Mincer
Well-known member
Heres some info about my Silo Sp lifted from my website...I love this guitar!
While it is an amazing guitar, I thought I would have some fun with it, being that the body has this chip in it. (I bought it that way). When I play, I can't see it, as it is on the lower edge of the body.
Ernie Ball's were originally designed with different pickups, connected to pickguards. The user could swap em out depending on his/her needs. They discontinued this idea, but they still use the solderless snap-on Molex connectors. So I thought I could get another pickguard, add some pickups and controls and have a dual humbucker pickguard along with the HSS pickguard. I like humbucker tones better anyway. So, I bought a pickguard from Chandler, and 500k pots from Dimarzio. Dimarzio pots move smoothly, and have a great taper. They are pretty hard to find these days, and I don't think they are even listed on the Dimarzio website.
After all this, I ordered 2 Seymour Duncan pickups.
A Custom Custom for the bridge, for a great chunky early VH sound.
An Alnico Pro II for the neck like in my Brian Moore. It is a low output pickup with a great low end and singing sustain. I use this pickup most of the time. It is connected with a 5 way switch, which allows not only the normal humbucker sounds, but also the outside or inner coils. I built it on the new pickguard and connected a Molex connector that Ernie Ball sent me, and it snaps right in.
Another really special thing about this guitar is that I had the neck shipped to Doug Frye @ Dharma Guitars to have the neck scalloped. He has done a wonderful job, with no file marks or nicks or anything. This is not an easy job to do, but he is a master. I highly recommend him and his wonderful work.
I didn't do this because I am a big Yngwie fan, because I am not. I had tried his signature Fender guitar years ago and loved it. I am a Ritchie Blackmore & John McLaughlin fan though, both of whom use/used scalloped boards. Tony Iommi has used one in the past as well. Mostly I got it because I remembered how much I liked the Yngwie Fenders. That is, I liked the neck, not the rest of the guitar.
The Ernie Ball company has helped me a lot throughout this project, way more than I expected. Other companies can learn from this level of customer service.
This is the guitar I play the most because I bring it to lessons every day.
2 pics:
the whole body
http://www.hazardfactor.com/dave/ebmm.gif
the neck
http://www.hazardfactor.com/dave/scoop.gif
While it is an amazing guitar, I thought I would have some fun with it, being that the body has this chip in it. (I bought it that way). When I play, I can't see it, as it is on the lower edge of the body.
Ernie Ball's were originally designed with different pickups, connected to pickguards. The user could swap em out depending on his/her needs. They discontinued this idea, but they still use the solderless snap-on Molex connectors. So I thought I could get another pickguard, add some pickups and controls and have a dual humbucker pickguard along with the HSS pickguard. I like humbucker tones better anyway. So, I bought a pickguard from Chandler, and 500k pots from Dimarzio. Dimarzio pots move smoothly, and have a great taper. They are pretty hard to find these days, and I don't think they are even listed on the Dimarzio website.
After all this, I ordered 2 Seymour Duncan pickups.
A Custom Custom for the bridge, for a great chunky early VH sound.
An Alnico Pro II for the neck like in my Brian Moore. It is a low output pickup with a great low end and singing sustain. I use this pickup most of the time. It is connected with a 5 way switch, which allows not only the normal humbucker sounds, but also the outside or inner coils. I built it on the new pickguard and connected a Molex connector that Ernie Ball sent me, and it snaps right in.
Another really special thing about this guitar is that I had the neck shipped to Doug Frye @ Dharma Guitars to have the neck scalloped. He has done a wonderful job, with no file marks or nicks or anything. This is not an easy job to do, but he is a master. I highly recommend him and his wonderful work.
I didn't do this because I am a big Yngwie fan, because I am not. I had tried his signature Fender guitar years ago and loved it. I am a Ritchie Blackmore & John McLaughlin fan though, both of whom use/used scalloped boards. Tony Iommi has used one in the past as well. Mostly I got it because I remembered how much I liked the Yngwie Fenders. That is, I liked the neck, not the rest of the guitar.
The Ernie Ball company has helped me a lot throughout this project, way more than I expected. Other companies can learn from this level of customer service.
This is the guitar I play the most because I bring it to lessons every day.
2 pics:
the whole body
http://www.hazardfactor.com/dave/ebmm.gif
the neck
http://www.hazardfactor.com/dave/scoop.gif
