Trying out the Ibanez Paul Gilbert Mikro guitar! WILL IT CHUG?
@torcher16163 жыл бұрын
it will.
@jicklesjingles81343 жыл бұрын
Why shouldn't it? 🤔😉 Would have been a great joke if the timer stopped after 1 second 😜
@legionvad97443 жыл бұрын
Please do Nuno signature guitar next. Would love to see your take on it.............
@leifwinberg48803 жыл бұрын
Of course it will. In an ENGL! Will it shred? Yep. Damn, the lessons are paying off?
@RafKB3 жыл бұрын
With this setup even my microwave can chug, Bro. 😁
@bearshark853 жыл бұрын
In 6 months, 3/4 scale solar with evertune.
@ScottBynoe3 жыл бұрын
Haha ya, keep an eye out in future videos, he'll have one sitting in his rack behind and won't say anything for months and then reveal it was there all this time!
@brainache5553 жыл бұрын
i hope so :) maybe 3/4 the price lol
@AnthonySkunkGreen3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha facts 😂😂😂
@ellleigh12163 жыл бұрын
I’d buy one lol
@yrrtum3 жыл бұрын
I have a Jackson Randy Rhoads Minion with locking tuners and EMG 81/60, it's so much fun
@notchjohnson25403 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or is Ola shredding particularly well today? Maybe because he's been putting extra hours in while working on the album.
@BovisYg3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I was just thinking those triplets were extra crispy and quick
@a-nus2 жыл бұрын
Short scale guitars are a shredders secret studio weapon
@jguerrero7033 Жыл бұрын
Must be the guitar, thing is a little beast -
@MayankShenoywassup1223333 жыл бұрын
And he says he isn’t much of a lead player... Ola, the humble Swede😂😂😂
@mikeodonnell47813 жыл бұрын
Exactly my thoughts too lol
@stevehawthorn87333 жыл бұрын
I too never get why he says he isn't a very good lead player, maybe he's just being humble.I think he's a great lead player
@davidhurtado27253 жыл бұрын
Jantelagen would not allow him to be cocky haha
@MayankShenoywassup1223333 жыл бұрын
@@davidhurtado2725 I didn’t know what that was so I googled it and I’m glad I did lmao! We need answers from the man himself I guess😂😂
@bellasoda3 жыл бұрын
In the land of Yngwie, you are not a lead player, you just keep your mouth shut and chug. 🤘
@merqury53 жыл бұрын
Its the only way a normal human can experience how it is to have as big hands as Paul does.
@OlaEnglund3 жыл бұрын
that was my guess as well!
@RolandDeschain13 жыл бұрын
He really does have freaky E.T. fingers.
@davidm63873 жыл бұрын
You might have meant that as a joke, but it's simply correct. I wear medium size gloves, and my reach on this guitar is the same as PG's reach on a normal guitar.
@merqury53 жыл бұрын
@@davidm6387 Yez, Ive seen his and Steves hands, tennis rackets! But petrucci has stubby fingers.
@CL8ON63 жыл бұрын
I shook his hand once and it took a week to get out it 😂😂
@bteague3333 жыл бұрын
Suggestion: why not get one of those cheap player packs (guitar, amp, cable) and see if you can get it all to chug together
@docamosroxie86863 жыл бұрын
Into a multi- thousand dollar amp and audio tweaks.....I would say pretty 👍
@hannesblomqvist87593 жыл бұрын
I had an epiphone les paul kind of guitar pack, and it did chug. But did it sound good? No...
@marcinsz783 жыл бұрын
There is a Will it Chug video for a Squire Bullet Strat, and he’s done a bunch of those practice amps too.. I guess just not all together.. but I think you can make anything chug with enough gain :-D
@dilanobando252 жыл бұрын
the amps I have seen on those packs don't have gain lol
@Hell_Inc3 жыл бұрын
I mean, with a rig like that even a 20 bucks guitar sounds great
@madhatter7973 жыл бұрын
It's funny, cause that's what I got going atm. A 2000€ rig with a 299€ guitar. Sounds great tho lol
@Hell_Inc3 жыл бұрын
@@madhatter797 yup. and you're not wrong at all, my friend
@iLLuzion1st3 жыл бұрын
ItS tHe ToNe WoOD!?! Lol
@demnjames40123 жыл бұрын
Don't rlly matter wat u use but how u can use it wink
@Hell_Inc3 жыл бұрын
@@demnjames4012 lol. no
@LaineBaker3 жыл бұрын
Dang Ola your lead playing is evolving a lot and sounding smoooooth, good stuff
@jicklesjingles81343 жыл бұрын
Right! Was my impression as well
@RichardGarcia934 күн бұрын
Ola has always been able to solo lol
@nickd39053 жыл бұрын
I think you should do a will it chug with a Gretsch White Penguin .
