John Mayer owns an Arles Blue Land Rover Defender 90 with a white roof. Now he has an electric guitar to match. PRS Guitars and Land Rover’s Defender sub-brand tapped the artist to launch the Silver Sky Defender Color Collection, a line of electric guitars painted in shades pulled directly from the SUV’s color chart.
The collaboration splits into two tiers. The flagship PRS Silver Sky Defender Limited Edition is built in Maryland, limited to 500 units per color, and priced at $3,200. Four classic Defender colors are available: Arles Blue, Willow Green, Portofino Red, and Sandglow Yellow.
White knobs and trim details complete the look, and each guitar ships in a Defender-branded hard case with an engraved neckplate carrying the Land Rover logo, the color name, and a serial number. That puts total production at 2,000 guitars worldwide. Not exactly rare by watch or sneaker collaboration standards, but tight enough to create a line at the register.
For buyers who want in without spending Defender money on a guitar, PRS offers the SE Silver Sky Defender Limited Edition at $999. These are built in Indonesia, are not volume-capped, and orders stay open until mid-2027. The SE models come in four colors drawn from the modern Defender palette: Petra Copper, Sedona Red, Carpathian Grey, and Woolstone Green.
Black knobs and trim replace the white, echoing the blacked-out appearance packages available on current models. Instead of a hard case, buyers get a Defender gig bag. Both tiers are available for pre-order now, following a preview at the Destination Defender event in California earlier this month.
PRS is also producing a small batch finished in British Racing Green, though those won’t be sold to the public. They’re reserved for fundraising tied to the Defender Service Awards and Mayer’s Heart and Armor Foundation, a charity supporting veterans.
The car-and-guitar crossover is hardly new territory. McLaren commissioned a Speedtail-inspired instrument. Fender has dabbled with automotive finishes for decades. But the PRS-Defender deal is more deliberate than most.
It leans on a specific artist with a documented connection to the vehicle, ties the color stories to both heritage and current production models, and prices the entry point low enough that you don’t need to own a Defender to participate. Whether a $3,200 guitar sells because it matches someone’s truck is another question entirely. The Venn diagram of Mayer devotees, Defender owners, and PRS players is real but narrow.
The SE model at $999, uncapped and accessible, is where the volume will land. Mayer’s involvement gives the project credibility in guitar circles. His signature Silver Sky model has been one of PRS’s strongest sellers since its 2018 debut, and his taste in cars is well documented on social media.
Pairing the two feels less like a licensing grab and more like something he actually wanted to exist. The fundraising guitars in British Racing Green add a wrinkle. They’ll likely surface at auctions where the final price has nothing to do with the instrument’s retail value and everything to do with who signs it.
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