it was in keeping with Paul Reed Smith’s bird nomenclature.
In another way, it reminded me of things like the Broadcaster, the Telecaster and the Stratocaster—you get this sort of air and sky vibration from the name.”
sergiodeblanc
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I’d wager an epic bong rip was involved.
RickP
Established 1960, Still Not Dead
The MayermaynotIt was that or Smithcaster
Perhaps, but I was imagining something more to do with an earlier experience involving hallucinogenics.
Not that I necessarily experienced such a thing myself back in the day ...
