Sterling Silo 30d question

[allenk732]

I asked this question before about the ax30d but I can't seem to find an answer about the Silo series. Is there a way to tell the difference between the Silo30 and the Silo 30d (with Dimarzio's) just by looking at the guitar? I found a good price ($200 shipped) on what the guy says in the 30d with Dimarzios but I want to make sure before pulling the trigger.

Thanks in advance.

 

[SBMM]

Nope. On that one you will have to pull the pickguard and see the pickups.

I will tell you, if it is any color other than Black, it never came from the factory with DiMarzios.

 

[edhalen]

Didn't the original Silo30 (non-dimarzio's) have locking tuners whereas the Silo30D did not have locking tuners? Not to say the pickups couldn't be switched but I thought that would be one way of at least knowing what it should have for pickups.

 

[allenk732]

edhalen - If that's the case then it doesn't have the Dimarzios... disappointing but oh well. I really want a JP model anyway

 

[edhalen]

Allen - I'm fairly certain that's the case as I owned an original Silo30 with locking tuners. When the then new Silo30D came out I was disappointed to find it didn't come with locking tuners any longer. I never could figure out why that was.

 

[allenk732]

Thanks Ed. Not sure why they would do that either. I explained to the guy that they aren't Dimarzios and he agreed to take another $50 off so I'm pulling the trigger. I'll probably switch out the pickups eventually but a Silo 30 for $150 is a pretty good deal I think.

 

[edhalen]

Heck yeah Allen go for it. That is one really nice guitar even for the $300 I paid for mine brand new. That thing was really comfortable. A very nice budget-minded pickup line you may want to check out are GFS pickups. Google it.

 

[allenk732]

Thanks Ed, I'll check them out. I'm thinking about removing the middle single coil altogether and maybe just replacing the bridge pup. I get annoyed with a single coil in the middle because I always hit it while picking. Not sure if anyone else ever has that problem...

 

[canuck6string]

I've scratches all over my middle p'up cover. It's a small inconvenience to maintain the "Strat Quack" in positions 2 and 4. I could pop a higher output pickup in there and simply lower it to compensate, but that costs more money than a new pickup cover.