Roubster
Well-known member
So recently I just felt like a change...was looking at pictures of all kinds of Silhouette Specials, and saw some guys playing them on youtube. I basically almost convinced myself that I should buy another one with a dark pickguard. Then it came to me, why dont I just swap the one I have now for a bit of change! My Silo Special originally came with a black guard, and I put on the white pearl which I think everyone likes and so do I. Of course I will keep it and eventually put it back on. So I did the change last night, and its almost as if I had a NGD all over again haha. Anyway, I just wanted to share with everyone, and of course got a few pics for fun.
I also wanted to say home much I love this guitar, and in general the Silhouette Special is such an amazing EBMM classic with so many options. I wish I could own at least 10 of them in all sorts of colors and combinations. I really hope to see a dedicated BFR version of one at some point in the future. It would be the coolest with the mahog tone block and a maple cap...that to me is the ultimate tone wood combo.
So here is to the Silo Special! Cheers!
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Oh, and I've had so much fun and anger with this guitar as well...quite a bit of history with her over the past 3 years, when it came to swapping pickups, wiring and even last night changing the guard. All I did was change the pickguard...all the electronics were in tact perfectly. After I did the simple swap, I strung her up and proceeded to tune. I had NO SIGNAL! The mag pickups were not working, but the piezo system was fine. I had to open her up all over again and see what the hell was wrong. I could not find a single problem with any wires or ANYTHING. So I put her in the case all pissed off, even though I liked the black guard change. Anyway, after work today I was ready to redo all the electronics, because I had no idea what the problem was. Of course it ended up being the stupidest thing. One of the screws that holds the 5 way switch in place was touching one of the lugs on the 5 way switch, which basically was grounding the signal. Now I am happy and didnt have to do any major wiring. But of course as I proceeded to put the guard back on I snapped one of the wires from the piezo system to the blend volume knob...so I did have to fix that. So there is my story, and a thread celebrating this AWESOME guitar!!!
I also wanted to say home much I love this guitar, and in general the Silhouette Special is such an amazing EBMM classic with so many options. I wish I could own at least 10 of them in all sorts of colors and combinations. I really hope to see a dedicated BFR version of one at some point in the future. It would be the coolest with the mahog tone block and a maple cap...that to me is the ultimate tone wood combo.
So here is to the Silo Special! Cheers!
Before:
After:
Oh, and I've had so much fun and anger with this guitar as well...quite a bit of history with her over the past 3 years, when it came to swapping pickups, wiring and even last night changing the guard. All I did was change the pickguard...all the electronics were in tact perfectly. After I did the simple swap, I strung her up and proceeded to tune. I had NO SIGNAL! The mag pickups were not working, but the piezo system was fine. I had to open her up all over again and see what the hell was wrong. I could not find a single problem with any wires or ANYTHING. So I put her in the case all pissed off, even though I liked the black guard change. Anyway, after work today I was ready to redo all the electronics, because I had no idea what the problem was. Of course it ended up being the stupidest thing. One of the screws that holds the 5 way switch in place was touching one of the lugs on the 5 way switch, which basically was grounding the signal. Now I am happy and didnt have to do any major wiring. But of course as I proceeded to put the guard back on I snapped one of the wires from the piezo system to the blend volume knob...so I did have to fix that. So there is my story, and a thread celebrating this AWESOME guitar!!!
