Solar Guitars by Ola Englund

[RevDrucifer]

Man, I can’t fucking stand the inlay + dots.

Outside of that, reminds me of these older Ibanez’

 

[TheDandy]

That's a great finish, love it. Just wish it didn't have the Evertune.

 

[nightsprinter]

I like the evertune but I agree with rev- that 12th fret inlay blows.

 

[Zado]

I personally don't like the Evertune, but otherwise great looking guitar, colorful but somehow still metal looking. Honestly Solar is stealing a lot of schecter's cake here in Europe.

 

[complex-barb.0t]

Signature guitar, in a long time for the guy

I have to beat the dead horse. The 12th fret logo looks stupid on this guitar and Ola would sell more guitars if he would just get rid of it. I like the guitar otherwise. I bought a Jackson recently that is similarly equipped.

 

[Millul]

Might actually go to the Aschaffenburg show, let's see (Colos Saal is a pretty cool small concert hall).

 

[Whoman Bean]

I'm digging this one. Could be my Christmas gift this year I reckon
No Solar 12th fret logo.

 

[jrn1308]

Yeah, that new Kirk Windstein signature is awesome.

 

[complex-barb.0t]

Yeah, that new Kirk Windstein signature is awesome.

I really like the purple one. One of the best looking guitars from the brand.

 

[Perge]

The fleur whatever the fuuuuuck is 1000x uglier than the regular solar inlay. I get, New Orleans LA etc etc. But if you honestly think it looks better then ola's inlay, I'm at point where I think y'all are just bitching to bitch because you know he WON'T change it.

 

[Zado]

The fleur whatever the fuuuuuck is 1000x uglier than the regular solar inlay.

Yeah, it's the sort of inlay you'd see on Schecters.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

The fleur whatever the fuuuuuck is 1000x uglier than the regular solar inlay. I get, New Orleans LA etc etc. But if you honestly think it looks better then ola's inlay, I'm at point where I think y'all are just bitching to bitch because you know he WON'T change it.

I mean the block alone wouldn't have been horrible. The fleur de lis alone wouldn't have been bad. BOTH is fucking horrible. That said I still want it because there's only like 3 hardtail 6 string options and the metallic purple is the coolest color out of the three.

 

[Zado]

Apparently board cracks are stilla thing

 

[CanserDYI]

Apparently board cracks are stilla thing

Looks like binding separation, which is a whole different problem.

 

[Whoman Bean]

Looks like binding separation, which is a whole different problem.

Exactly.

 

[Zado]

Had no idea these had binding

 

[mehegama]

He's been playing single cuts all life, funny seeing him with a superstrat.

Not really, all his career until the early 2000s he was playing ESP Horizons and Mirages. He then jumped to Eclipses and LPs and now back to his roots.

 

[thebeesknees22]

Apparently board cracks are stilla thing

It's a "feature"

sound cracks. it makes the sound travel out further into the atmosphere.

...but that does suck though. Oof. I don't think I've ever had a guitar do that.

 

[nightsprinter]

Apparently board cracks are stilla thing

Fret crowns look half-assed. Especially toward the end there's too much top real estate. Looks like they just hit it with ascending grit sandpaper until the scratches were gone and called it a day.

Is this an optical illusion? Because it looks decent below the d & g string and then looks like it flattens right out, not even like "bus roof" jackson crowning, but flat.

 

[nightsprinter]

It's a "feature"

sound cracks. it makes the sound travel out further into the atmosphere.

...but that does suck though. Oof. I don't think I've ever had a guitar do that.

Deadass srs sound cracks are a real gimmick used to fetch a premium price from dentists.

See the description of Michael League from Snarky Puppy (great band btw) signature bass: