Silo bridge pickup question

[edcat]

Just received my Silo Special (HSS). Love the guitar but would like the bridge humbucker to have a little more brightness to it. I guess what I'm looking for is a humbucker that retains the output and thickness for overdrive but with a little bit of single coil sparkle when playing clean if that makes any sense. Any replacement pickups out there that would fit this description? Thanks.

 

[mhorse]

DiMarzio Fred or Humbucker from Hell?

 

[lock-ny]

I like duncans, for this week at least and I have a distortion trembucker in the bridge of my silo special, the pup is high output and the guitar is overall bright with the pup but I have heard the JB is a bit brighter and lower output with some nice growl, you should go to the duncan forums or even call dimarzio and tell them you have a strat basically and see what everyone suggests there - russ

 

[edcat]

I guess I should ask what type of pickups are in my Silo Special? I just purchased it couple of weeks ago brand new.

 

[Philip]

I guess I should ask what type of pickups are in my Silo Special? I just purchased it couple of weeks ago brand new.

Hey, they are custom wounded dimarzios as far as I know, and for some people bridge pickup isn't too hot. I hope somebody who had the same problem will help ya out...

 

[JDouglee]

Maybe try a 500K volume pot, stock is 250K. You'll notice a brighter sound, and it's cheap.

 

[Philip]

Hmm I've read several times that the bridge hum in Silo special is very bright anyway, maybe you have to tweak your amp a little bit?

 

[JDouglee]

The Silo Special I had was definitely not too bright in the bridge position. It was a PAF Pro in there, sounded good. I could see someone wanting a little more highs tho.

 

[Philip]

The Silo Special I had was definitely not too bright in the bridge position. It was a PAF Pro in there, sounded good. I could see someone wanting a little more highs tho.

you probably right, but I suppose they didn't put in the Paf Pro in the Silo Spec. EBMM website says it is a custom wound dimarzio pickup, but it's just a detail

God bless,

Philip