Silo Special Question

[cjl5150]

I bought this beautiful Silo Special yesterday and I love it. It's my third MusicMan. I'm curious about the bridge pickup. My understanding is that MusicMan didn't allow their pickups to be branded and, if it was, I can't find anything about C3 being a designation fit an oem MusicMan Dimarzio. Any info would be helpful. Thanks.

 

[Baggedcereals]

Wow that looks great! Sorry no info on the pickup.

 

[DrKev]

The pickups can of course be branded, and all DiMarzio pickups carry whatever identifying marks DiMarzio wish to put on there. Here's a photo of my Silo Special pickguard, and this is how they have shipped from EBMM since circa 2003...



The humbucker is DiMarzio virtual PAF, steel baseplate, stamped P 97. Single coils are custom DiMarzios, similar to the now discontinued DiMarzio Blue Velvet set (current closest set are the True Velvets).

It's not clear to me what happened and when but pre-2003 Silhouette Specials had either a PAF Pro, or a custom made DiMarzio vintage-voiced humbucker. That could well be one of those.

The only way to know is to post your serial number in the serial number thread and along with the guitars DOB ask specifically for what pickups it should have shipped with at that time. If that doesn't help you could always ask DiMarzo custiemr service too. My few google searches had no luck identifying DiMarzio baseplate stamps.

 

[cjl5150]

This one is a 2001. I seem to remember a thread where Big Poppa said that they didn't allow foe pickups to be branded. Mayne I'm wrong about that. The other EBMM's that I've owned have had either black or steel baseplates like the ones in your pic, DrKey. And I've had no luck on Google either. This isn't a huge deal to me, cause this silo special is an incredible player and it sounds great. I'm more curious than anything. Thanks.

 

[DrKev]

This one is a 2001. I seem to remember a thread where Big Poppa said that they didn't allow foe pickups to be branded.

He may have meant on the pickup cover itself (like Seymour Duncan do on most of their pickups).

If yours is 2001, it probably sipped with that one. PAF Pro has allen wrench adjustable poles and from your humbucker does not, so I guess it's the custom DiMarzio.

 

[lock-ny]

Great silo special....enjoy...I put a Duncan distortion in one, a blue one like yours and a dimarzio transition in the other, both sound great and vastly different....

 

[Stratty316]

Great silo special....enjoy...I put a Duncan distortion in one, a blue one like yours and a dimarzio transition in the other, both sound great and vastly different....

How do you like the transitions in the silo spec?

 

[Steve Nukather]

The C3 is a killer sounding pickup. Same winding pattern and magnet type as a PAF Pro, but traditional pole pieces rather than hex screws. Far superior to the post 2003 virtual vintage.

 

[lock-ny]

How do you like the transitions in the silo spec?

it sounds reeeally clean, very quiet pup but it has some snap, not tremendously high output not a lot of chug if you like that but its a good variation from my Duncan distortion in the other silo. I play the one with the transition more as my tastes have changed at 42 yrs old. still like hard rock but the PUP is sooo much cleaner and bright in that guitar, sounds pro though..