SMARTEST GUITAR I'VE EVER TRIED...

[@OlaEnglund]

This guitar is being raffled away to a KZbin Member in my discord this coming week!

[@VeryCreativeName405]

incredible

[@coyote8427]

@@OlaEnglund in other words ola doesn’t want it

[@watcherzero000]

Hey Ola you think you may release more of the Ola sunglasses and maybe even release some Solar sunglasses?

[@Dadamio]

@@watcherzero000 Solar panels!

[@bitdevice]

I need the reverse, an intelligent amp that plays by itself.

[@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw]

That is called playing your stereo. 😉

[@bitdevice]

@@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw But this intelligent amp can play Guitar Pro tabs for you!

[@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw]

@@bitdevice Can't you get MIDI playback to do that for you already?

[@Rojomanzana438]

Its called Git Gud

[@DavidRamos-nz4bh]

Looks pretty good to me, wow. Show up with just a guitar and your phone? That’ll make that $17 for the night much more palatable.

[@Mooseboy08]

$17 a night?!?!! You got it easy! I get one peanut butter and jelly sammich for a night. And I have to bring the peanut butter.

[@AshPrimalDamnation]

you guys are getting paid??

[@ayandey137]

​@@AshPrimalDamnation😂😂

[@hyperlovesyou]

if you have ois mooers GE labs is free and rocktone cables are like 30 bucks mate. just need a usb to lightening cable adapter that has a built in headphone output

[@Lefthandpath100]

It’s an exciting idea. Probably a great choice for that dude/dudette that plays solo at a bar or cafe nightly, and just wants one less piece of gear to lug around/setup.

[@someguywithaphone5921]

Agreed. In my opinion, this has "coffee shop 4 channel Mackie with 2 Eons on poles" written all over it. Has a very friendly Fender look and tone.

[@thepotatosloth7206]

the panic behind "where's the bar? it's over here, okay" was so pure

[@julianelison8508]

did I hear an intelli-djent?

[@MikVanBag]

Underrated comment

[@riplead]

😆

[@seanrichter3730]

Very clean and clear tones. Very impressive.

[@RosiePetalos]

Thanks you always make me feel like chugging. Every video. Long time lurker. You've helped me love guitar more than ever and I've been playing since 1989.

[@Lozek]

What we really need is a product halfway between this and conventional guitars, midi pickup switching via bluetooth. Something akin to the Widi system, but integrated to switches and pots, so you can have the guitar change pickups or even wiring (parallel/series/coil tap etc) alongside patch changes.

[@richardlise2271]

@Lozek this is actually brilliant, have the guitar settings set to presets. I for one am so tired of having to use push pull pots in tandem with footswitches to get my clean single-coil tones

[@shawnmcvey7789]

It'll happen eventually. Some guitars have a lot of great sounds, but they're so hard to get between fast.

[@sammmbear]

Seymour Duncan Hyperswitch.

[@Lozek]

@@sammmbear It's unfortunately not Midi compatible, only allows you to do wiring config on the phone app.

[@zacharyzane1638]

O'la I love what Mooer has been doing for years. Always bringing innovation to musicians and wanna be newbies at prices that aren't insulting. I don't know how they do it?

[@brianreid3494]

I just pre-ordered a Solar guitar. Coming sometime in October. So hyped.

[@chocolatecookie8571]

A superknob we haven't heard that one before. Thanks Mooer for enriching our lives adding new features to the guitar.

[@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw]

I want that unit without that guitar. So I can build it into a guitar of my own. This sounds like a useful thing to take to go to a jam session, a band audition or if you want to noodle at home or on the road.

[@sbrailo6747]

@@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw Mooer makes a Prime P1 modeler which is basically the same thing but a standalone piece of gear.

[@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw]

@@sbrailo6747 Thanks mate!

[@therealkakitron]

B for the concept, but C - for the execution. It's not terrible, but at least today, it's still better to have a regular guitar and a small practice amp with effects included.

