New (used) Silo for me! Info?

[derk]

Hey guys,

Just bought a used Silo today at GC. I have been oggling this guitar for months now and I finally got the balls (and cash ) to take it home. It seems like somewhat of a rarity though!

24 frets, *finished* (laminate?) birdseye maple neck and board, not satin like other EBMM's I've played. Looks like an Ash body with a cherry burst flame, and toroiseshell pickguard. Also, the guitar sports a non-locking trem with fine tuners and a a locking nut! S/N on the neckplate is 90740.

Problem is, I'm missing one of the backings of the locking nut, and I have no idea where to find one! I have all the screws and topside nuts, but the underside for one of them is missing.

Any general information about the guitar (year, woods, etc) and info about where to find the parts for the nut would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

 

[Jonny Dubai]

cangrats man. Welcome to the forum too. This place is full of cool guys and great info. I am not so hot on the info front, but you can always contact customer services. They are real nice and always ready to help.

1 last thing.....PICS please.


Jonny

 

[John C]

Sounds like a typical late 80s-early 90s Silo to me. The early ones had satin finished necks instead of the oil/wax finish, and I believe that trem unit was made by Schaller. Back in November, another forumite wound up buying a 1986 Silo with that same trem off of ebay, and I believe they sent it back to EBMM for a "tune up" that included replacement of some rusted trem parts.

The other EBMM guitars didn't switch to the oil/wax neck finish and 5-bolt attachment until after the EVH had been out for a while, and the EVH debuted at the January 1991 NAMM show. Sometime after the EVH came out the Silo switched from the roller trem to a Floyd Rose, but some of the early one Floyd Rose models still have the satin finished neck and 6-bolt neck.

Hopefully someone from EBMM will be able to look up the actual date of your guitar from the serial number you posted.

 

[derk]

Hey John,

Thanks for the reply. I have been checking the forum relentlessly all day waiting for some info..

Some quick interesting info there. My Silo is actually a 6-bolt neck joint. I didnt even notice it until you pointed out the 5-bolts... I'm gonna try and attach some pics to this post.

EDIT: All 5 pics now posted.

 

[derk]

Turns out it's a 1990. Looks about right. I would rank it high so far, debating on which one will be #1....this or the CE24..

 

[derk]

No comments? I thought you guys were EBMM cult fanatics?

 

[francric]

Very nice looking, enjoy and welcome......You'll get comments, it's just the holidays.......

 

[fsmith]

jealousy, it's an ugly thing...


No really, that's a sweet looking guitar. I love the color. Congrats on the snag. I'm surprised it took you that long to jump.

fred

 

[tommyindelaware]

he rises !!!!!
2 weeks later........
sup dude ????

jealousy, it's an ugly thing...


No really, that's a sweet looking guitar. I love the color. Congrats on the snag. I'm surprised it took you that long to jump.

fred

 

[derk]

Seriously, this is the most solid feeling guitar I've ever played. I've gone through my fair share of guitars. I've got it restrung and it sounds incredible. Little bit lower gain p/ups than I'm used to, but that will make me playing cleaner in the long run

 

[fsmith]

he rises !!!!!
2 weeks later........
sup dude ????

Hmmm... new guitar, new amp, 3 new pedals for Christmas. Been 'shedding baby.

And then we went away for a week vacation in Deep Creek MD. I took the Y2D and the microcube and had a blast, in between skiing and snowtubing that is. We had a condo right across the street from the slopes so I could sit in my loft bedroom overlooking at the mountain and play, pretty damn enjoyable week.

Hope you all had as great a Christmas... and Happy New Year too.

 

[brentrocks]

welcome! nice geetar!

is that locking trem original?

 

[derk]

It's actually not a locking trem! The strings feed through just like any other bridge, but it has a locking nut and fine tuners. Kind of a cool concept, IMO.

 

[John C]

It's actually not a locking trem! The strings feed through just like any other bridge, but it has a locking nut and fine tuners. Kind of a cool concept, IMO.

Derk - very cool looking older Silo.

The bridge should have small rollers in the saddles, similar to a Kahler bridge. These bridges were pretty cool; they were first used by the original Schecter company on their production model guitars from 1984 until they went out of business in 1986 - except Schecter mounted them so they would only bend down, while EBMM mounted them floating so they could also bend up. Schecter used to sell them under the name "Tremlok" (not to be confused with Sperzel Trim-Lock tuners ) as aftermarket parts; I do remember almost picking up a "parts-o-caster" back in '85 that had one on it.

 

[derk]

John, thanks for the info. It does have the rollers in the bridge. Very interesting stuff. I love this guitar, it is seriously so solid, I'm starting to understand why people call guitars 'axes'