I Bought A "Metal" Guitar

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[@OlaEnglund]

Hell yeah man! Thanks for the shout out! Also your setup looks incredible!

[@lekkerblankastudio]

less trem broh… plas

[@patrickwilliams3087]

Trem?

[@jamiemetz3019]

Hell yeah man that's a bad ass guitar dude!!!! SOLAR have quite a few really nice guitars they have the more popular body styles flying V 🤟,,Les Paul style 🤟,, stratocaster styles,, explorer style,,,!!!! Now even the S series more affordable for us scruffy blue collar factory workers who don't make that much money lol......I own 16 guitars now I have a few different types ( Epiphone, Ibanez's, Jackson's, Mitchell Ms 450's, Harley Benton,,,,......I've got my eye on a solar lately and I promise that the next guitar I buy I'm going to get a solar because OLA ENGLUND IS LIKE OUR HERO RIGHT NOW HES A TOP TIER GUY THAT IS EXTREMELY SERIOUS AND DEDICATED TO HIS BUSINESS HIS BANDS HIS CRAFT HIS MUSIC !!! ola is a viking and vahalla will reign supreme in this guitar market god bless ola for giving the world a true metal mother fucking axe to create this music known as the metal of death 🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟😝🤟💯😜🤟💯

[@PheenX]

Did you say affordable? Bro the one in this video costs 1500 euros

[@spincast01]

I love the natural wood grain metal shape. Like a Viking's Axe. 🔥🪓🔥

[@andremouracosta]

10:05, ok. That funky groove on that particular guitar was absolutely PRICELESS, RJ! 😂Great video and great guitar!

[@profound369]

I agree thanks for pointing that out. It's funny

[@PeterMoore350]

I have 5 Solar 1.6 guitars. 3 with floyd rose, 1 with Evertune funnily enough the E1.6 FBB and 1 with a hard tail. I don’t play metal. For me it’s about their necks. The fit and finish on all mine have been flawless. Cheers from NZ 😎🎸🤘

[@philippe_durel]

Hello Mr Ronquillo ! I have a little comment about Locking Tuners in general, well, more an advice than a comment. You say "the locking tuners were a little loose when the guitar was delivered". Well, never over-tighten any model of any brand of locking tuners ... very bad idea. The "locking pins" inside the tuners already have a specific profile that pushes the strings in spherical holes at the top of the tuning post, so no need to over-tighten the mechanism, locking tuners are not cheap and they can break if you over-tighten them (believe me, I was THAT stupid once), and if you can't find the same specific ones, you'll probably wind up drilling new holes in your headstock to accommodate locking tuners from another brand. That's all ! I actually purchased one of my preferred guitars (baritone) after an advice that you gave me during a Facebook conversation we had a couple of years ago. Thank you for the nice reviews and for your great advice ! God bless you ! 👍👍

[@nckhed]

I kinda crank mine a good bit, just so that the thumbwheel sort of "breaks" loose when unlocking the strings for a restring. Is that too much, you think?

[@philippe_durel]

@@nckhed As I said, there is a "profile" at the top of the channel where the "locking pin" moves up and down (tighten/loosen) inside the tuning post. You've surely changed strings, so you must have seen that "mark" on the strings where the pins push the strings inside these profiles (sort of a U shape), and that's exactly what actually locks the strings. Just "finger-tighten" the locking tuners so the strings stay secure, on top of that, the 90° angle where the strings exit the tuners posts also contribute to the strings being locked. After a certain time you get the feel for when it's "just right" and will stay locked. Have fun ! Play loud ! 👍👍

[@jamesontade6237]

Video should pan to Ola's house with a picture of his dining room table with an explorer-shaped chunk missing :)

[@strumminronin]

A scene from Red Dwarf springs to mind! 😂 That cut out should get "artistically" filled in with resin, may be a miniature Lego tropical paradise?

[@Jaryth14]

If you found yourself disappointed in the split coil mode that's because it isn't a coil split. What the Fisman Moderns have is an active voice (think EMG 81) and a passive voice (think PAF). There are fishman fluence pickups with a single coil in them, like the Killswitch Engage signatures, the Devin Townsend model, or the Tim Henson ones which even have a voice that's meant to mimic a nylon string -- which I'm given to understand they do without modeling, just like the rest of their pickups. I'm prepared to be corrected on that detail.

