SWOLA154 - METAL IS NOT DEAD, THE END FOR DEAN GUITARS, NEW HEALTHY SLIPKNOT, KROEGER OF NICKELBACK

[@OlaEnglund]

The Chug Project 2 Spotify - www.olaenglund.com/chugspotify Preorder - www.olaenglund.com/chug

[@supersaabclaire]

Dude, seriously need stickers of the album designs for my car please 🙏

[@BrianYates-ct9db]

Man Ola parts of that riff were pure Gojira even the drums were similar to something Mario would've played 🧐✌️🤘

[@patrickwilliams3087]

Ola please interview Doug marks the guitar teacher.

[@scoliewood]

🤘🤘

[@OlaEnglund]

They are included in the different editions

[@NateShredwards]

Thank you Ola, your content is always inspiring man. Anytime I watch your videos I want to play guitar and your content always makes me laugh my ass off! Your videos always cheer me up when I am having a rough day. Keep killing it man. I hope to see you one day play around Los Angeles with either the Feared or The Haunted. Cheers!

[@OlaEnglund]

Thank you my friend

[@youvsyou945]

Humno is for fixing ground loops that you would get when using an a/b box(with no iso transformer on one output) between two amps, 4 cable method in some units...or if racking, the chassis of two pieces of gear touching, the ground pin of the power cable/audio cable shield connected...or a line level signal going from your amp to an audio interface. It's not for line filtering. Handy with rack preamp/poweramp/switcher/line level rack configurations as well.

[@staffanahlstedt3690]

Yes. This was a lifesaver for me using two amps to get stereosound. The groundloop sound before this device was used was very loud and terrible!

[@Cannibal_Actual]

Yea, I was like that is so useful but then he couldn’t get it to work. Then I was amazed how well of a job his electrician did. I got at least two plugs in my house out of phase.

[@dshredmusic]

The glitchy pause in the middle of that riff was FIRE!! 🔥🤘🏻

[@ProjectCreativityGuy96]

Hi, Englund. I've recently been binge-watching through Your very first videos from 2008 or so, and just admiring how far You've now come from then! I know You probably hear this all the time, but the impact You have had in the music community has been awesome, and the lives You have changed and the inspiration You have gave will never ever ever ever ever ever go in vein! You will be known as a great Metal Legend!!! 🤘 Keep it up, Dude! 🤘

[@lphybridsoldier5]

How convenient your album comes out on my birthday, awesome!! . Definitely gonna celebrate by listening to the album in its Entirety, keep up the good work and the good chugging OLA!

[@waywardsuol]

Being healthy = eat only red meats and dairy. Consume vegetables by eating the animal that ate the veggies for you. And eat eggs. Lots of eggs.

[@AlexGLuque]

When we’ll enjoy a new Ola learns chapter? I love to see how quickly and precisely you get the songs, man. How about Ghost’s Kaisarion? I love this song. Great SWOLA!

[@munkygrip1977]

Whaaaaaaaaat? That beautiful Kerry King signature announced at Namm wasn’t enough to save Dean? I’m surprised! In all seriousness, I’m sad to see the demise of Dean. Never owned one but played a couple of USA guitars (for get the range but they were the simple, natural mahogany finished models that came out in the 90s), and they were absolutely killer!

[@VolBeat2412.]

13:34 Since he started taking care of himself it's like he could headbang more again kinda like he used to do back in the day. You can check 2021 - most recent shows and see the 'improvement' of his resistance

[@tophertaylor68]

Dean clipped its wings when they lost the Ex and V

[@EllieNotSoSmelly]

They clipped their wings when they lost the Dimebag endorsement

[@tophertaylor68]

@@EllieNotSoSmelly most definitely that too

[@thehawk05]

Actually, Dean clipped it’s wings the minute they let a 25 year old Evan Rubinson run the company after his father passed away. Was all down hill after that and the exodus of their biggest endorsees soon followed.

[@Malum09]

To be fair that was Gibson's fault.

[@AmericanNationalist852]

​@@Malum09i mean, at the risk of sounding like I enjoy playing any Gibson: it was kinda Deans fault for coping the Ex and V so closely that it was sue-able...

