Help Restoring My 2008 Silhouette Special HSS wiring.

[Volt]

I need help rRestoring mMy 2008 Silhouette Special HSS wiring back to the factory wiring.
It has the 'silent circuit'. I rewired it many years ago and didn't document the original wiring. DUH.

Thanks for any help.

Walter

 

[nervous]

See if any of this is helpful.

 

[Volt]

Many thanks Nervous.
Here is the problem, and what I know so far.

Thanks
Walter

 

[nervous]

Many thanks Nervous.
Here is the problem, and what I know so far.

Thanks
Walter

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Don't both wiring diagrams show the two "to where" red wires coming from (or going to) the neck and middle pickups no? Just be mindful of which diagram you use as the 2011 revision looks like it used the updated or newer switch so there could be some minor differences. I hadn't looked that close.

 

[Volt]

This is what I know so far.

 

[Volt]

AWESOME! My silo special is now working properly, as the factory intended.
Many thanks for your interest and help.

Walter (AKA Volt)

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[Volt]

AWESOME! My silo special is now working properly, as the factory intended.
Many thanks for your interest and help.

Walter (AKA Volt)

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Only issue now is to find out why the volume is very low in switch positions 2 and 3. Switch positions 1, 4, and 5 sound much louder.
I am wondering if the 'Silent Circuit' has failed.

 

[DrKev]

Only issue now is to find out why the volume is very low in switch positions 2 and 3. Switch positions 1, 4, and 5 sound much louder.
I am wondering if the 'Silent Circuit' has failed.

No, the silent circuit isn't even used in those positions (in fact it's only used in position 5, the neck single coil). I'm guessing it's the simple fact that you have half a humbucker (which is quieter than a single coil) in parallel with a single coil (which results in slightly lower volume again). I never liked that volume drop and re-wired so that the full humbucker is used in those positions, with the silent circuit to cancel the single coil hum. The result is no volume drop with slightly fuller, warmer tones for those positions (which I really like). If you're interested let me know and I can fire you off the wiring diagram.

Here's my video from 11 years ago...

 

[Volt]

No, the silent circuit isn't even used in those positions (in fact it's only used in position 5, the neck single coil). I'm guessing it's the simple fact that you have half a humbucker (which is quieter than a single coil) in parallel with a single coil (which results in slightly lower volume again). I never liked that volume drop and re-wired so that the full humbucker is used in those positions, with the silent circuit to cancel the single coil hum. The result is no volume drop with slightly fuller, warmer tones for those positions (which I really like). If you're interested let me know and I can fire you off the wiring diagram.

Here's my video from 11 years ago...

Thanks for the video.
I found a few wiring issues on the switch and an issue with the factory humbucker shield where the shrink tube was not done properly tha shield could some times short out some of the wiring. A couple switch terminals would also short against an adjacent terminal.
Positions 2 & 3 now sound louder than previously.
Now that it is back to being wired like it came from the factory. I bought a Silo HSS pickguard from MM and am going to load it with simple pickup circuitry. without a 'Silent Circuit'.

 

[GWDavis28]

So lets see it!!!

Glenn |B)

 

[Volt]

So lets see it!!!

Glenn |B)

My past and present Music Man guitars.

 

[GWDavis28]

Nice man!!!

Thanx, Glenn |B)

 

[Volt]

I replaced my Silo Special's original pickguard with a new HSS pickguard with a Dimarzio 36th PAF humbucker and two Fender Texas Special single coils. I kept the wiring and switching as simple as possible. Now all three pickups sound very close in volume in all 5 switch positions.