PRS Silver Sky SE - Its Great, But 

I've owned pretty much every popular type of guitar at one point, but my number one for the last five years has been a PRS. But it's all up to taste - What music you play, your influences, aesthetics, etc. No harm in having a different opinion and you've done that being completely fair by pointing out the positives and highlighting the quality. Thanks Dave, from a PRS fan ❤

No vibe? What was that INCREDIBLE music you made with it?!? I was totally captured by your playing.

chapters "drop down" and "just a little" absolutely beautiful playing. chapters "the silver skies" and "waltz away in the fire" sounded very pink floyd at times. I always enjoy your uploads! Thank you, Dave!

Absolute fantastic playing! One of your best jam videos yet :) If I hadnt seen the intro I would have thought...wow Dave really likes this one😅

Incredible playing. Pure emotion. One of my favorite players on RU-vid or anywhere else.

ironic, this is one of the best sounding videos I've seen with the SE Silver Sky :D

Amazing playing !

One of your finest moments and on a PRS ,who would have thought it,the music doesnt care how you feel,love your uploads.

Sounded incredible Dave 🙏🏼

Okay - For all of those gifted with golden ears - If this was an audio only clip, how many would swear it's Dave just jamming as usual on a Fender Strat?

You hit the nail on the head with the vibe. They don't have one for me and not just the silver skys.

please keep this video format. Really love your music. So gentle, deep and emotional.

GOD DAMN IT DAVE YOUR MUSIC IS HAUNTING. THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR GIFT TO US MERE MORTALS

Thanks for another great vid Dave! The guitar may not be to your taste, but you sure made it cry and sing! Some of your best playing yet, sometimes you have to just be up for a fight!

thank you Dave, especially for the The Silver Skies part

Very valid reasons for not bonding with the instrument, but I will say this. I put this video on while my wife was in a doctor’s appointment and I was trying to calm a 6 month old down in the parking lot. Your playing did the trick and I really enjoyed it myself! Cheers brother.

Dave always nice to hear your brutal honesty but sprinkled with kindness. I got the DGT SE and it’s great in some ways but being a Strat/Tele guy it sits more then I expected but others rave about it. Thanks for giving us a listen.

Well, you made it sound out very nicely...

Love you, Dave! Hope you are well.

"Just A Little" was so gorgeous 🥺

Dave, you've totally described exactly how I feel about PRS guitars after having played quite a few and having owned 2 for a few months, each. Great quality guitars that just don't speak to me.

If it didn't siut you I could not tell, it sounds sweet 🤗🎸🎸

I tried one in a guitar shop and loved the neck. Lol. As far as the sound - you made it sound great.

I'm with you Dave. PRS never tripped my trigger either.

I play that song on your band camp all the time I love it

Mate thanks again for another inspiring jam, heavenly. It might be a great guitar but its all down to feel, ALL down to feel man. My guitar has been a Fender 2002 highway one strat for like 20 years now ( yeah i only have one 😅), i was mainly a bedroom player for most of those years, on snd off, a few failed attempts with local bands etc, and that guitar somehow stuck with me and always kept me from completely quitting music. Never really had access to many different guitars but lately i've finally formed a proper band, we're almost done recording our first album and rehearsing for our first gigs, and through that process i got my hands on quite a few different guitars from bandmates and studios etc. Gibson SG, Epiphone LPs, Ibanez RGs, Gretch semihollows, and a couple PRS SEs, custom 22 and a 245, and i connected with none of them. Since its finally time at my 37 to get a second guitar soon (yay) i'm really struggling to find sth that will make me feel as comfortable and insired as my beaten up long time partner in crime. Thanks again for all and sorry for the long dross, you've been one of the main reasons i finally got my ass going and got some shit done with what i had almost forgot how much I love. Cheers from Greece my friend.

Awesomeness

Espectacular!!!!

I own the exact guitar Dave is playing and i absolutely love it! Sounds and plays beautifully. Fits my hands which is what matters really. Like the neck better than my PRS single cut SE Korean made. It's not a strat copy, it has It's own personality. There's a girl for every boy and you gotta find yours....

