Music man Silhouette hsh and its pickups

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Music man Silhouette hsh and its pickups
« on: September 20, 2018, 05:59:13 AM »
hi
if you have a Music man silhouette hsh

how does it sound with the Dimarzio pickups inside ?
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Re: Music man Silhouette hsh and its pickups
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2018, 02:33:09 PM »
It would depend on which ones you put in.
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Re: Music man Silhouette hsh and its pickups
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2018, 09:53:44 PM »
It depends on the vintage. HSH Silhouettes have come with at least two different sets of humbuckers over the years. Possibly three or four. I do not know about the middle single coil.

My HSH Silhouette is from 1996 and it came stock with PAF Pros back then. The middle single coil model was not identified. They all sound great in that guitar.

At some point they switched the stock humbuckers to virtual PAFs. That is what is currently listed on the EBMM page for the Silhouette:

https://www.music-man.com/instruments/guitars/silhouette

Given that those pickups are listed as no longer in production on Dimarzio's website, it is either the case that (i) the EBMM website is incorrect and needs to be updated or (ii) Dimarzio still makes those pickups, but only as OEM for that guitar. If the former is the case, they might come with 36th Anniversary PAFs instead now.

To further complicate things, I seem to remember them coming stock with PAF Classics for a while, but I could be mistaken. The PAF Classics are also no longer in production.

 




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Re: Music man Silhouette hsh and its pickups
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2018, 05:07:43 PM »
All the Music Man pickups are made by DiMarzio... unless they’re Duncans.


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Re: Music man Silhouette hsh and its pickups
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2018, 08:40:03 PM »
All the Music Man pickups are made by DiMarzio... unless they’re Duncans.

Incorrect.

The majority of Music Man guitars come with Dimarzio pickups.

The Albert Lee SSS is the only one with Duncan pickups.

The Cutlass, Stingray, James Valentine, Armada, and St. Vincent HH guitars come with in-house Music Man pickups. All Music Man basses come with in-house Music Man pickups.

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Re: Music man Silhouette hsh and its pickups
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2018, 06:05:56 PM »
it's true
every Music Man guitars i wanted to buy like the Luke II III  or silhouette or Morse
have Dimarzio pickups 

yes it has a virtual PAF
i had their answer
but i have not bought this guitar cos' i would like the maxlmum versatility
paf joe
fred
and now, norton