I have been been a Jackson / Charvel guy for years. I have been down the PRS,Suhr,Gibson road but I always come back to Jackson/Charvel. I have played many Ernie Ball guitars over the years. I always liked the natural necks on the Axis but the body style did not fit my style. So I have been on a search for the best playing,sounding guitar for the money for the past 3 weeks. I know I have played over 40 guitars in this time period. The price range has gone from $4000 to $400. I did get a chance to try a silver JP and a nice blue Luke at Sam Ash. Both had a great sound but each model had something that I did not prefer. The JP was awesome in every way except for the toggle switch location. I am a wrist action player and I kept hitting it with the bottom of my hand. The Luke was killer as well but I still like jumbo type frets. So after speaking to a guy at Sam ash he suggested the Silhouette. I had not even considered this model. So I had to go to GC in Nashville to try one out. I use a Splawn Nitro/Bogner combo as my rig. They have a cool Splawn competition there so it was a good place to try this guitar. I just grabbed the first one I saw which turned out to be a natural 2 hum Floyd. Now please do not be offended by this remark but I am an 80's player and I like guitars with more color and pop. So I knew this guitar was not the one that I would buy. So I plug in. WOW! WOW! this thing blew me away. Killer sound and playability. I could not put it down. It was by far the best guitar for me that I have tried. After 45 minutes of jamming I knew that I had to have a Silhouette. After calling several dealers I discovered that the Floyd model is rare. After endless searching online I only found one model that was in Germany. it was a purple one off and I think the guy wanted almost $3000. No go. GC also has a platinum site that had several dark teal and a blue burst but these were not bright so I moved on. So I finally pulled the trigger on a Sky Blue Silhouette from Willcutt Guitars in Ky. It does have an EBMM trem but not a Floyd. I have no idea how this trem will feel. It is 22 frets as opposed to the 24 fret model that I played. The guy at their shop assured me that this model would play as easy as the one I tried even though their are differences. I love Dimarzio pups so ti should give me that sound that I like. I had to go with the HSS set up as well which is OK I think. I am a little nervous and really hope that the magic that I had with the one at GC will be there with this model. I like an easy player. When I bend notes I do not like the guitar to fight with me. So it arrives in a few days so here is hoping that I will be super happy with it. I almost bought the one at GC but I knew a paint job was in order. That just seemed silly. So can the EBMM folks chime in? Did I make a mistake or do you all feel that all is well?? Remember I am a first timer here.
