Silhouette Bass & JP questions

[roburado]

1. Does JP use stock Silhouette Basses?
2. If not, what pickups are in there? What changes have been made to his?
3. How does one normally tune a Silo Bass?
4. Anyone ever play one?

 

[Big Poppa]

boys we just changed his to wiring it like his guitar with his pick ups I think one is a and the other is b but the rrokie can tell us

 

[tommyindelaware]

1. Does JP use stock Silhouette Basses?
2. If not, what pickups are in there? What changes have been made to his?
3. How does one normally tune a Silo Bass?
4. Anyone ever play one?

i picked up one at a namn show once....it took me an hour to put it down & get back to our booth.......& and went back a couple more times to play it !!!!
i really WANT one. mabey after the y2d gets home......i thought they were discontinued.....

 

[roburado]

boys we just changed his to wiring it like his guitar with his pick ups I think one is a and the other is b but the rrokie can tell us

Thanks, BP. Anyone have pics of JP with his Silo Bass?

 

[andyshand]

so what do you want to know about this incredible guitar. I have mine tuned to e-e but i think jp has as b-b or a-a. And it plays like a dream.

This guitar is ernie balls response to the fendervi bass ..its about the same scale length and sounds quite similar. As far as I can tell nobody has an E-E version ...i had to have mine converted over and you can count these guitars on one possibly two hands...rare as F***.

seriously this instrument is so well made and easy to play ...and sounds nothing like a silhoutte 6 or a stingray....but its up there with them on all counts. My only request to Eb might be to put a trem on it just like the bass vi..that would really be something.

 

[OrangeChannel]

One is tuned to 'A', the other to 'Bb'

 

[fogman]

Wow!
I don't play bass but I want one of those now!!!

 

[NorM]

Silo basses rock! They are pure toys mixed with crack. I am scared to pick mine up 'cause if I do I know the rest of the day is gone.
There is a picture of it here

There are also pics in Bass Forum Moderator Dude's website

 

[fogman]

That's a beautiful collection my friend!

 

[roburado]

andyshand, that's gorgeous.

NorM, that's an incredible collection.

 

[Devnor]

I'm curious about this so I'm getting a new one from Pete

Is the low A (6th string) on the Silo Bass the same octave as low A on a bass guitar (3rd string; open) or 1 octave higher (G string; 2nd fret)?