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Silo bridge pickup question

This is a discussion on Silo bridge pickup question within the Music Man Guitars forums, part of the Gear Talk category; Just received my Silo Special (HSS). Love the guitar but would like the bridge humbucker to have a little more ...

  1. 06-27-2005, 01:09 PM #1
    edcat
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    Silo bridge pickup question

    Just received my Silo Special (HSS). Love the guitar but would like the bridge humbucker to have a little more brightness to it. I guess what I'm looking for is a humbucker that retains the output and thickness for overdrive but with a little bit of single coil sparkle when playing clean if that makes any sense. Any replacement pickups out there that would fit this description? Thanks.
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  2. 06-27-2005, 01:44 PM #2
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    DiMarzio Fred or Humbucker from Hell?
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  3. 06-27-2005, 02:51 PM #3
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    I like duncans, for this week at least and I have a distortion trembucker in the bridge of my silo special, the pup is high output and the guitar is overall bright with the pup but I have heard the JB is a bit brighter and lower output with some nice growl, you should go to the duncan forums or even call dimarzio and tell them you have a strat basically and see what everyone suggests there - russ
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  4. 06-28-2005, 04:00 PM #4
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    I guess I should ask what type of pickups are in my Silo Special? I just purchased it couple of weeks ago brand new.
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  5. 06-28-2005, 04:54 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by edcat
    I guess I should ask what type of pickups are in my Silo Special? I just purchased it couple of weeks ago brand new.

    Hey, they are custom wounded dimarzios as far as I know, and for some people bridge pickup isn't too hot. I hope somebody who had the same problem will help ya out...
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  6. 06-30-2005, 03:42 AM #6
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    Maybe try a 500K volume pot, stock is 250K. You'll notice a brighter sound, and it's cheap.
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  7. 06-30-2005, 05:09 AM #7
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    Hmm I've read several times that the bridge hum in Silo special is very bright anyway, maybe you have to tweak your amp a little bit?
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  8. 06-30-2005, 05:14 AM #8
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    The Silo Special I had was definitely not too bright in the bridge position. It was a PAF Pro in there, sounded good. I could see someone wanting a little more highs tho.
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  9. 06-30-2005, 06:40 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by JDouglee
    The Silo Special I had was definitely not too bright in the bridge position. It was a PAF Pro in there, sounded good. I could see someone wanting a little more highs tho.
    you probably right, but I suppose they didn't put in the Paf Pro in the Silo Spec. EBMM website says it is a custom wound dimarzio pickup, but it's just a detail

    God bless,

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