[@-Spence]

SWOLA is the one consistent joy I can look forward to each week; thank you Ola! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@lagarnt]

Sunday with Ola and Pix at the door, and after the intro the pick's on the floor...

[@harshtruth9148]

that humno is for when you have 2 amps running in stereo which creates a ground loop

[@BrianJRocheMusic]

None more black guitar…love it

[@steven_marque_official_channel]

Loves that Ola never uses any string dampening.

[@jaredgreen5305]

Who doesnt love Nickleback's song, "Side of a Bullet" with dime's solo..

[@Johnporteriv]

Hey Ola! Could you post your presets for your quads cortex on the cortex cloud? It would be great to see how you setup your patches for the haunted and whatnot. Thanks! Hope you have a great week

[@peevee605]

Ola-if possible, try to get some more sleep. Helps with the cold. Stay safe, bro and thanks for everything you do. Don't forget about yourself meanwhile.

[@shredhead4604]

Solo’s are always great but it’s about tha CHUUUUG for Chug Projects🤘💀🤘🎸

[@mattrobinson22]

15:15 bad horsie wah is by far the best wah on the market.

[@someguywithaphone5921]

Hope you feel better in the throat, Ola. Can't wait to hear more of the Chug Project Vol.2!

[@denislitisha7136]

We made those cables in early 80’s just go to your hardware store and get two plug ends with ground, wire it reverse ground from one end to the other( we made it like a small extension cord% it actually worked great

[@kidnavajo]

Thank you so much Ola!🤘🏼🙏🙌🥹 for always providing and showing love to the community. You are incredible

[@swiggidy1scorpion]

I don’t know it’s taken me this long to watch SWOLA but I can say seeing bald Ola is something I didn’t know I needed

[@straightspine9870]

I laugh literally everytime I see The News intro because I know it's coming. Actually, hearing it alone is enough hahaha

[@eamonahern7495]

SWOLA is how I start my Sunday

[@nickgivent3157]

I can’t believe there’s already chug 2!!!! Wow! You are the RIFF MASTER! Seriously, you’re a riff machine! Fkn awesome

[@SeePayne81]

something I miss from back in the day was Swedish Word of the Day!

[@JohnnyColeMurdockMusic]

I bought the morley humno and it didn't do anything at all to my amps. Apparently the older version works better

[@chadmuscleman2601]

hope you feel better soon

[@_scylo2]

It's deeply disheartening to witness the decline of a once-iconic brand like Dean Guitars. I recall their first run of VMNT Dave Mustaine guitars as an owner with a sense of profound nostalgia. Those instruments were not just pieces of wood and metal; they were emblematic of a golden era of metal music and guitar craftsmanship. Each curve, fret, and string resonated with the spirit of rock and rebellion that defined that age. But, like many great entities that lose their way, Dean Guitars seems to have drifted from the very ethos that once made them stand out in a saturated market. It's a melancholic reminder that even the mightiest can fall, and that maintaining a legacy requires continuous commitment to excellence and innovation.

[@TimFialka]

Hello Ola! What distance between pickups and strings should be on solar guitars? Thank you!

[@vincentrandles8105]

No, Thank-you so much Ola! Just not enough to go around my friend! 🤘🤘

[@bestboy897]

crushing opening song

[@Citizen_JQP]

DP(Deadpool) stood up for Nickelback. They do have a few decent songs. Photograph comes to mind. To my ear, not my cup of tea... but i never really understood the massive hate wall they have to climb.

[@DeanBaco]

I love my USA Dean guitars, I hope this works out in the end...

[@jackace803]

I have a mesa boogie Tremoverb that seems like it has a scratchy master volume pot. At the lower setting my volume will get very quiet and then all of a sudden become super loud without me touching anything. Have you ever had an issue like that with yours? And if you did, how did you fix it?