@StephenDanielAddeo3 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see him do this with any Gretsch hollow body.
@Nestorglass3 жыл бұрын
@@StephenDanielAddeoHollow-body guitars with humbuckers can really bring the chug, would be interesting to see what Ola does with one.
@madmod3 жыл бұрын
Firefly 335 copies chug good
@bipbipletucha3 жыл бұрын
Yes please!
@etp48993 жыл бұрын
I second this!
@thomasd92372 жыл бұрын
Others have mentioned this : I'm older now & have hand damage. In my younger days I played Very hard & aggressive with both hands. These minis fix both my issues - they are much easier on my broken hands And you can play lighter, still get great harmonics & they really are a lot of fun :-)
@boomerbassmeme3 жыл бұрын
Ola having giggle fits tearing it up on a mini Ibanez...all is right with the world! 😊👍
@councilofgiants10313 жыл бұрын
Shorter scale lengths (22.2" in the PGM's case) have their benefits and there are solutions to technical problems like tuning stability. Could also be a possible solution for players who have suffered hand injuries, just have general weakness, or limited stretching? Seems like it could be a useful tool for some folks. :)
@HairBilly Жыл бұрын
what s are those solutions for the tuning stability?
@Knosferatu Жыл бұрын
@@HairBilly Thicker strings tune up. Thats why im getting it fingers X
@taimaishu-nao19223 жыл бұрын
Actually, Ola the way around the sudden tuning instability is to put on locking tuners AND run them on 11’s. This applies to ALL the Ibanez Mikro guitars including the Mikro basses, except you’ll run heavier bass strings. I recommend the Grover 406C6 tuners for any of the Mikro guitars except black ones are VERY hard to find and if you do manage to find a set, you’ll pay a premium.
@MikaTarkela3 жыл бұрын
My main guitar in drop c is the PGM301 equipped with the Evertune and SD pickups, its sick!
@tamasc87033 жыл бұрын
Gauge?
@anthonystark93903 жыл бұрын
@@tamasc8703 I use 10-46 for D standard and Drop C for my evertune equipped Ibanez (25.5 scale).
@n1ckn4m3zz43 жыл бұрын
@@anthonystark9390 Isn't that basically like strumming spaghetti? Especially the low e in drop c?
@MikaTarkela3 жыл бұрын
@@tamasc8703 I'm currently using 10-52 in drop C. I might change the lowest string to 54 but everything feels good to play like this :)
@anthonystark93903 жыл бұрын
@@n1ckn4m3zz4 when I first tried it, yeah it felt really loose. But it doesn't super floppy or anything now. It also helped me not play so tense, it takes more finesse and better technique. I also had an injury to my left hand so fretting .052 strings wears me out pretty fast.
@vortex43443 жыл бұрын
Idk why but i enjoyed ola's riffs and lead sections more than usual today ❤️
@SuperFlowback3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing
@Yeoldepube3 жыл бұрын
His gallop picking is crazy
@nissenilsson91583 жыл бұрын
I own one and it is really good for using while playing in a car. Sitting in the backseat with one of these makes a long drive a lot more enjoyable compared to using a normal scale length guitar.
@thiscorrosion9002 жыл бұрын
It beats just having a Martin Backpacker or whatever, that's for sure.
@saltpeter74293 жыл бұрын
This was what I wanted to get my 6 year old daughter for Christmas. We dont have the money for a new one but I was able to find a used one on CL. I traded a Mackie 12 mixer for it. Good deal, I had found the Mackie in a scrap pile at the dump anyway.(It worked just fine, wealthy people throw away good stuff all the time. Thanks!) So, anyhow, love the little Ibanez Mikro, cant wait to give it to her so she can start rockin! Poor kid try's to play a full size acoustic and can barely hold it flat on her lap. I tought her "satisfaction" by the stones on just the E string between two frets, but being size challenged, she uses her thumb because it is to big to maneuver right. Cant wait for the 25th to hurry up and get here so she can have an actual decent instrument to play!
@jmustang20003 жыл бұрын
Ola hear me out. Put an Evertune on it and Solar pickups. That would be killer!