Lee is a Legend love a good trip to Gallaghers. 🎸

Best I’ve heard ya ! ❤

Vida longa para você, Dave! 🇧🇷

Interesting hearing your experience with it. I never got on with PRS and never tried a silver sky until earlier this month and it honestly changed my life. My silver sky se is my favorite guitar I’ve ever played at any price point. I’ve gone through WAY to many strats and to me the silver sky is what I’ve always dreamed a Strat should be. PRS is just killing it right now.

I don't have any problems with PRS and I own 2 of them. I like Humbuckers and the PRS ones are pretty good. They aren't my favourites but I wouldn't be without them. Horses for courses as they say. Keep shining Dave.

Hi Dave , love the channel , I too have a Tokai white custom plus four other Tokais . I'm 100% with you on the PRS front . I can't find fault with them and when they first appeared in the shops all those years ago in the 80s, I couldn't wait to get one . Sadly when I did I just couldn't connect with it . I thought it may just be the one I had but no matter how many others I tried it just wasn't happening and I don't know why , I just couldn't bond with any of them. Maybe some time in the future I'll find one but it will take a real special instrument to better my five Tokais . Keep up the good work buddy

Excellent review Dave. I hate to say it, but you sounded exquisite on it. It could be the very guitar for you!😮

Dave I love you - a near 50min jam, EPIC! I love my sliver sky SE and was really surprised to hear your comment on the thick neck, as I stay well clear baseball bat necks and never considered 37:00 the SK SE to have one! Unfortunately one thing I did find disappointing was the nickel finish on the trem system. Maybe I have acid sweat but after owning one for less than a year the saddles and grub screws had started to rust and looked 5-10 years old. Doesn’t affect the playability and mine always brings a smile to my face when I pick it up. You hit the nail on the head - you have to have a connection and it’s just not there for you. Peace!✌️

Great demo man 👍 I want one ….

Never tried a Silver Sky but I have got a 245. Love it to bits. Easiest guitar I've ever had to physically play. Made for bending strings and howling.

Wow!

I’m the same with PRS! Tried many but I just don’t get on with them. Undoubtedly amazingly built and finished. They just seem to be missing something. Each to their own though.

Totally with you. I had a soapbar SE, it was nice, but I didn't keep it long.

I'm more of a LP guy and I've never cared for any PRS models really. But when the McCarty .594 singlecut came out in the SE line, I bought a standard in vintage cherry. It needed some upgrades to the tuners and electronics, but now it's found a place in my collection for good. The pickups are excellent, and the guitar does stuff the others just can't. I can recommend it without hesitation.

Very beautiful playing sir loads of feel. Well done. I know exactly what you mean regards the lack of "want" with the PRS stuff. I've had a few core customs and they have all been sold on after a few weeks. Really dont know what it is............

Always wanted to try a PRS because of Daniel Johns of Silverchair, but never got round to it. Went to Las Vegas and saved enough to buy one but came back with a Gibson Les Paul Double Cutaway.

You might not like it but this was one of the best jams i have seen

I really like the tone of this PRS - deep and resonant but with shine and brightness over the top. Not a trad strat tone but I like it! I had a PRS SE Tremonti and wish I had not sold it - very good and very well made for the price paid new.

Really interesting that you found the pickups to be too dull Dave! I didn't gel with both the USA and SE Silver Sky because they (the SE especially) had a high mid emphasis that was not to my personal tastes. But I too found the fit and finish to be 100%, really nice to hold and play.

O,Dave the struggle between fender and the prs silver sky. With the Oswald, and mr.white what will you ever ,do.o,ooo"#make it a thing.😂,😊,❤

Dave, my man, The Silver Skies would be an amazing accompaniment to Stephanie Greztinger's Reckless Love. Both hers and yours feel like someone opening up their soul to God and letting the music pour through you. As soon as I heard yours, I had to go listen to hers....incredible!

Beautiful guitar doing what it is intended to do...

I need to know … what pedal created that synth sound during “the silver skys” 33 mins in!? Phenomenal @dave!!!!

Wow, thanks for another awesome video, Dave. You played it like you loved it and it sounded great. For me I think they need to make a strat-like head stock and ditch the birds. It just strikes me as a temporary replacement neck, borrowed from another PRS and it always strikes me as a half 'n' half every time I see one.

