Were any SBMM Silo 30D's ever made in white?

[Another Noob]

All I saw in the catalog's were black but I was wondering if maybe there was a Guitar Center special run like the AX40's in a "non stock" color.

 

[ksandvik]

Yes there was a short run of white Sterling Silo 30s, I owned one for a while as a nice backup guitar.

 

[Another Noob]

Thanks for the reply ksandvik.

Were you referring to Silo 30D or the Silo 30?

 

[mtrejo]

I've only ever heard of/seen the Silo30, not Silo30D, in white. It was the 2010 limited edition color.
However, it may totally be possible they did a GC exclusive but I've not heard of it.

 

[Another Noob]

mtrejo, thanks for the input. Perhaps Pat or Brian will confirm.

Thought about PMing them but figured someone else may know too.

 

[lock-ny]

I saw one at GC in carle place NY last week or so, great little guitars for the money....

 

[SBMM]

Nope - Silo30D only in Black. Now, someone could have added DiMarzios to the White model, or swapped a loaded pickguard out of a black onto white, but no Silo30D in whites were ever made.

 

[Another Noob]

From the source!

Thanks for chiming in Brian!

 

[SBMM]

Thanks to Mario for directing me to the thread

 

[Another Noob]

Thanks Mario!

This forum is the BEST!

 

[mtrejo]

Thanks Mario!

This forum is the BEST!

No sweat! I have a black Silo20 (hard tail) and sent my niece a white Silo30 as she had gotten serious about playing guitar. Part of me wanted to keep that thing because it BEAUTIFUL, but…the little voice inside said "spread the guitar love and stop being greedy!!!!" Lol. Damned those little voices.

 

[Another Noob]

How unselfish of you Mario. That was a nice gesture!

The reason I asked about this to begin with is because I have some GAS right now. lol

Hopefully I'll find a Silo 30 that's priced right to allow for upgrading the pickups. If not maybe I'll just bite the bullet and buy a new Silo 30D.

 

[ksandvik]

Yes, sorry missed the D in Silo 30, mine didn't have the DiMarzio pickups and that was the main reason I sold it as I figured out the cost of getting DiMarzio pickups didn't justify me upgrading it (the pickups were the weakest link on this guitar.) Otherwise it's a great guitar, maybe less tension than a real Silo but otherwise it was well built and the tremolo was very stable. Plus it had locking tuners which was great for the the price (picked it up on a whim at a local GC for $300.)

 

[Another Noob]

Thanks for clarifying...

I've got the same thoughts on the pickup upgrade.

 

[Eric O'Reilly]

I upgraded my ax40 to an ax40 d when I bought the axis dimarzios from a fellow forumite, now I have an ax40d, but i still have the old pickup routes,

 

[Another Noob]

Picked up a black SBMM Silo used from GC and had it shipped from the store in Atlanta. The price was about $50 more than a new Sub Silo so I felt I did OK. Figured I'd start shopping for different pickups before it showed up but I hadn't found anything between Tuesday night and today. UPS wound up getting the guitar here first, this afternoon. It turns out that upgrading the pups is not in my future... lol

Much to my delight I actually bought a Silo 30D! Came with the 2 allen's, the truss rod tool, the trem bar and also had the stock Sterling gig bag. They said none of that was coming with it.

I'm a happy camper!