[@mcinen67]

You should test with a A/B/Y pedal to two amps, that usually creates some unwanted noise and then put the Morley cable to one of the amps

[@mohammedadnan5247]

I have started listening to metal but cant point out the specific sub-genres that i like. Can you suggest some albums thay helps us get more acquainted to types of metal.Thanks you

[@NedJeffery]

I used to unironically crank Silver Side Up in my car back in the day. Not my thing anymore, but Nickelback don't entirely suck.

[@kevinedgeman4259]

Worked for Dean "Back in the day" at the time Elliot bought Dean. I have friends that still work there and it breaks my heart that A.E. has let the business go to the side. They were really good guitars and I loved going to work there every day. This is a situation that " only vintage" style guitars may have done more long term damage. RIP Dean USA..🤘

[@DavidThull]

Hi Ola, I recently pick up that morley cable for the horrible ground problem I have in my garage. Whenever I use 2 amps, and I have a stereo setup so I usually run 2 amps, I get a very loud hum. I purchased this morley product and it worked magic. Do I still get some amp noise... yes. But I'd did get rid of the additional hum I got when running a second amp.

[@brent_afi]

Live fro canada Niagara Falls area ….gotta say Sunday is Sunday w Ola …for 4 years now …..i wish i saw the AX8 before you sold it I have one I love it as a great relevant still metal gear …. Hey please respond …any chance of reposting AX8 scenes for us out here getting into this scene …..keep it metal Ola your a great addition to y Sunday

[@taylorwyatt333]

PLEASE RESPOND OLA Can you please get your hands on some Diezel amps, and not the D-moll but the VH4 and Hagen? You're one of the few youtubers whos ear I trust. We have similar tastes. It is because of you that I ultimately put EL34s in my Roadster and it dramatically improved my sound. You did the VH4 and Hagen amps back in the Ola no talk days and the audio subsequently wasn't as good and demos of these amps are hard to come by. I live in Northern Californian and have zero access to any of the German amps without simply purchasing one.

[@MetalBastards666]

we need to talk about James Pond

[@bestboy897]

live in you was a sick song checked it out last week on spotify so I can safely say it is there :p

[@KaddysJamKave]

RIP Dean Guitars. They won't recover and be significant ever again so grab some on the used market before they die and sky rocket in price!

[@jurekwisniewski786]

Yoo this opening riff was awesome!

[@Bones12x2]

Ola... please make a tab book for your top 10-20 SWOLA intro riffs. I want to learn them all!

[@johnbaird2095]

James Pond playing on the back screen!!

[@jayelfman]

On the Nickelback subject...fantastic band. They are the Bon Jovi of today...great tunes, tons of chicks at the shows. Good band.

[@1Batt]

I miss and remember the good old days with the amp reviews on the kitchen counter!

[@AZchurro99]

Again Ola, are you using a 7 pitch tuning? I'm watching your finger placement in slo mo and it looks like it. Iswitched to that a few years ago, much easier.

[@wrigleyx]

i LOVE the early 90's DeathMetal vibe on your intro, WOW

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

Did you say svart? Sounded like it. But whatever it is called, it is suhwheeeeet. I have a blacked out Strat with ebony fretboard. Love that look. The ebony wasn't dark enough so I did the black leather dye trick. Worked great. Black hardware, bridge...I will own that very instrument you are holding. Just have to find one. And as far as Nickleback...I was at an Ozzfest once and the lineup was bands like Devildriver, Lamb of God, Five Finger Death Punch and a dozen others, including Nickleback. I could not believe it when I saw the lineup sheet. Nickleback at an Ozzfest? When they came out on stage, the crowd went insane, and not the good kind. They almost started a riot. They didn't make it thru one song and they just quit. They all got up and walked off stage but Chad gave everyone the finger on his way off and I really did think they would charge the stage to get at him. It was nuts. That's what you get when you have some accountant type promoter who doesn't know shit about the metal scene. They saw the "big name" and penciled them in. Whoever made that mistake should have been fired. People could have been hurt from that stupid decision.

[@somethinburnin]

On a separate note, I see an Ibanez RG350DX white behind you. I still want one. My cousin Brandon has one. He uses it allot on his studio work.

