silhouette or special?

I’ve long been wanting an MM Axis, but since a while I’ve been turning towards buying a Silhouette/Special (mainly after seeing Johnny Hiland). I’m looking for a versatile guitar, with a bridge humbucker (to be split, but I heard the virtual PAF is not very well suited for this?), but I’m doubting between HSS and HSH. I’d love to have both a good strat sound, but also some tele twang if possible. I’m mainly a metal/shred oriented person, but this would not be the main purpose of this guitar. I also have a Hamer Centaura (HSS) as a more general guitar (swamp ash, maple neck/fretboard, Bareknuckle Crawler and 2 veneer 63 single coils), but I want a none-floating trem and some different – complementary – tonal qualities.
It would be nice to have a neck humbucker for some aspects, but I love a good single coil sound as well. Hence if HSH, I’d like to split it.
I’ve read that you could swap the pickguard, so if necessary, you could switch to the other option? (HSS <=> HSH).
I’d like to explore some country and chicken pickin’/hybrid picking, but also do jazz, blues, rock, funk. Clean tones are important. I do wonder how well it’s suited for shred/metal, though? 24 frets are not a necessity.

So next to that, I only have maple or ebony fretboards. I thought rosewood was warmer? Or doesn’t it have much of an impact?

So, please, your opinion on shilhouette vs. special and fretboard wood?

A last thing, am I correct that silhouettes are currently only available in black or white?

Thanks!
Cheers