kingdoublecut
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Silo Special SSS and HSS pickguards. Should the neck pickup and first screw holes be in different positions?
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DrKev
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I'm overlaying with those photos on top of each other in GIMP. I can line up the pickup screws, in which case the neck pocket routing is different, or I can overlay the neck pocket shapes and the pickup positions are different. And yes, the pickguard screws are different too.
Could one of those guards be for a Sterling by Music Man or OLP? I would not expect them to fit right (and they are not intended to). Or very different age EBMMs (like one is from the 1990s)?
Could one of those guards be for a Sterling by Music Man or OLP? I would not expect them to fit right (and they are not intended to). Or very different age EBMMs (like one is from the 1990s)?
kingdoublecut
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HSS (Seymour Duncan) is a Sterling pickguard. My understanding, per a conversation with Brian Xavier Martin, is that all of the cut files for Sterling were identical to EBMM. I have used SbMM/EBMM pickguards interchangeabley on multiple models without issue. Screw holes always lined up. I'm most curious about whether the HSS & SSS neck position is different. I actually routed a swimming pool on the subject guitar, so the actual area available for the pickup is slightly larger...
DrKev
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I know with certainty that's not true for all models. Appear to be the problem here too.
kingdoublecut
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Dibart77 - these are both Silo Special guards.
DrKev - I guess I'll have to buy a blank one a rout the pup positions myself. Thanks for your knowledge and input.
Anyone need a BWB Silo Special SSS pickguard? Brand new, plastic still in place.
DrKev - I guess I'll have to buy a blank one a rout the pup positions myself. Thanks for your knowledge and input.
Anyone need a BWB Silo Special SSS pickguard? Brand new, plastic still in place.
Vito Porkleone
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The SS pickguard changed at some point. When I replaced mine earlier this year, they sent me two blueprints and asked me which one I needed. I could only find one difference, and that was the depth on the cut around the bridge (i remember it was exactly 10mm deep - and the wrong one was a lot smaller). The screw holes could have been slightly off on each version as well. My SS is a 2015, requiring the 10mm bridge cut. I'd start there.
On second thought, one could be for the MM, and the other for the Sterling. I don't have my Sterling anymore, so I'm no help there.
On second thought, one could be for the MM, and the other for the Sterling. I don't have my Sterling anymore, so I'm no help there.
beej
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I don't know about the SS, but the Albert Lee ones definitely changed at some point. I have an original Pinkburst and the hole locations are different than in later revisions.