@matthewgierula56743 жыл бұрын
Umm, don't you think that this video is a foreshadowing to a new Solar guitar? When he said that he would hand it off to his son, that was a dead give away. He wants to train him like Ola's dad probably trained or encouraged him.
@matthewstacy24513 жыл бұрын
My 6 year old is getting one for a Christmas present.
@1112mkt3 жыл бұрын
How much? In europe?
@davidhurtado27253 жыл бұрын
@@1112mkt around 180 eur
@1112mkt3 жыл бұрын
@@davidhurtado2725 thanks 😉
@EliseoCaporale3 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing he isn't the one that's going to play it the most lol
@taimaishu-nao19223 жыл бұрын
I recommend installing a set of Grover 406C6 tuners to help with the tuning stability. Remember to use no less than 10’s on it or you’ll have wonky tuning even after a setup.
@srh_reaper8353 жыл бұрын
Your lead playing has improved so much in the past couple of years, shred on good sir 🤘
@Rluce753 жыл бұрын
I would love a high end version of that, if only for the crazy bends and stretches. Mod project idea logged! Thank you Ola! 😊🤘
@Oilid3 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up squad! I just did a review on the MiKro too... hell... the tuning stability is awful! The ENGL Savage is such a beast!
@mobilemetal45543 жыл бұрын
Ola proves that size doesn’t matter
@ollydecay78513 жыл бұрын
As long as it´s at least 21 inch... yes. ;)
@docsworld13693 жыл бұрын
Seriously you make it sound awesome
@brainache5553 жыл бұрын
one of the best sounding gear i’ve heard on your channel
@xerodelacroix55523 жыл бұрын
Coming back to this video and I still think this might secretly be Ola's favorite guitar.
@blasphem0 Жыл бұрын
you quote at 4:40 in about it being funner than imagined has been my sentiment for the mini Jackson awhile now. very functional and fun regardless :P
@dyland.61063 жыл бұрын
My son's 8 and plays a mini Strat. His hands aren't big enough to play a full size and pushing it out of tune isn't an issue. The 3/4 are great to get kids going early.
@rbtrln3 жыл бұрын
I was just listening to Get Out of My Yard and then this pops up..
@shorty61363 жыл бұрын
Next on will it chug?: the Prince symbol guitar
@taimaishu-nao19223 жыл бұрын
You mean the Cloud?! Good luck getting Lewis Hamilton to oblige into letting Ola playing it…
@shorty61363 жыл бұрын
@@taimaishu-nao1922No, The Cloud guitar was after the Prince Symbol guitar. I'm not into British race car drivers.
@massttrshrdrharmonicminor20023 жыл бұрын
Love this! 630 am in California, currently taking a dump while you shred
@eddybouh20793 жыл бұрын
with this amp, the challenge would be to find a guitar that doesn't chug. even a cheap ass T copy's neck pickup would chug
@xjunkxyrdxdog892 жыл бұрын
For those thinking about getting locking tuners, the stock tuners are slightly under sized, so you'll need to bore out bigger holes for standard tuners.
@BasicDripGuy8 ай бұрын
I guest it’s because I don’t know anything about guitars yet but this was absolutely amazing to me ! This guy is a rock star 🤩🎸
@MrSomadan3 жыл бұрын
You should do a Jackson Minion next, my daughter has the Randy Rhoads one and it’s great fun
@yrrtum3 жыл бұрын
I love my RR minion
@MrSomadan3 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised it’s a great guitar for the money
@benachurch3 жыл бұрын
Faaaaark I love all those haunted tunes!!! You really should do a haunted live set play through Ola!!! That would be suuuuuper sick!!!! Great video as always bro!! Cheers from Aus mate.🤘🏻🇦🇺🤘🏻
@drcks3 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, a perfect guitar for me, a 5' 1" guy.
@Selzor3 жыл бұрын
Yikes man that sucks
@rtomas473 жыл бұрын
Im like 5'6 (maybe I still can grow) but I don't have small hands
@CL8ON63 жыл бұрын
Angus Young can do 24.75 and he's 5-2 😉😉
@howardkisgay35433 жыл бұрын
@Virgil Grin I’m pretty sure Randy Rhodes was 5’7 or 5’8, he definitely wasn’t that short tho
@Jakob_W3Ch4rg3_3 жыл бұрын
I'm 5'2", and I play a standard 25.5" scale Bullet Strat. Just don't get a baritone.