[@Rafaelluques]

Wow! Sincerely I think this is amazing! Imagine you started to study and play guitar and have everything with quality in one product! Of course for the majority of people who watches Ola’s this kind off equipment doesn’t make any sense! But for the beginner this is an amazing piece of equipment!

[@jwandhistools]

25 years ago Line 6 made this guitar. Called a Variax. I have a few of them. Even the bridge is the same.

[@flogginga_dead_horse4022]

nothing like that at all actually. I have a Variax and it just does pickup and guitar models not effects...

[@riangarianga]

It's not the same. The purpose of the Variax was replicating the resonance curves or responses of several different kinds of guitars, with the idea in mind you only needed to carry one guitar with you. You still need the rest of the gear, though. A famous user is for example Adrian Belew, he has the circuit installed in his Parkers. The purpose of the GTRS system is simulating the whole chain: amp, cab, effects. You wouldn't need anything else, if so you wanted. For example, these guitars are popular among Chinese live streamers who play guitar, but guitar playing isn't the main part of their stream. It simplifies the whole chain. You could say about the Variax that «Gibson already invented it years ago: it was called Varitone». Actually I remember some people said that when the Variax appeared. But the Varitone was also a different concept based on high and low pass filters (which also alter the resonance of the guitar pickup, but the goal of the Variax is way more ambitious). Every invention inspires the next, brick by brick we develop a building.

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

​@@riangariangaEven this concept was already done by Fernandes with the Nomad and Gibson with the Firebird X. The Nomad even had the guitar amp built into the guitar.

[@riangarianga]

@@BrunodeSouzaLino Not the same. Guitars with integrated amps existed since the 1960s, I remember a few Vox ones. Neither Fernandes, nor Gibson were the first. Vox also had guitars with integrated effects. This GTRS goes straight to the interface, with digital amp and cabinet simulation (a proper IR, not an old-school EQ curve), effects and stuff. External DI solutions for guitar existed before (Motown might have had the oldest and most recognised one). This one integrated in the guitar itself is a first, not needing anything else to send its output either to headphones, a sound interface or a PA. It can be controlled with an app, it's a first in our beloved guitar gear world, and it's not brand new as of now: it's been around since 2021.

[@occamseraser]

I was trying to work out who the market for this is, and then I realised it’s 100% the Instagram guy who drives around on that mono wheel skateboard whilst shredding. Bro would love this.

[@ryanziolkowski6743]

If I get a smart guitar I need it to play my solo for me like cory feldman

[@mikemerkin1215]

You can do that with less than 3 minutes of practice.

[@austindurham5736]

That fucking guy lol him and Steven segal should start a band dude

[@jconner3891]

I really think he is passed delusional. I mean he might need to be locked up. He was great at acting in the 80s. He need to let shit go. 😂

[@jconner3891]

Micheal Jackson abused him. That’s the sad part. Probably why he like that.

[@fatsuperfly]

Ola, went industrial for a bit with that drum machine! Nice! Olastien!!

[@colten2524]

It may be intelligent but is it edible? I want to snack while I noodle.

[@Metalbass1979]

Uh huh huh..... Hey, Beavis. He said 'noodle.' Uh huh huh.

[@someguywithaphone5921]

I believe the headstock is salmon flavor. Technically, I guess anything is edible once. Yeah? lol

[@infinidominion]

Licorice dispenser off the headstock is sold separately

[@blakemoore1905]

Mhmm noodle 🤤 🍜

[@tonykrawzik8176]

He forgot to demo the mini deep fryer that comes in the gig bag 😂

[@BrockOfBodom]

They just made a pretty cool, more metal oriented guitar as well! So cool!

