Hi,
I thought I would post this for any Lefty guitar players looking for a SE silver sky. This is by far the lowest I've ever seen them sell for, I have the right handed model and it's the best playing and sounding guitar I've played. Truly first class tonality and playability. I'll post my original review and appreciate post I made for the right handed version below if anyone is interested.
$549 New Lefty SE Silver Sky are available right now with free shipping from proaudiostar.com which is where I ordered mine from, the shipping and quality of the guitar was significantly beyond my expectations. They have good user reviews, I'd definitely order from them again when they have a guitar at a price I wanted.
Maple Fretboard:
$549: PRS SE Silver Sky Maple Left Handed Maple Fretboard - Overland Gray
https://www.proaudiostar.com/prs-se-silver-sky-maple-left-handed-overland-gray.html
Rosewood Fretboards:
$549: PRS SE Silver Sky Left Handed Rosewood Fretboard - Stone Blue
https://www.proaudiostar.com/prs-se-silver-sky-left-handed-stone-blue.html
$549: PRS SE Silver Sky Left Handed Rosewood Fretboard - Moon White
https://www.proaudiostar.com/prs-se-silver-sky-left-handed-moon-white.html
This is a better deal than the $599 SE Silver Sky's I posted from sweetwater.com a month ago.
My Original SE Silver Sky Review Post:
My personal experience is selling my other $1,700 guitar after playing solely the Silver Sky SE maple after getting it. I've never experienced such an unreal touch sensitive tone - with so much emotion and clarity and dynamics, it's making it hard to play any other guitar. The neck feels incredible to me, its the most natural i've felt and my creativity and ideas really come out when playing the guitar.
The maple neck shoulders are different than the rosewood shoulders which are more round. To me the maple neck shape felt less thick. This is a big reason I went with the Maple version when I tried them side by side, I can play the maple neck for hours on end with high comfort. I think most people who aren't looking for a baseball bat sized neck would find the maple neck comfortable. The 2024 model I got was built to perfection, and it looks like the Sweetwater guitars in-stock all start with the same CTIG 2024 serial as my guitar.
I'm in the process of getting a core Silver Sky as well, but if all I had was this SE it would be my favorite guitar in 20 years of playing. I prefer it to the NF 53 SE, given its range of tones and dynamics. The 2nd, middle and 4th positions provides a level of touch response and dynamics, I've never experienced previously, it feels magical. When I play other guitars and pickups, it feels like a layer of personality missing from the touch sensitivity and tonal range on the SE Silver Sky.
As my first PRS instrument, and an SE model I wasn't expecting to like this guitar as much as I do, it was originally just to get a nice single coil guitar to use with the John Mayer X Neural DSP tones, but it's become the guitar I pick up and use exclusively at this point. I can't recommend the maple version enough, it's truly a dream guitar in every way. If your thinking about grabbing one, this is the lowest I've seen them sell new.
Someone else posted a great video comparing the SE Silver Sky Maple vs Rosewood, if its helpful:
SILVER SKY SE BATTLE! | Maple Or Rosewood?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JJ19UQLb-4
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Sharing my Neural DSP John Mayer X Presets: I've uploaded some of my favorite presets I've put together for buttery smooth leads with tons of touch sensitive emotion that you can download here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TtyOL8HK2rOXXFQa9RAAbldEIyzx5MKw/view?usp=sharing
