VERY Strange MM Silo Copy!!!

[zoe_nikotina]

I wonder where this guitar comes from?....really wierd...strange silo copy with no info....no clues...

The pictures:

 

[brasco68]

Where did you get the picture from?

 

[zoe_nikotina]

the pic was taken at home. A friend of mine brought the guitar so stranged as I am now?...I´ve been searching with google, but nothing seems to trace a clue about this guitar...

 

[Dante]

maybe a custom built one off? its the first time i see a copy that daringly close to the original.

 

[candid_x]

Wow, pretty blatant. Even the bridge looks real sans the MM logo.

 

[ScoobySteve]

Yeah, even the horn contours.

 

[Slingy]

Yep, not much on google. There is however a company Mastercraft that makes Banjos and likes to use a Shooting Star inlay. They don't seem to have a website. Does it say where it's made?

 

[Sweat]

Wow that is a blatant ripoff, never heard of them.

 

[brasco68]

 

[paranoid70]

How does it play?

 

[zombi]

I think if I was bp my blood would be boiling... They even tried to rip off the style of the logos. Then again I'm the guythat buys my music, my video games and movies doesn't just download them. You gotta respect people's desgins and intellectual properties.

 

[ShaneV]

It's close but no cigar everywhere, lot's of stuff is slightly off.

That's really odd, and what's more odd is that none have ever surfaced here before- almost like it's a one off. BUT that bridge is made to resemble a MM, which would be weird to fabricate for a single build.

Bizarre through and through.

 

[buckethead777]

Cheap copy.....Piece of poop

 

[luv]

1 word....4 syllables...

starts with "i"

 

[Lord Nerdos]

Seen a couple like this before

When I was visiting home last March, I cam across a couple of these in a pawn shop in Bradford (Yorkshire, UK) city centre.

I was on the opposite side of the road and they caught my eye, thinking that they were the real deal...

I'm not sure of the name they had on the headstock, it was the same Silo copy... Most likely Chinese made, I'd guess.

 

[zoe_nikotina]

well....I´ve had a closer look to the machine....

It´s very heavy. Becouse of that I thought it was wood, but is plywood. The tuners keys are ok and the neck feels ok too...good level about the rest of the hardware..

The sound is not bad. I don´t know where is from or what type of pickups....one more thing...this is not a brand new guitar. I mean it has at least 15-20 years old, this could explain why there is no information anywhere...

There´s no doubt , it is not a great guitar, but the copy is SO accurated and it plays and sound much better than a lot of today´s low/middle series more expensives guitars...

 

[ef_in_fla]

Cheap copy.....Piece of poop

I dunno, I think it looks nice. Bet it doesn't play or sound quite so nice.

 

[Astrofreq]

It could just be a different neck on a Silo.

 

[Coffeemug]

It´s very heavy. Becouse of that I thought it was wood, but is plywood.

which pretty much eliminates the possibility of a genuine body with a different neck. My guess is that it's china made!

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

I would hazard a guess that it was from China too.