Watch John Mayer and Ed Sheeran join forces with PRS Silver Sky guitars
Two of guitar’s biggest stars team up for Belief and Thinking Out Loud
Two of guitar’s biggest stars joined forces this week, as Ed Sheeran accompanied John Mayer onstage at Tokyo’s iconic Budokan venue to perform two of the singer-songwriters’ biggest hits - and both could be seen brandishing Mayer’s signature PRS Silver Sky electric guitar.
Ed joined Mayer for 2006’s Belief, before Mayer let rip on a monster solo during Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud.
While John toted a Golden Mesa version of his signature model, it looks like he hooked his buddy Ed up with a custom colour for his Silver Sky, which boasts a purple finish that’s not currently available to buy.
Wonder if we’ll see Mayer return the favour and sport one of Ed’s Sheeran acoustics any time soon...
That's not the only hot John Mayer news to land this week; the blues hero recently expressed his thoughts on what makes a great electric, claiming that “90 per cent of a guitar to me is the slack in the strings”.
Want all the hottest music and gear news, reviews, deals, features and more, direct to your inbox? Sign up here.
Mike has been Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com since 2019, and an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict for far longer. He has a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and 15 years' experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. His writing also appears in the The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock as Maebe.
