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skerwo
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Yes, he´s a real good player. I think he would sound good on every piece of wood with some strings on 
. But by the way the Silo Special is the better strat for me, I love it and it deliveres every strat sound you want in its own special way. For years I always played a strat, but since I got the Silo special the search is over.
. But by the way the Silo Special is the better strat for me, I love it and it deliveres every strat sound you want in its own special way. For years I always played a strat, but since I got the Silo special the search is over.
candid_x
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Nice.
Have to add, though, I've never liked nor agreed with the term Strat killer for Silo Specials or AL's. The Silo's a fine guitar in it's own right and I think it deserves to stand on its own, without dragging another brand down.
Have to add, though, I've never liked nor agreed with the term Strat killer for Silo Specials or AL's. The Silo's a fine guitar in it's own right and I think it deserves to stand on its own, without dragging another brand down.
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Big Poppa
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Im with you Bruce Thanks for the compliment but Strats are great too
Spudmurphy
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Oh man thanks for posting that - just love it when I hear something by someone I've never heard of before- and it presses all the right buttons.
Fantastic!!
Fantastic!!
Butch Snyder
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Man I really enjoyed that. It didn't help me though. I have gone through all kinds of remorses about my Morse. I honestly thing the Silo Spec HSS would suit me best.....
whitestrat
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I have to agree with this. Having played both quite extensively, I'll have to say that both are great, and both are mutually exclusive. Though I've found the Silo Spec to be a better HSS guitar than a HSS strat, while a Strat makes a nicer SSS guitar. I dunno what it is... But somehow, The Strat rules at what it's originaly meant to be: an SSS guitar. Nothing else will deliver what it does. The Silo spec, with the cool wiring that EBMM incorporates, is a killer HSS guitar. Beats any other HSS guitar I've played out there... yes, including some of the "boutique" names.
RocketRalf
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Great video and artist! The singer was really good too. Thanks for sharing.
B2D
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Very well put. Although I did play a Lone Strat strat yesterday that was wicked cool and sounded great.
The Silo Spec in SSS format sounds "airy", smoother, and more resonant than your standard strat, while a strat in that config sounds more toppy and trebly with more mid bite to the tone. Not better or worse... just different. Obviously I tend to prefer the Silo Spec because I find it easier to adapt to multiple styles in its stock form, and I can just maneuver and get my tone on a Silo Spec way more easly than a stock strat.
I think a Strat will always excel at those SRV type tones people love so much, although a Silo Spec loaded with Texas Specials would be killer!
I think the best "Strat Killer" that can be bought these days for a reasonable sum is probably the G&L Legacy or the S-500. Those guitars are what Fenders should be now.
robelinda2
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Agree with the above, the silo special is its own beast, a strat is a strat and is an iconic guitar, and it has a certain tone for sure. The EBMM's are like NASA designed strats, I still play strats too for that classic SRV type thang, all is good!!!
banjoplayer
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Hey Butch, what do we get to see next???
I mean I feel similar (I think). The Morse is great but I also want a guitar for Strat tones ... I use the AL. I think you need TWO guitars. Maybe a silo Spec?!?
Back to topic.: Great video. like Spud, I like to see new stuff/players who fit my taste, and this does it!
skerwo
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Is it really like this? Take two strats and you get three different kind of sounds. There are so much pickup-sets, woods, guitar builders etc on the market, so can you really define that typical strat tone? I don´t think so. Even in Fenders shop you can get a lot of different strat-types, you cannot say, this is the strat sound.
For me the Silo special is the "better" strat because of its quality, playability and all the character it delivers like any other good strat. I think some features are better than at a "normal" strat, especially the shape, tuner configuration. With the stock pus the Silo has the MM charakter, put any other pus in and you get one of the thousands of strat sounds.
Just my 2 cents.
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HSS Silo Special is ineed a very streamlined and efficient design (have to chuckle at Rob's NASCAR comment), for sure. Lots of sounds from only a few controls. I didn't expect mine to evolve as it did into my "rocker" guitar, but with the hotter Breed hb, and an unusually darker sounding body (I've had 3 others to compare it to), it scratches that itch and fills that niche perfectly for me. I pop it into my GH50L, through a sweet TS, into a Mr. Springy (blackface) reverb, and I'm gone.
Big Poppa
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I actually disagree with the SSS comment and comparison.....That's what makes the world go around. I just was at a major major major big rock stars recording session snd
lets just say that I was scratching my head after playing his signature strats...i played mij ones that were much better.....all in all we are all judged by Strats and Les Pauls...
lets just say that I was scratching my head after playing his signature strats...i played mij ones that were much better.....all in all we are all judged by Strats and Les Pauls...
douglasspears
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hmmm, sounds like he likes the black 25th?
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I've never had 2 S-type guitars (of any brands) that sounded the same. That's true, but there are distinctions between, say, a Silo Special and a current Am Strat; not only in how they sound but in how they feel. Two very different temperaments and tolerances. A little higher action on a Strat is tolerable, and actually is required to get it's true tone. I can dig into a Strat's action well. The Silo is race car. Rob says NASCAR, but I see a bit more compact and maneuverable sports car. After driving that, everything else feels like it was made from flint axes. I mean, crude and rude and nasty, by comparison. But each has it's own advantages. I'm a pervert, I like 'em both.
colinboy
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Man that silo sounds amazing.ive serious GAS again!
hmmm, sounds like he likes the black 25th?
He should!
I do love the sounds from my SS...definately gives me the single coil sounds that I want and does "rock" well too, but it's the neck that makes it a better guitar for me. I have small hands and the Silo neck is just much more comfortable. I was amp shopping the other day and sat down with a MIA Strat. I wasn't liking the over all feel of the neck compared to my Balls....definately had a "plank" feel to it.