Wow wow wow ❤ very soul insane galactic univers juste perfect feeling Your heart ❤

Real Magik happening in the jam ❤

Great honesst review Dave, its never one guitar fits all, its far more than just looks and sound. If it doesnt feel right or speaks to you its just not for you, regardless of make or indeed hype. One thing is for sure you bring the best out of any guitar you play! Great vid mate and awesome playing, thank you friggin great playing!

Well, you might not like it but sitting here on a Friday night in my "Good Gravy" tee shirt your playing has brought a gleamer of joy to my evening. Thanks Dave!

Such talented and tasteful playing.... Thanks for posting your stuff, Dave. Always a gift.

From a purely personal perspective, I quite liked the tone coming out of it 🙂 That neck pick up sounded lush! I know what you mean though - I've had a couple of guitars over the years that I desperately wanted to love, but just couldn't get on with. Not the guitars fault - just personal preference. A good balanced review as usual Dave lad 👍

The build quality of PRS is always just immaculate. They have such great quality control. I tried some PRS and to me the Silver Sky SE came closest to what I like. But lots of people love them and if you do like PRS you should give them a try, because they're brilliant for the money.

Wow, from now on I want to play like Dave Simpson not flowing!!! This playing was superb, thank you Dave, you're loved and appreciated! I can hear how those pickups are a bit thick for a strat sound, they really are more like an iron gauntlet hidden in a velvet glove, it sounded great but not spanky like a vintage strat.

I have a theory: I think most of the "I just can't get along with PRS" is more visceral and emotional. I get it. The backs of rock and roll were built on Fender and Gibson. There's nothing cooler than an authentic 1960's naturally relic'd Fender Strat. But close your eyes and play one of these Silver Sky's. Eyes closed so that light can shine.

for me there was only one great guitarist, John Frusciante, his music for my soul.. Who is capable of performing something like that? and here he is..ladies and gentlemen I present to you Dave Simpson

connected or not, best soothing sounds i heard in long time, Sorry i do not listen to your too long playing videos longer, i`m her for content

It is odd but I feel just the same about PRS electric guitars. However, I tried and now own a PRS acoustic; I simply love it, fantastic woods, finish (given with all PRS (their QC teams deserve a medal)), with glorious subtle bright tone. I bet its sound will mellow with age, so I'm looking forward to playing it for many years. Try one if you get a chance ...

I love the silver sky pickups but your spot on about the neck, if it tapered a bit more it would be perfect for me.

I changed my mind... This "down" is one of the best youve ever sounded

Must admit, I’ve never liked the Silver Sky, but it sounded great, and even looked great in your hands. Made me wonder whether they’d be suited to being hotter strats; the headstock just seems to suit that distortion, black T-shirt, long hair and beard pretty well!

I actually really enjoyed your jam Dave even if you weren’t feeling it. Got a real Buckethead Pike series vibe from it

Onya Dave ya done it again. Amazing! and BTW please get rich and famous as soon as possible so you can tour Australia.

i would really love for you to get ahold of a sterling by music man cutlass. i've loved strats, got a cutlass and thought it was where fender needed to go with the strat (makes sense since leo was at music man after fender). i got a silver sky from my wife last year and while i love it, the neck is "bigger" then what i would usually want, but that cutlass neck is just that bit thinner at the nut and slimmer, couple that with a slight soft V, its perfect (for me)

I always feel like PRS have this Perfect Unity thing going on, where you are always getting the best out of the guitar. Which is great if you are in a church band & want to hear every note you play, but not so great when you want to goose the guitar to get a little more out of it. You’re always there….

I know exactly what you're talking about, Dave. I've got a PRS HH Les Paul-style guitar I haven't even played for at least two years. Just no bonding.

Dave if you get a chance try a PRS S2 standard I use to have one and like you I didn't normally like prs especially the se necks for me they always felt too wide or fat but the s2 necks are great

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I think the raunch and roll has been engineered out of them,

Quite clearly a VERY capable guitar from this demo. Makes all the right noises in both the quiet and loud zones. For some, this will be amazing as I've seen them new for only £589. But what inspires one person doesnt another...