@christopherwalker20973 жыл бұрын
That was some killer shred Ola
@jasonpietrobone45703 жыл бұрын
Cool little guitar
@bipbipletucha3 жыл бұрын
Hot damn those lead runs!
@wrigleyx3 жыл бұрын
yeah good idea testing this short PGM ! you are an insane metal riffer for sure, i would love to see you Ola testing the LTD JH600 Jeff Hanneman great Diamond's playing, i miss him so much, but we have Ola !
@aneilaseyiekeretsu3 жыл бұрын
Ah what a relief listening to your amazing shreds and rhythms. Spent the last hour watching pedal review videos by a person who plays only three chords and repeats the same thing over all the distortions, overdrives and clean pedals which nearly drove me insane. BTW please make a "Will it Chug" video series on mini and cheap pedals sold in Amazon for some of your not-so-wealthy fans. We would love your valued opinion.
@MrSippycup3 жыл бұрын
Can tell that you have leads on your mind at the moment. Ola the shredder!
@SleepingLionsProductions Жыл бұрын
I actually inherited one of these. This might be my "practice while travelling guitar"
@JosephCee3 жыл бұрын
That Engl cab is so sick.
@Metalbass19793 жыл бұрын
I have a Mikro bass that I bought for a cheap, beater instrument to take with me to Kenya last year. I fell in love with that sucker! I wish they made a premium version.
@Reny_btw3 жыл бұрын
There's a MIJ mini fender jazz bass that has the same scale length
@Metalbass19793 жыл бұрын
@@Reny_btw I've seen the mini P bass but not a mini Jazz..... Being a Jazz bass player since when I started playing, I'd be really curious to play one of those.
@edwincrain9863 жыл бұрын
Sounds pretty awesome on this end so.
@nurumen66323 жыл бұрын
Ola with this guitar looks like Mick Thomson with his normal guitar lol
@TragicMike2 жыл бұрын
Got one of these for my 7 year old for christmas, he chose it and loves it but yeah tuning is unstable if you are heavy on the strings!
@KurganNL3 жыл бұрын
I have one here at home. Tightening the screws on the tuners helped a bit for preventing it to go out of tune fast.
@markmagnani50183 жыл бұрын
You are absolutely positively reffing awesome.
@NoCantsAllowed3 жыл бұрын
I can't imagine a better endorsement of that guitar than the one I just watched. Haha! Good vid, Ola!
@oneangrybirko84393 жыл бұрын
I must say Ola your lead guitar lessons are paying off , your on fire rippin in this video
@remyrising3 жыл бұрын
On Ibanez model numbers "21" means 2 humbuckers with a hardtail bridge and no pickguard.
@josed55843 жыл бұрын
I remember watching a video where Paul Gilbert talks about this guitar and the main thought behind this model is to play something different and have fun with it. Seems to be working as intended :)
@rockerboy843 жыл бұрын
Ola, my friend, you really have improved your lead work! So good!
@hayno70663 жыл бұрын
I've got one of these and found the same thing. You definitely have to tread delicately but that is a good thing to teach you to be light on the strings.
@kyleledrew79193 жыл бұрын
I have a 1/4 scale length mini strat done up with full size pickups, bending up 3 whole steps no problem
@metalpuppet57983 жыл бұрын
Fun fact. Paul actually plays these guitars live. He explained it when I saw him in a workshop at Guitar Summit. It makes him be able to go from his usual completely fucking insane stretches on normal scale length to even more ridiculous stuff on this one 😂
@Bill132573 жыл бұрын
Racer X is awesome !!!! Very kewl vid... I was always wondering about that model ibanez... Now I know.. Thank you 🤘🤘🤘
@danielsaturnino57153 жыл бұрын
I have a mikro gio and found that the nut was a bit high. Setting it up made it better so it wouldnt go sharp. Its really fun to play.
@intellectualmetal98503 жыл бұрын
Well I'm sold on ENGL! Thanks Ola!
@brbqsauce3 жыл бұрын
Look at this kid having so much fun!
@666mashby3 жыл бұрын
I have one for messing about on. It stays in tune better once it's broken in. But it's a great fun guitar.
@paperbea3 жыл бұрын
Love Paul Gilberts guitar lesson videos..
@kyelemoler3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the same problem with scalloped fretboard! (BTW love my Malmsteem fender)
@JT_Sim_Racer3 жыл бұрын
love it, i have two sons and gave them both the opportunity with a similar guitar. One ran with it and puts me to shame the other plays the Harmonica, which is rad too. Be so cool to see you and Paul jam, his racer x stuff with your chug. Well it would be very cool.