[@DidiHyena]

Cool testing shit Ola👍 U as a solar guitar factory head with another brand guitar in your hands, awesome cool🙏✌ ...mh I love to take a swart solar one for my diezel next time...or should I built the next axt on my own like my last one...who cares? Keep on rock'in 🤘

[@martinsantalopez3363]

So its basically a Spark Guitar? Hell yeah

[@front_row_video]

I did not expect the modern hi-gain to sound that good, damn

[@xboxnissan]

It's pretty cool, I'd say as long as it can remain a guitar (discontinue the app, ...), it's a compact solution to practice at home maybe

[@corycourtney8923]

This is the beginning of what we will see in the future. 10 - 15 years, no one will need more than just their guitar for a gig.

[@knmoves]

@@corycourtney8923 you can already buy a set of drum sticks which play an invisible virtual drum kit. I suspect a virtual guitar will soon follow. It would look weird on stage!

[@JR-ke8ld]

Hi Ola, will you collaborate with Delta sometime again? Haven’t seen him for a long time. I enjoyed your collaboration!

[@zadtheinhaler]

I've been wondering what Delta's been up to as well. Perhaps they're on tour with someone?

[@Dolfidus26]

For people playing with a band I don't think it does the thing. But for your average bedroom guitar player this is awesome.

[@sirtogii5216]

Wouldn't you be better off with a normal guitar and a Spark Go or equivalent? A little gimmicky but as a first guitar I guess although quite expensive, especially the premium models.

[@moutine]

Man i’ve been watching you for a long and, every time u say this video isn’t sponsored, i realized you never did a sponsorship at this point what🤯

[@miketisckos6679]

now u need a ola plays other syles segment blues etc very nice

[@somethingelsedoesmatter]

I didn't think it sounded bad, but I don't want another guitar, I just want my Jazzmasters! Can't find a Boss Katana Go anywhere, so in the meantime I have a VOX UK Drive amPlug3 arriving today for my headphone use.

[@teviswest]

In a world before smartphones, Cort came out with a guitar called the "Effector". This guitar had built-in distortion and effects that was powered by two 9-volt batteries. Of course, the sounds were terrible and the buttons to activate the effects were bad about shorting out.😆

[@rocketpigrecords3719]

What's crazy? The Firebird X blows this away from 10 years ago, and I don't even have to continue with the vid to say it. The pickup selector knob was itself a potentiometer, Bluetooth connection to the foot controller with digital effects AND A N A L O G amp models. The control at your fingertips was just...beyond. Who decided to put this on a non-reverse Firebird instead of an LP or SG - or V, or Explorer, ANYTHING - should be flogged. NR Firebirds are just an acquired taste, a standard Reverse would have fared better. Hard to convey how disappointed I was to see it flop. A Gibson rep demo'd it at the Santa Monica Guitar Center, and I just happened to be in the amp room at the time. In case you feel like I'm a fanboi, the rep did NOT like me bringing up Tech 21 when he mentioned analog amp modeling. Major stinkeye, which I returned with a smirk - nothing wrong with copying the greats!

[@BattleDog-e5q]

Sounds good!

[@Ryan_Messenger]

Next weeks Swola drums are gonna be the shit!🤘

[@edwardsullivan5530]

I also have a super knob

[@tedrackley6233]

I actually thought it sounded good enough to gig with on my end of KZbin. Great for a pop/rock cover band or other type of working/wedding/corporate band? Maybe not Metal enough for a Metal gig? I also like the ideas of taking less gear to a gig and shouldn't an electric guitar sound like an electric guitar when you plug it in, just like a keyboard or bass guitar? Keyboardists, bassists and vocalists all plug directly into a full range or PA speaker and the sound is correct. You always need an amp/pre/processor for an electric guitar.

[@tonyb7615]

@4:27 dude, great imitation of slippy from starfox 64

[@morgomi]

Can't we do this via a modeler already without embedding into guitar?

[@mr.nervedamage7463]

Those were my thoughts the whole time as well haha. Literally the only benefit, is being able to plug the guitar directly into headphones on the fly, and still have your tones. In a live situation, carrying a modeling amp with you isn’t a big deal.

[@CheloWiiU]

I think, maybe if it has an option to load custom IRs (I hipe it does) the distorted tones would sound better

[@tye-gehring]

So I am assuming you can plug headphones into the guitar jack and not need anything else if you are traveling and just want to practice?

