Modifying my new silo

**dwells** · 03-12-2009, 01:19 AM

im making some Mods to my brand new Silo special.
Ive just ordered a D-sonic for the bridge and a Cruiser for the neck im going for the Marco Sfogli setup hopefully it should be easy to replace these pickups.
any thing i should look out for id love some opinions
This baby will smoke and ill put a video up after ive made the mod with some tone differences
If this sounds the way i expect it to, this maybe my No.1 guitar ??
we shall see

**DrGonzo5150** · 03-12-2009, 01:28 AM

Can't wait to hear/see how it pans out.

**Traxid** · 03-12-2009, 03:58 AM

i'am also modifaing my silo special with toma anderson h3 on the bridge and h1+ on the neck... can't wait for them to come to me... uh!

**robelinda2** · 03-12-2009, 04:01 AM

How are you liking the silo special and JP so far Dean? Radical departures from the trusty Luke!

**dwells** · 03-12-2009, 04:16 AM

love the silo Rob just gotta get some dimarzios in there love the neck little thicker than the luke but i love it

**Sticky1973** · 03-12-2009, 04:39 AM

Great choice of pickups, fella.

I have just ordered a D Sonic/Area '61/Air Norton combo for my Sub project:

http://www.ernieball.com/forums/musi...-opinions.html

When we're done, you show me yours and i'll be sure to show ye mine

I mentioned on another thread the other day that I had tried my first maple neck Silo. Awesome neck. Fact.

**NoUse121** · 03-12-2009, 09:22 PM

I know you probo know this but remember to change the pots to 500K if you are planing to change to the Cruiser and the D Sonic. It will Open them up a bit more and bring out the highs. Also a mod that I normaly do on my guitars is a push pull to turn on the Neck Pickup so you can have the bridge and the neck on at the same time. You can also tap the Cruiser to get a single coil tone. might be cool to mess around with.

**Progdude** · 03-12-2009, 10:14 PM

I changed the Bridge pickup to an Andy Timmons and the neck to an Air Norton and the middle to and Area 67. I also threw a No load tone pot in as well as a Tremol-no and changed the tuning knobs to the pearl ones ! And now It rocks harder and looks sexier than ever!!!!!!!

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**dwells** · 03-12-2009, 11:27 PM

whats the tremol-no like??

**Progdude** · 03-12-2009, 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by dwells

whats the tremol-no like??

Its pretty cool. I like it. It was real easy to install after watching the YouTube video about installation.
Not sure if you know this but it has 3 modes, 1= Fixed bridge 2=dive only (Axis Style

) and 3=full floating. These are done by tightening/loosening thumb screws.

They run about $50-$60 But I like it. There are 2 versions. For EBMMs you need the "pin" type.

Hope that helps.

Man those pics are about 2 weeks old and my fretboard is darker now than it is in the pics!!! I probably play my Silo about 5 hours a day. Which unfortunately means that I have to change the strings every week.