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tommyindelaware

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i think there were mabey a couple silo's done in blueburst...........even though it wasn't an option to buy that way. mabey some one offs at one point??
i thought i saw what looked like a blueburst silo on ebay once before. mabey dudley can chime in & set the record straight ??????
really coo; guitar !!!! i'm guessing it's a 6 bolt.
 
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Luc

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Nice Silo! Saw tand played that guitar about two years ago at a store in Amsterdam, and it looks even better in person.

I thought it played like butter too! Nice snag!
 
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welcome to the addiction !!!!
:D

you'd think i'd be tired of blueburst by now.......but that thing is really beautiful !!!


budalash said:
Thanks everyone for the welcome! :)
I am going to take pictures of the back of the neck next week.
This is indeed my first Musicman guitar and I have no intention of playing anything else from now on :)
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budalash

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Wow guys, thanks for the warm welcome!
It feels so good to see all your positive replies and to know that I have done really well with this purchase. People have been telling me that I can make money on it immediately, but I have no intention of letting it go :) ever...
What is strange is that this guitar was up for sale for months for very little money (well at least in EBMM speak :) ) yet no-one seemed interested. I guess people didn't know it was this great...
As for the addiction, I am afraid I can't afford to become a collector, but this one will do :)
I am in the process of moving again, but as soon as I put my studio together again I am going to record a couple of clips and I will post them...
Cheers!
 
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Welcome budalash, as everyone else as said here, nice guitar. Love the colour.
 
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tommyindelaware said:
my name is tommy ......& i'm an addict.

the problem w/ the addiction isn't collecting them as much nut the fact that i can't play anything else.
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You need serious help, my friend. You'll have to go in to rehab and I'll hold your blueburst babies for you ... promise to take good care of them ;)
 
budalash

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Guys, I need help, my guitar is driving me nuts.

Before I bought the Silo I thought I would never play a floating bridge guitar again, they all drove me crazy because they never stay in tune (and I never really go wild on the Floyd Rose, very rarely actually and very modestly I would say). But then a local luthier installed a Gotoh1996GT bridge in my cheap Ibanez RG350 EX-BK and that guitar would stay in tune for 2 weeks I swear. So I thought if that is possible, then I will get myself a Musicman, I have heard great stories about them staying in tune and I love the feel and playability of those guitars.

So when I bought this guitar (pictures on the first page, I didn't want to start a new thread so people who want to help can actually see the guitar), I took it to a local luthier, Peer Dellen, who is a custom guitar maker and apparently a good one (note: not the guy who did the job on my Ibanez, this time around it was more convenient for me to take it to Peer Dellen).

I picked it up some time ago and this thing just doesn't stay in tune. The bridge is parallel to the body, the action is nice, not too low , not too high, just as I like it, he put 0.10s on at my request and everything looked like it couldn't get any better.

BUT!

After one minute of playing, without even touching the Floyd Rose, the G, D, A and E strings are detuned. Then I use the screws on the bridge,again and again, until I run out of headroom, and I have to unscrew the locking nut and tune up. At that moment all the strings just go wild and it needs serious retuning (on my Ibanez they stay in tune even after unlocking the nut). So, I tune it up, lock it, but after twisting those screws on the nut they are out of tune so much that I almost run out of headroom on the bridge again to do the fine tuning. Not to mention the fact that the bridge is now not parallel to the body anymore but higher. No matter what I do I cannot get this guitar to stay in tune, and I know it shouldn't be the case because it is brand new and everything is set up properly. At least I think it is. I did all the string stretching, waiting, I did not expose it to temperature changes (as I know that this will always have an effect). I am afraid that in this case it is something more serious.

And yeah, I just remember , I had the same problems with my Ibanez PGM with the stupid TRS floating bridge, years ago, I sold it and never looked back...

I think I will take it to the guy who worked on my Ibanez, but in the meantime I need some consolation and I need you to tell me that everything is going to be allright :) Seriously, what do you guys think is the problem?

Many thanks for your attention, any help much appreciated...
 
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