[@T0neXIII]

2:05 that's what she said.

[@DoobelyDoobelyDoo]

Jajajajaja

[@therealandrecorbin4050]

Each to his own, cheers everyone.

[@Cthulhu_Awaken]

I hear quite some grungy tones coming out of that thing, reminded me of Alice in Chains and Nirvana in particular.

[@jackclements2163]

Finally...I've only been saying this since the late 90's..,

[@ghostfacechili1650]

Noice honest review, has he ever done a review of rocksmith?🤷‍♂️😄

[@Arthemesia]

Is it possible to use this as a midi controller as well?

[@revelore4090]

I'd be interested to find out if you can boost for leads or switch between 2 presets from the guitar itself without the need for pedals

[@lordPix3lUK]

Great guitar for a beginner

[@lightwaveenergy]

Game changer!

[@judas_saves]

Guys - what happened to the Shuriken Line6 "smart" guitar? I remember Stevic (from 12 Foot Ninja) showing the whole setup and I am amazed that it didn't make a big influence, as I thought it will.

[@pieflies]

Anything that requires a mobile app to work is problematic because if the company goes out of business or even just decides to stop supporting the app then you’ve only got until you update your phone far enough that the old app is no longer supported on your device. Then the main draw of the guitar, and the resale price, goes out the window. If they had a Windows/Mac version of the app at least you could feasibly continue to use that for much longer after they stop supporting the software.

[@mr.nervedamage7463]

It has a nice “spongey” tone to it.

[@lycancatt4248]

culd be that the single 1/4 output is actual a trs so you could get stereo? if you have an insert cable you can test this going into two daw inputs

[@dooley9621]

Thanks brother

[@dmarins]

I would like a guitar that you just choose a tuning in a switch, detune, normal, half a step back, whatever

[@havenless3551]

Just use a pedal to do that

[@kickfighting1015]

Seems really cool. But I have 10 guitars and 7 amps and 3 pedals. Sorry to myself for not needing this guitar 😢

[@unterwasserbeatboxer]

Monoooooo?????!!!! What a dealbreaker....

[@bmdshred77]

Really considering the X1.6C solar guitar. (Carbon black) Just really wish there was way I could play one before buy. Guitar looks and from your demo sounded killer. Didn’t know if there were any stores that have them on floor in the states?

[@adamcogan211]

Just do it

[@bmdshred77]

@@adamcogan211haha $1300 plus tax lot of money for a father and husband of three teenage kids. Dad hobbies always last in line 😔. Last guitar I bought brand new was ibanez rg565 back in 91 haha. Still have it

[@mr.nervedamage7463]

“They’re… IN… the computer?”

[@someguywithaphone5921]

Ask Ice T if we have to loop it through Jones, if you please.

[@420Prog]

Dont know if i missed it in the video, but does it have the transpose thing like in the Gojira plugin?

[@DreidMusicalX]

Great for recording and playing at home a little bit. Now if you are going to play a song like Alone Again by Dokken, how do you make those quick switches from clean to high gain?

[@liviofraschetti4713]

They have a little midi pedal for switch the preset

[@DreidMusicalX]

@@liviofraschetti4713 OH, thats cool then. They thought of that.

[@jasondorsey7110]

Vox was making instruments with multiple built-in effects in the '60s

[@chrispile3878]

Tune it, Ola.

[@unspeakablefan2293]

Hey Englund can you do Will it chug Orange crush mini?

[@Sylkis89]

Before the fall of the Iron Curtain, people in the Eastern Bloc didn't know how things work in the West, that there are stompboxes and preamps and amps with built in distortion and so on. They just listened to shitty quality postcards copied from illegally smuggled in vinyls, and then building overdrives and fuzzes into a guitar, that then gets plugged straight into a tube radio with hifi (for the local standards) columns, trying to replicate what they could hear for as much as possible. It's funny how things made a full circle now that stuff is built into the guitar again and it's being connected line into an FRFR monitor or a computer with proper monitors or something like that, lol.

