Help! Is this real Silhouette?

Vision20 · Dec 6, 2008

phatduckk · Dec 6, 2008

im pretty sure that bridge isnt stock

serial number on the back of the headstock is strange to me too. never seen one there before

tuners look off as well (but maybe i havent seen a silo this old before)

TonyEVH5150 · Dec 6, 2008

this might be one of the original older silos. If i remember how their old serial #'s worked, this is the 21st Silo built in 1987.

Tuners look like Schallers.

marantz1300 · Dec 6, 2008

Yes.Its an 87 and in great condition.I have seen that bridge befor on one of the forum's members guitars.The tuners are made in West Germany Schaller's.

TonyEVH5150 · Dec 6, 2008

The bridge might even be an old Schaller. I think the older Silos had Schaller hardware and pickups.

candid_x · Dec 6, 2008

Looks like a nice old Silo.

Looks like the bridge is a top loader, ala some old Teles or G&L ASAT. Very cool, I think.

Colin · Dec 6, 2008

it's a nice one, grab it

azazael · Dec 6, 2008

When did they start putting san luis obispo on the headstock then??

douglasspears · Dec 6, 2008

no need to worry about those strings slipping over the edge of the fret!?!?

wow, wide neck.

jamminjim · Dec 6, 2008

Silo #21! Awesome. What a find! You'd be crazy not to buy it.

Go for it man.

D.K. · Dec 7, 2008

My welcome goes out to Russia

- good to see a fellow countryman here!

The bridge is the real deal. My old silo has exactly the same bridge, it was and still is produced by schaller . In fact it was my guitar Marantz is refering to in his post. You can search for it here, I even did a thread on this one.

The guitar on Your pics seems to have exactly the same see-through-red (translucent red) as mine, and is probably also ash-bodied. If everything works right and the neck is fine - go for it! It is an extremely good guitar with tones of character and mojo! And the price is killer, too.

BTW, this is probably not the silo nr. 21 (but very early indeed) - they weren't numbered sequentionally, AFAIK, and don't forget all the EBMMs with 86xxx serial numbers. And Yes, the necks on the old silos are wider and finished - a totally stratty feeling!!!

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