@aquadime33363 жыл бұрын
Coffee with Paul Gilbert would be phenomenal!
@buddhafex3 жыл бұрын
you should check out the latest TS-9 tubescreamers that have a visible diode or whatever it is inside that you can see. I spoke with Mike Orrigo about them when they came out.
@guigui_plays_guitar3 жыл бұрын
Hey Ola! Great video, as always! Question: when will solar guitars start making amps??? 😏 Keep on the chug! 🤟
@francescoideo93303 жыл бұрын
Finally a guitar for those that, unlike mr. Gilbert, don't have 4 middle fingers and a thumb in their hands. Nice!
@wakjob9613 жыл бұрын
I like that color.
@flatbaroque40493 жыл бұрын
"Hahahahaha shit," is my favorite quote. Always after it surprises you in a good way.
@kronus5133 жыл бұрын
When you got "Laughing Ola" throughout the vid, you know the shit's good!
@DeeJay_Rides3 жыл бұрын
Great video upload on my birthday! Keep on chugging Ola!
@Knosferatu Жыл бұрын
3:46 insane riff!!!
@Lordofthewastelsnd420 Жыл бұрын
Paul Gilbert is a beast Racer X: street lethal is a sick album
@erikretana17443 жыл бұрын
Hey, Ola! Today your lead playing was on point!
@roccanto863 жыл бұрын
I have a mini jackson js1x randy rhoads minion that I bought at the moment i knew my wife was pregnant. My little son is only 1 year old right now, but maybe one day he will play it, and if he don't, it doesen't matter, i will keep it, because it is so much fun to play that little thing.
@KaddysJamKave3 жыл бұрын
Paul Gilbert is the man! But I"m biased because he plays several 80's vintage Ibanez guitars that I own :D Plays? Played? Perhaps not much anymore......
@aniketjha35573 жыл бұрын
Jackson have also released short scale length guitars. The Rhoads V and Dinky. You might wanna check em out for another video
@DEE-jk3rb3 жыл бұрын
You should probably do will it shred too lmao. You're good at lead!
@flogginga_dead_horse40223 жыл бұрын
looks really fun actually
@jaturi38973 жыл бұрын
Have the green PGM Mikro. Great little thing.
@kingofdragontown96803 жыл бұрын
The answer is always yes, but it's still so fun to watch.
@nickteele1693 жыл бұрын
Im having a hard time getting my son into guitar as well but its up to him
@HermelJaworski2 жыл бұрын
The great advantage of these short scale guitars is to tune them up!
@petefannin3 жыл бұрын
Here come the solar minis!!!
@xboxnissan3 жыл бұрын
5:30 that solo will always deserve an instant like, if not before starting each Ola videos ;) cheers!
@lemmy93623 жыл бұрын
I love this channel
@boobagrx3 жыл бұрын
I bought my daughter an ibanez mikro guitar a few years back because she is small, but she usually just plays my ibanez because the extra string tension makes it harder for her to play. And I thought it going out of tune was because of the intonation I didn't realize it was just the scale and pressing to hard on the strings.
@Pantera2403 жыл бұрын
I have a suggestion for this series. There is a pic floating around the internet of a pedal board with a daisy chain of 7 MT-2's and two DS-1's. I think the only one to recreate this monstrosity to be you Ola! Ola The Chugger-er.
@Hunterkiller6673 жыл бұрын
Try a short scale 6 string bass (Ibanez SRC6) which is tuned like a regular guitar just an octave below and MAKE IT CHUG! 🤘🤘
@sjaatime3 жыл бұрын
Hola, Ola. I have two questions for you to ponder. 1 What is the heaviest riff you've ever heard? 2 What makes heavy music "heavy"?
@jeremyptashnyk95453 жыл бұрын
Changing the tuners out to Grover mini locking tuners fixes a lot of tuning issues. And stringing with 10’s or 11’s. I love rocking out on these tiny guitars, and I’m 6’4” lol
@dmarty36963 жыл бұрын
How about Coffee with Paul Gilbert? Do it, make it happen. I've seen Paul play a few times in person with his solo stuff and it's always a good time.
@peterecaldre29613 жыл бұрын
I like your review being honest. For a not so good guitar player like me... you made that guitar sound AWESOME...👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😎
@cappy7813 жыл бұрын
Thats why I love 24.75 scale super strats
@gabrielstevens413 жыл бұрын
Paul uses one on stage, there's a pretty good part about it in the Mr Big rig rundown