[@bradchervel5202]

This has been around for a while right?

[@OlaEnglund]

Yes! They have newer ones as well

[@liviofraschetti4713]

@@OlaEnglund the headless models are very good,but the effects are the same ,,based on the mooer ge 150

[@0oChugChug0o]

Hey Buddy ! 🤘

[@Shawner1000]

leaving the tag on he's gonna sell that for sure. lol

[@12Jsilva]

Where to get that Chug Life led?

[@someguywithaphone5921]

@@12Jsilva custom neon. not led. Sick right?

[@12Jsilva]

@@someguywithaphone5921 it is!!! I want one to sit on my desk.

[@HVTFIELDOFFICIAL]

You can go full on caveman 0:31 *Hits G chord*

[@XsubliminalinsanityX]

At 8:45 Ola releases his inner Bon Jovi! 😅

[@Larotus]

when will we get a Will it CHUG! WAY HUGE SWOLLEN PICKLE into a distorted amp?

[@Hoxle-87]

Good guitar for street performers

[@FRANANGELICOONA]

Interesting

[@Brutuscomedy]

You're looking hella metal, bruh.

[@mottolafrancesco]

Is there a downtuning pitch shifter?

[@steviesavage]

I'd be worried that thing would run out of battery power halfway through a long set! (Claimed battery life on these things is always fictional!)

[@somethingelsedoesmatter]

That's a fear I share, as both my acoustic and my bass require batteries... But at the same time, I've never had a battery die on me in the middle of playing, somehow! (Still gonna rip the circuit out of my bass when I get a passive pickup set - very soon).

[@riangarianga]

I see them regularly used on 4 or 5-hour long live streams, so fear not.

[@TheDarkEthereal]

The important question here is: does it chug?

[@arbshredder]

Electra was building guitars with onboard f/x in the 70s.

[@jasondorsey7110]

Chris Squire used the electra mpc outlaw on Yes' 1980 album drama...they had effects modules which could be switched out...they were very heavy

[@riangarianga]

You don't need more than a Rockman, ha! Who needs IRs and all that stuff that appeared later on.

[@Marta1Buck]

Very cool, but jamstik still blew my mind

[@MikVanBag]

Doesn’t sound that bad surprisingly

[@vaughanmacegan4012]

A good first step, but, a long way to go yet before it's ready for prime time. However I don't own a mobile phone, so, not for me.

[@5layerDave]

Hi Ola!

[@chriswickens]

People are either too young, or just forget these kind of things happen all the time and go no where. This will just be another blip in the guitar industry.

[@jconner3891]

Line 6 already did this. Variac

[@robertdonosobuchner3129]

Hmmmm, nothing for me. But for having fun with this thing, why not.

[@rmp5s]

8:14 - Mono?...el mono? El mono bebes la cerveza en la biblioteca? That's the complete extent of my achievements in high school Spanish.

[@davidyates8880]

A super knob? Dirk Diggler mode?

[@guitar1974]

Cort Effector upgrade lol

[@rafaelsencine4946]

nice nice, but not a very high top amps yet.. maybe in the future

[@koryanderson2183]

Pretty sure this idea has been around awhile but, the old modelers really sucked I thought

[@gaboalher5669]

"Hey friend, that guitar sounds amazing! Do you think you could give it to me? I would really appreciate it!"

[@popdavid7221]

I have never seen you playing an acoustic guitar😶‍🌫️pls do it🫶

[@VeryCreativeName405]

cool guitar

[@Zimzephyr]

Not a fan, sounds like the effects and gain are added right at the end of the signal chain.

[@felipebotero5203]

Was anyone worried about the battery charge the ola´s cellphone?

[@reggiesoundbox4923]

First ever guitar that chugs?

[@MASTERRIFFS]

YUPIIIIIIIII 😁😁😁😁👍🇧🇷