[@Smart-Alex]

Love the Beastie Boys shirt. RIP Adam Yauch 😢

[@Mr.D34]

"I don't have a metal guitar" was probably R.J.'s excuse when his wife asked why he bought another guitar 😀

[@18JR78]

You don't have to ask your wife if you can buy a guitar when you're a financially stable full time musician with his personal music studio.

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

That thing is sick

[@BuddyBlues]

RJ in his metal era

[@kaivalentine9664]

Phase 😂

[@moussaounnoughene221]

A metal duo with you might be a funny thing XD Get on it for the sake of youtube guitar!

[@andersfrederiksen7202]

@@kaivalentine9664 metal isnt a "phase" either you stay true to it.. otherwise youre a poser

[@williamdesilva67]

I've owned my evertune equipped balaguer for almost a year and have tuned it twice.. I love it.. it's great knowing when I pick it up it's going to be perfectly in tune

[@RRW276]

I'm REALLY digging the stained wood finish on that guitar. It looks great!

[@TheWorstManOnEarth]

It's fun to watch you play Funk on that Metal guitar. It reminds me of Prince when he sometimes played kinky guitars on stage. It's f*ing cool !

[@GRude420]

Something tells me that no matter what guitar RJ is playing, it's gonna sound good.

[@belligerentamateur]

Mannnnnnn that thing looks great! Congrats dude! Glad you got the Mark sorted as well!

[@michaelrichardson8343]

Love the tone and look of this. I am a 4 time Solar owner and fellow Nashvillian. (and new subscriber) I have yet to find anything I don’t like about these guitars, I have an Evertune on my 7 string and frankly I never have to touch the tuners. I think you made the right decision on Solar..🤘cheers bro!

[@denislitisha7136]

I have theE 2.6 in tbr. I love it!

[@deskducker]

I have e2.6 c. Replaced Ltd Snakebyte. Solar is better. Mine upgraded to fishman modern as well.

[@fredvanderlinden8908]

I just checked the website. Really affordable for the prize.

[@Guitar_Smasher]

I recently had the urge to get a metal guitar, too, even though I play blues. I bought a Schecter Omen Elite 6 in Dark Cherry Burst, and had Seymour Duncan Black Winter pickups in black/pink zebra installed. I don't play any modern metal, but Jimmy Page style stuff sounds wicked!

[@plecogod]

As someone who loves pointy Metal guitars, that is one sick looking axe. It screams Metal, but still looks classy with that finish. I really want a guitar with an Evertune bridge. I have been thinking of selling a few guitars that don't enough playing time to fund a Solar with an Evertune. How does that guitar balance on a strap? I have yet to come across an Explorer style guitar without some neck dive.

[@ptricksmith1965]

that is the most drop dead gorgeous metal machine I've ever seen! Love the chocolate brown oil rubbed style finish. All class that one! Looks great, sounds great

[@Mr.Monster1313]

Now you need to play some 80s metal...and have solar make you a pink model 😊 🤟👍🤟😳

[@sid35gb]

Yep I have 2 Solar guitars they’re metal AF although the Solar Duncan pickups are pretty bluesy.

[@sole__doubt]

That Dellinger you have can do anything. Caparison's are the best.

[@CoreyCashRiff]

I play Solar E1 Priestess it has massive tone.

[@secularspectator]

5:25 This how I have mine all the time :) Its great for tracking and riffing! Perfect tunning and intonation no matter how hard or badly I play. Try it before you knock it :)

[@larrybstreetfish5852]

Everything you play sounds so damn good...and you also have the best t shirt collection 💪🔥

[@mmiller6873]

Bro, well done on that beauty you picked up. Ola put out some great and entertaining content for sure. You got a sub from me bro. Well done!!

[@doctoribanez]

I would've picked the same one. I dig the more natural wood looking ones.

[@86FCS]

I didn't expect a nice looking guitar, wow, it's really something!

[@joshlawless1022]

I owned a Solar a couple years back and loved it when I first got it. Sadly, it was another casualty to their common fretboard cracking issues they've had. Mine started cracking at the logo on the fretboard and I had to return it. Hopefully their QC is better now. I know a lot of people had these issues.