Moon White? For a Strat alternative, i thought this seemed pretty cool though I've never demoed one. I have a Sterling Cutless which is really nice in feel & tone.

Greetings and good to see you again, amigo :) Have you tried G&L's Legacy or S-500? My friend, even the "Tribute" (far east) models are amazing. Really some of Leo's finest work :) Be well, Jeff

I have a PRS hollow body but I spend most of my time playing my Gear4Music s-type 😂 You rule Dave

Also the drum backing sounded real. You just have to show us your new toys. Please do a video explaining your new effects

I had my xbox 360 on a few years ago, a while before the silver sky was released, and there was a link button on the home screen for “entertainment”. The picture on the button for this menu had a generic picture of a guitar which was a strat with a 3+3 headstock. So I guess this guitar symbolizes the most generic possible icon for all of entertainment for all humans according to Microsoft. Just always thought that was weird. Cheers Dave!

I have tried a US Silver Sky, and I didn't like the neck and I understand what you say about the pickups, but it is that John mayer sound. I never liked PRS, until, I tried a DGT, which is the Dave Grissom signature model. And the sound and the pickups are amazing and the neck is great too, it's a bit smaller than most PRS!

A guitar has to inspire as you play it regardless of the quality of the build. It's just one of those things when it fails to do so.

If this is what not right sounds like, I don’t ever wanna be right.

hey. id love to hear your current/updated thoughts about that jet js-300 guitar

Looking like a Strat copy- still you made it sound awesome Dave

Have kinda had the same experience with PRS. Really Wanna love them but haven't felt inspired by most. That being said. If you get a chance, try out the DGT. I have been inspired by that model.

dave awesome playing,that silver sky sond mellow,I cansee why you talk your out owninig one,whres the oswald haaaaa,that oswaldwald

Honesty wins. Every time. Here's a chalk to cheese comparison for you (being that the PRS is really a variation of the Stratocaster theme...): I gave the Gibson Les Paul a fair chance. Had one for four and a half years, and I really(!) tried to fall in love with it. And it was not(!) a bad guitar (once I'd replaced the horrid Kluson's with Grover Rotomatics; that was really the only fault with that guitar). But, I could never make it sound like me. Only the Strat could, so that's the one I've kept. That was a long time ago now; roughly 30 years; and every time I've picked up a Les Paul since, I've instantly been reminded of why I got rid of mine. I would hazard a guess, that that's sort of how you feel regarding this Paul Reep Smith... If it doesn't click, it doesn't click. Even if it is a terrific guitar in all measurable ways possible. Yeah, you compared double glouchester to Jarlsberg, whilst I was comparing the cliffs of Dover to Gauda... So... Anyway, back to your regular scheduled programme 😀

They look cool, I’ve played one that was super cool, and a bunch that just weren’t it, idk what exactly it is that I don’t like, probably vintage radius, and tuners, I would like to try a modded one though,

Good they’ve made an affordable one I played a Mayer one the pick ups sounded pretty Good warm and snappy . I’m a maple fret board guy anyway

Been binge listening to early Genesis this week and other similar period bands and I am amazed how well you would have fitted in with the 60's and 70's prog rock scene (no not an insult). All the great bands had melodic guitarists like Steve Hackett etc and Dave Simpson would have been right up there with them. We can only wonder what would have been - p.s. no reason why you could not do something similar now ?

I’m fortunate to own a good amount of Strats (CS Clapton to squier) and I’ll be honest the SE does fit in with them, build quality is better than the new mexican guitar I recently got. Felt I needed to try an SE when they were reduced. I agree with you on the soul and connection a bit but I flit between guitars often and can’t complain at all with the sound.

You say you don't gel with this guitar, but you played it absolutely beautifully, nicely done!

I imagine the amount of these that have been dumped on the used market are for the exact reasons you’ve described.

Try a ce 24 or 22 or the s2 594 double cut they’re brilliant.

That prs headstock just puts me off.

The human quire effect was spectacular. What peddle did you use for that? Back track and looping a notch above. They must have been original. 😁

I have 5 PRS guitars and they are my go to guitars then its Wolfgang and tele