Well, I received this guy today and it's pretty much everything I wanted it to be, nothing to complain. The distressed Evertune key and Schaller straplocks that came with it gave me a slight chuckle: Way to stick with the theme!
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rails look amazing in these guitars damn!...And since I'm a rails kind of guy, here it is with a nicely worn Duncan El Diablo:
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...And since I'm a rails kind of guy, here it is with a nicely worn Duncan El Diablo:
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For example, I think that Thomann's QC is 100% BS, they sell so many guitars that they cannot waste time unboxing and checking every guitar, but their major asset is that they can rely on a huge structure, and can consequently handle without any problem a large B-STOCK inventory made of the guitars returned by the customers.
About the Solar prices, I'm fine with what I got. The Evertune still is a specialty bridge which is pretty expensive.Other brandsLTDs with stock evertunes are priced in the same 1200€ ballpark.
Quick question, as I read a lot (ok not all) pages from this topic and I am eyeing a solar... Are there any qualitative differences between a series 2 and a series 1 beside hardware? As in, do the 1 have a better fretjob and overall QC?
I have an E1.6 and an E2.6. Both are fantastic guitars, no blemishes or anything on either, no fretwork needed, etc. I've had them for over a year already, absolutely love them. The only differences are in the features, as the guy before me stated. I did swap out the stock tuners on the 2.6 for locking tuners, that's really the only thing I think the 2 series is missing.Quick question, as I read a lot (ok not all) pages from this topic and I am eyeing a solar... Are there any qualitative differences between a series 2 and a series 1 beside hardware? As in, do the 1 have a better fretjob and overall QC?
thanks a lot, very informative. I do not care for the Everyone and SS frets so a slightly upgraded series 2 might make more sense.I have an E1.6 and an E2.6. Both are fantastic guitars, no blemishes or anything on either, no fretwork needed, etc. I've had them for over a year already, absolutely love them. The only differences are in the features, as the guy before me stated. I did swap out the stock tuners on the 2.6 for locking tuners, that's really the only thing I think the 2 series is missing.
One QC issue i found was that the nut saddle is a tad bit short on the high E string and the fretboard pokes out abit at the end im not sure if this could cause any issues and warrants me contacting thomann, maybe you guys could give some insight on if its worth the trouble and if any owners have seen anything similar on their models. Anyways new to the forum and it feels fun to delve into guitar related communitys again!
I just happened to browse Solar website, and noticed that some models from 2019 were back to store... Next thing I know, I'm filling out my shipping information on the S1.6 PB LTD, which is (based on my observations) exactly the same guitar as the 'non-LTD' version of the S1.6PB, with the exception of fret markers (which I really like). It's not purple, but it seems like a cool guitar and with the fret markers I'm totally sold on the thought that this is the perfect studio guitar. The neck might not be as thin as Thin U of Esp, but I'm willing to go out of my comfort zone for this, as everything else seems like a spot on for me.
For a moment they had a Lime Burst available as well: Really wanted that one but I can't justify any more new guitars this year.
I just hope that everything goes well with the order, as the url for the guitar I ordered (S1.6ETPB LTD) has "b-stock" in its url when viewed on the website, but nowhere else it states that the guitar I ordered would be a b-stock, neither does it state it on the receipt... Maybe I'll send them an email just to be sure, I payed it already tho...