[@jirosaves_theworld]

about cracking issues i read on a certain forum, it happen in every Indonesian guitar made. and i don't know it about climate change on shipping or just bad wood when making it.

[@ogretattoo]

@@jirosaves_theworld Maybe it's luck of the draw? I've had a Schecter Demon-7 from Indonesia for about 3 years now and no signs of cracking or sprouting or anything. Maybe using fretboard polish really does help. 🙂

[@joshlawless1022]

@@ogretattoo I’ve never had bad luck with Schecter. I had a Hellraiser and it was one of the best playing guitars I’ve ever owned.

[@jesusvillanueva4093]

​@@jirosaves_theworld Its just a shitty Solar Guitar issue. ola knows about it but would rather make shitty riffa to post on youtube

[@BlazonStone]

Happy you mentioned the confidence Evertune gives you to really go hard on the guitar if you need it sometimes! I kind of prefer Evertune for bending, because I can go wider and harder on vibratos without ever worrying about going flat on the string after letting go :)

[@kristophmarauder7557]

Last month I bought the 1.6 V Cannibalismo. What a gorgeous guitar. I love the Evertune but my favourite feature is the beveled edges where your arm rests. It is such a comfortable guitar. Hats off to Ola.

[@jeffanderson8384]

Does it chug?? Yep, it does!! 😁

[@sole__doubt]

I think its made out of wood bro. :)

[@XLBiker13]

OK, I was convinced I wasn't going to like this guitar. But I have to admit it - I like this guitar. It looks really nice. And it looks really heavy.

[@Stlie1]

As metal guitars go, that's the coolest looking one I've ever seen

[@JavyonVISION]

Thanks for the Evertune lesson. I wondered about bending on them. Could it be called a "feel-stealer" 😁

[@haus05]

MIKE D & AD-ROCK & MCA!!!! PERIOD!!!! love the entire video Rj you're a legend man

[@arottie4097]

W0W! curious, do you need to register that head stalk as A DEADLY WEAPON in Tennessee? Ha!

[@DavidThull]

That guitar is beautiful. I own 2 Solar guitars and 1 S by Solar guitar. I absolutely love them.

[@gunkyzip]

makes me want to get out my Solar and mess around with that Evertune. Thanks!

[@jacobkroeger732]

Great vid and I feel vindicated because RJ also hates the staples in boxes. I work in a guitar store and almost every manufacturer now uses them and they drive me freaking insane

[@Tatted-ne7tu]

Man I really dig that one. I think it's pretty cool what Ola has acomplished since he arrived on my radar. I haven't picked up a Solar yet but I've been on the website a lot just looking around. I think my only hesitation has been the headstock, I mean I could accidently stab somebody. Thanks R.J. it was kind of cool to see both you and the guitar out of the natural element.

[@ALLforROME]

Evertune is the way to go brother….cool vid

[@onbedoeldekut1515]

Open C's the way forward, R.J! (at least that's what my 22.3 scale modded mini jazzmaster stays in)

[@fstarf1]

I own two and love them. Enjoy you're solar

[@GaryBeilby]

Nice review and nice chops my friend. Also a long time Ola fan - but you've convinced me - when my next guitar buying seizure hits me - I'm gonna get a Solar. I wonder if he makes a baritone flying V. That would fucking rock.

[@terrygoss]

I got a couple Solars: the T1.6BOP+, and the AB2.4CAR. I love the bass - it sounds fantastic, and although the neck is kinda tiny it's a good shape that fits the hand well (unlike similar Ibanez, etc.). The guitar: way too heavy. It's beautiful and sounds pretty good, but the weight really hurts the overall experience. The neck is too thin and too narrow for me, but it actually plays super easy and fast; I just wish it were a little wider really. Overall, I would recommend Solar to anyone looking for shred machines.

[@Robstafarian]

A few tips: * If you switch to light tension, 9s are borderline on that guitar, then you will need to spend $300 on six tension modules. * If you want a metal amp with less compression than your Mesa, then check out the Fryette Deliverance and Pitbull amps or their respective Synergy preamp modules. * If you want high-output pickups with more dynamics and treble extension than one would expect, without needing a battery, then check out the L-500 series from Wilde Pickups (Bill Lawrence's widow and daughter).

