Sea foam green Silo on tha' Bay

[Luc]

Looks like an early one, and in very good condition I think.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ernie-Ball-MusicMan-Silhouette-Electric-Guitar-w-OHSC_W0QQitemZ7416555157QQcategoryZ2384QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

Nice colour!

 

[Jimi D]

That is a nice example of the really early models... Little pricey though, I think... The early ones are cool to look at, but when Guitarist did a comparison between a first year Silhouette and a contemporary model back in 2003 or so, they were squarely on the side of the newer version - they said it was a better guitar all around. Which is as it should be, of course, as the model has been refined and improved in many obvious and not-so-obvious ways over the years...

 

[GWDavis28]

Nice I like it. Cool color.

Glenn |B)

 

[Larry]

beautiful color ugly pickguardand knobs

 

[Larry]

yup

 

[steveh]

way, way, way overtime that seafoam green was offered as a colour option on the current guitars IMHO.

I bough an OLP axis simply because it was seafoam - THE colour (ask Jeff Beck)!

Steve

 

[Spudmurphy]

Well I'm gonna get flamed for this but ...... yuck! I wanna suck it !!
Sorry not for me - the relic Strat green wasn't like this - it was paler.
Be back in a week - I'm back up to Scotland to work !!!
Spud

 

[fogman]

I agree that the colour is not so vintage. I would say more 1980's.
I do think an all white pickguard or white pearl would do the trick.

 

[candyredsilo]

I wish the seller all the luck in the world. Tried to sell mine on ebay with no luck at all. Decided to bite the bullet and trade in on an amp (which is the only reason I need to lose it) and was offered a whopping $400. Needless to say, I still own a KILLER candy apple red Silo Special

 

[CudBucket]

Well I'm gonna get flamed for this but ...... yuck! I wanna suck it !!

Eh?

 

[leishan]

What type of tremolo is that? Is it a Wilkerson?

 

[GWDavis28]

What type of tremolo is that? Is it a Wilkerson?

Looks like it.

Glenn |B)

 

[CudBucket]

I shave with Wilkersons. The trem is likely a Wilkinson.

 

[leishan]

I shave with Wilkersons. The trem is likely a Wilkinson.

DOH!! My bad...

 

[kompressaur]

werent EBMM using Schaller trems back then (based on a kahler design).certainly that one looks the same as a silo i have in an old review dating back to the late 80s.

 

[John C]

werent EBMM using Schaller trems back then (based on a kahler design).certainly that one looks the same as a silo i have in an old review dating back to the late 80s.

Yes, that was the Schaller trem. It wasn't based 100% on the Kahler design, but it was similar with the roller saddles, behind-the-nut string lock (although these worked in the opposite direction - the allen screw pulled the locking block up to the top of the metal housing, while the Kahler pushed the locking block down to the bottom). The fine-tuners worked a little differently, and the Schaller was a fulcrum bridge requiring normal springs. The Kahler fulcrum bridges came out a couple of years after this bridge hit the market - it was originally licensed to and sold by Schecter under the name "Tremlok" and debuted at the January 1984 NAMM show.

And while I have a good memory, it was jogged because I was going through a bunch of early-80s Guitar Players I have around the house last weekend, including the April 1984 Steve Lukather issue; the info on the Schecter Tremlok was in the NAMM roundup.

 

[GWDavis28]

Looks like it.

I've only seen a few, sorry for the misinformation.

Glenn |B)