I'm an alien...

[whitestrat]

Cos I got 3 balls... whahahaha...

Remember my 1st JP6? Then my white Silo?

Now I got this to join them. My very own 20th anniversary Silhouette Gorgeous guitar!!!

I almost walked away with a Japan 60 piece only emerald green Luke with gold hardware. But I didn't like the neck that much... The frets were too low. This Silo was still perfect...

Questions:
What are the pickups?
What else should I know about this guitar? Wood? (only 1 piece maple neck, and mahogany body with maple top ya?)
What's this finish called?

 

[Colin]

nice, do people realize how rare these are?

 

[brasco68]

Gorgeous indeed! Now you'll have to add a pic of yours to the "How many 20th SiLOs are forum owned" thread.

In case you haven't seen it....check it out: http://www.ernieball.com/forums/music-man-guitars/29119-how-many-20th-silos-fourum-owned.html

 

[Ripper]

Nice score there! Its a caramel burst if I'm not wrong... No piezo this time?

 

[robelinda2]

excelent. ive been playing my 20th silo a bit recently, it feels so natural and woody, lots of tone even unplugged.

 

[Rossie]

It has the tone block too...

 

[whitestrat]

Nice score there! Its a caramel burst if I'm not wrong... No piezo this time?

couldn't find one... I wanted a RW with piezo... no such luck... it was either this one, or another maple hardtail with a very faint quilt top. These were the only 2 pieces I could find in ALL the shops in tokyo I went to...

 

[whitestrat]

It has the tone block too...

Here's the cute bit. Isn't the whole body supposed to be mahogany? and yet, I saw the guitar going through the x-ray at the airport, and saw a distinctly different coloured chunk at the tail which could only be a tone block. So, if that's the tone block, then what's the rest of the body made of?

 

[robelinda2]

alder body, here's some specs

http://www.ernieball.com/site/flyers/20th_ann.html

 

[whitestrat]

alder body, here's some specs

http://www.ernieball.com/site/flyers/20th_ann.html

It's Alder!!!! Oh??? It doesn't SOUND like alder! It's a little tighter than my other alder guitars, and even the standard silo! But it's nice!!!

When they say custom DiMarzio, what do they mean? Is it based on the virtual paf? These are actually quite nice. They sound like low output pups...

 

[robelinda2]

i read somewhere the pickups were either like or are DiMarzio Virtual Vintage humbuckers.

 

[dwells]

love it

 

[whitestrat]

i read somewhere the pickups were either like or are DiMarzio Virtual Vintage humbuckers.

would you happen to know the pick up combinations for the middle switch position?

 

[whitestrat]

nice, do people realize how rare these are?

Actually, how rare ARE they? I think I'm probably the only joker in my country to have one, but Japan had tons! There were like 6 to 8 of them in one store in august. When I went back last week, there were only 2 left! if you project that trend backwards, they probably had like 30 to 40 pieces in one year.

Did you manage to move many?

 

[whitestrat]

would you happen to know the pick up combinations for the middle switch position?

Anyone?

 

[Mark-NL]

Anyone?

Click

does that help? Dunno if the 20th has a 3-way or 5-way switch..

 

[whitestrat]

Click

does that help? Dunno if the 20th has a 3-way or 5-way switch..

Thanks. I saw that one already. But that's a Silo HH. Not a silo 20th. the 3 way is different. And I dunno whether the middle is as such, since it actually sounds thinner, and a bit softer than the 2 individual pups.