[@chickenchop9757]

For a second, I thought you bought Hetfield's Ken Lawrence Explorer guitar...

[@stoneysdead689]

That's awesome man, I love it. I just bought an Ibanez because I wanted to try a Super Strat and they had a model that was affordable but still had all the bells and whistles on it- the Sp3 Kiko L. sig model. I like it- accept the floating trem.- kind of wish I had of gone hard tail- already having tuning stability issues. It holds tune after using the trem- but if you set it down, overnight- it always has to be tuned the next day. Which means about once every ten days or so- you have use dup all the fine adjustment and now have to unlock the nut, back the fine adjustments way off, tune with the tuning keys, and relock the nut. It's a pain in the a55- and you can't tune down without having to adjust spring tension on your trem and set it up for this new tuning. I'm going to buy a trem. stop and block it off- should improve tuning stability and allow me to tune down.

[@spencerthu2956]

Today's metal guitars are def not the same as in the past. This guitar looks metal in shape but rich in style. It looks like a really nice guitar ,not necessarily just a metal guitar!😊Today's metal guitars that seem to be trending is what I call modern glam style! Loud bright neon colors with loud graphics or animal skin patterns. To be honest that's the only style of metal or hard rock that hasn't been recycled yet! Hmmm is that what is happening? Are we witnessing the 2nd coming of Glam!!! I think yes!

[@nasticanasta]

I came because I expected to see a guitar made of metal, instead some guy thinks only certain kinds of guitars can play metal. When I was growing up I remember people would ask if a guitar was a lead or rhythm guitar.... what the hell is a non-bendable string? I can bend all strings.

[@ydin9]

I don't know why you'd want that modernist coffee table of a body, and I think Solars headstocks are kinda trash shaped but each to their own style. I liked seeing the out of the box experience and your takes on the evertune. This video was recommended to me by YT. I do like that Solar is at a good price point though and that they do have good quality control evidently. Sounds great and worth all the money but their designs is not for everyone. Too pointy, like a fork.

[@curtmetallic188]

You have a caparison and you don't think that's metal AF? Bro!

[@shawnhockey4841]

I absolutely love my solar EVERTUNE I have 2 of them n I love them both 🎸🔥please rub this in Ben Coombs ears 🤪🤪🤪🤘🎸

[@GoCreateSomething]

So when you put it in Drop D, it sounded out of tune. I don't think that was the bridge's fault... While I generally want my guitar as in tune as possible, there are some interesting sounds you can get with having a string or stings slightly out of tune. It seems to me that the bridge will maintain that out of tune setup through bends or anything else you're doing with it. I wonder if it fights the intonation when you do a drop D tuning at the 12th fret. Does it retune the string fast enough that you can't detect when the intonation is set wrong? I suspect it does if it is in that zone where bending the string prevents it from going out of tune. The huge problem with this being a metal guitar is how do you do a dive bomb? The obvious answer is with a Digitech Whanmy pedal, of course. Your brief foray into funk with this guitar reinforces my belief that a guitar is a guitar, rather than a metal guitar or a jazz guitar. The other thing that helped me reach that conclusion was hearing Clint Strong get a perfect jazz guitar tone out of a Parker Fly. So how comfortable is that shape to play sitting and standing?

[@jesse_gijoe]

Love the review R.J.! Also great taste in t shirts, I have the same one😂

[@kaidemen156]

I bought the A2.6ON a little more than a year ago and it’s one of my favorites in my collection. Even though it looks metal it’s super versatile and fun to play.

[@jesusvillanueva4093]

Cracked fretboard in a few months. Congrats on spending your hard earned money on one of the worst Q/A guitar brands around. There is a reason a lot of the major US retailers and big guitar shops dont carry that shit. KZbin brand guitars 😂

[@ElmoRitter]

Looks really fucking good! Without all the gain it sounds like it has a blanket over it at all times, but I suppose thats what makes it chug so good for metal. I suppose you'd have enough money left over to put whatever pups you want in there lol.

[@DaveGardoni]

Missing fret markers on the fretboard is the reason why I never bought a Solar guitar. I had, a lot of time ago, an Ibanez without markers... I still remember the nightmare of a gig on a dark stage. I was constantly playing wrong notes... 😅. Luminlay can help, of course, but it is not the same thing

[@abunai.j]

Awesome looking guitar, man. Congrats, happy NGD, and welcome to the metal family \m/

[@denmut]

RJ have a question about another guitar you demoed. What do you think about the Guild Kim Thayil model? Cheers.

[@DamienTheCat]

At 7:01 it absolutely, 100% is not working as intended, you very clearly hear the pitch shifting

[@ravenheart1439]

I been eyeballing solar every sense I found ola...where in the states can I get my hands on one, don't want to buy till I try...how much was this one? I never get a response but can still have hope lol ..

[@bkmeahan]

I play really light strings and often just playing bends them out of pitch. Something like this where there was an in between setting would be cool.

[@ronnielobosmith4870]

I think it's time for me to do some self. Reflecting and quit being so negative about new products. I come off like a dick wad and i dont mean to

[@spencerthu2956]

Wouldn't it be nice if women said they were getting used to "smaller and thinner" as well?!? 😅😅😂😂

[@simonsmith2642]

I went the other way, my hands are going, I went baseball bat neck and 8g strings. Worked for me.

[@ronnielobosmith4870]

But it's still a badazz guitar. I just don't like those tremblers or bridges whatever they are

[@denverrandy7143]

Love it brother!!!Love Ola and cant wait to get a Solar.👍

[@bkmeahan]

if I ever start a band, I'm naming it "Chuggy Chuggy Drop Tune."

[@strumminronin]

Nice! P.S. Whatever happened to that green Kiesel with Fishmans?

[@harrymcgregor4137]

I feel like solar guitars are gonna be the big guitar brand of the modern world! Can't wait to see what happens in the future!

[@GiveUpTheGhost2.0]

The white guitar with pink leopard print does anyone know what it is I thought a Jackson but the words on the head stock I can’t make out

[@discocrisco]

My vote for tuning is C# standard.

[@deskducker]

Wizard neck? Solar feels nothing like an Ibanez wizard neck.

[@MrPDTaylor]

I'm here in Pittsburgh and I thought I saw this guitar a couple weeks ago.

[@Dubsteppah]

Omg, I am going through the same thing, I am itching for a "metal" guitar too, those Jacksons are calling to me

[@chosenone2964]

Have an A2.6 black , love it, my action was high as well out of the box

[@icarusi]

Can you get a 'child protection' corner, which would fit the lower horn of the guitar?

[@sarahdedrick79]

That's my favorite guitar and finish good choice mang!

[@Redjedi6]

Would definitely love see you review a 7-string guitar at some point🤟

[@1dragon9447]

Solar has been on my list for awhile. Someday. But sounds awesome!

[@Gruppe_11]

I'm a Ibanez boy, but this guitar is really sick man😮

[@stan1546]

RJ......rock hard, rock loud..........rock forevaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!

[@lawndart188s]

Love it RJ! And who knew…. You’re a shredder! 😂

[@harshgarrett]

you ought to play it on a real heavy amp like a Friedman or evh then it'll really shine.

[@redrocker1055]

I'm not a fan of 12th fret inlays on guitars, but other than that, I dig it.

[@scottsmith7193]

Some great playing and a baddass guitar.Love your videos.

[@JoaoPaulo-bk5rm]

achei que o motoboy Jackson Five tinha comprado uma Solar

[@MoreMeRecording]

Looks to be great value. Ola is a workhorse for his brand. Not going to lie though, most of the feedback I've seen for Evertune isn't something that would lead me to ever venture that way.

[@AlgorithmicApostasy]

Damn, I was hoping to see you open a Schecter...

[@ryanreeves8931]

That guitar looks incredible. ❤❤❤❤

[@chrispile3878]

Looks good on ya, RJ! I like Ola, too.

[@godsinbox]

he puts vibrato on the non bending setup strings. isnt this pointless?

[@frostwolf-x4i]

Looks like it’s made out of wood. You even said it’s wood lol