[@lordczernobog2861]

Do you think you’ll ever do a “Will it Chug” of the Halberd Overdrive from Electronic Audio Experiments? I haven’t seen it used in a metal setting.

[@mmmppp2919]

i hope your throat gets better soon I really enjoy your video every week thank you Ola!

[@sandroj813]

Hi Ola, love your content. Do you recommend Focusrite Scarlett as a home studio audio interface?

[@PMC47]

Another fun swola! Thanks man.👍 re: beginner lessons; Marty Schwarz is the man for beginners, he can get anyone with some interest playing 3 chord Gord in no time✌️

[@RobbyKing]

When you play at the intro, are we seeing the same take as the one we’re hearing?

[@joshuamacias44]

Dude!! Would you do a video on Nickelback's guitar tones?

[@andrewbecker3700]

Sometimes just using a higher quality guitar cable and always use a surge protector.

[@TheRecklessMetalhead]

As someone who has a Dean Dave Mustaine electric guitar for $300 from 2008, which is my beginner guitar, it is sad to hear that Dean is going down to its grave. I love my guitar so much and that's my go-to for playing metal music. Not the best guitar, by any means, but it's good for beginners like me. I always wanted a Dimebag one and now, it's too late to get one so I will probably go for a Schecter one with high-quality that I want for more than $900 (doesn't this mean professional level?). Won't be the second (I have an Epiphone one for $550 in early 2015) electric guitar I will have but still, it sucks those unique Dimebag guitars are no longer in the work. Let's be real, Dean deserves better management.

[@weicco]

I bought Dean Vanguard 2008 iirc. I had to block FR last year because it started to crack! And I switched bridge pickup to Emg 81X (and removed neck pickup) ten years ago. Otherwise I've only changed strings to it and it still my favorite guitar! It is amazingly easy to play. I have plenty of other brand guitars but this Dean is absolutely the best there is. I payed 290€ for the guitar and 130€ for the pickup. Same quality Jacksons starts from about 700€. It is sad to hear about their demise. Wonder if there's cheap Deans in second hand markets... 🤔

[@dumpsterplayer5133]

Speaking of Mustaine, the reason why he went to Dean in the first place is a really good clue that Dean's business model might have some issues. Back in 06 Mustaine was ready to sign back to Jackson, they worked out a pretty good deal, he was even in contact with Grover Jackson, yada yada yada, but someone brought up Michael Schenker getting a fat endorsement deal with Dean. So he went to them and see what they could offer him, and whatever they offered was enough for him to dump Jackson there and there and jumped ship, and considering the amount of signature models he got over the years with Dean it was probably something ridiculous. But anyway, the point is that Dean seems to put all of their eggs in the "big name" basket and hope to sell off the back of their endorsee reputation. Dimebag, Mustaine, later on King. But those are kinda boomer names nowadays and they don't have the same draw as they do in the early 2000s, and they never really grew beyond being that kind of brand. Even BC Rich in their early 2000s era of 50 million different crappy models still had a solid following on their top end Korean made stuffs at Worlds, and ESP despite also having a bunch of different endorsement models was never actually known for that because they barely advertise them.

[@T.R.R.Jolkien]

In the early 90’s I traded a heavy black les Paul for a heavy black Gibson explorer. I hardly played it, I like Dean and Charvel/Jackson. Recently, I pulled it out of the case and took a picture of it front and back. I looked at the back of the headstock and there’s a small Gibson Custom Shop Edition logo. I had no idea! It’s a black neck through with gold bridge, pickups and tuners. I figured out the serial number, it’s a 1983 stamped Jan 12. 🤯

[@Thetimrobertson]

Hey Ola, have you ever tried the Splawn amplifiers? Really underrated amps. I’m always surprised they don’t get more love.

[@pyrotattooer4837]

Is there a way to buy the new albun online so i can play it digitally?? .. Ola .. please answer!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@igorbarwinski2725]

New solar ab is a little bit simmilar to new ibanez baritone, isnt it?

[@sevenity2677]

The journey of travel adds up fast!

[@danielballarino5457]

What the hell is pix's problem?the intro riffage is awesome😂 That blacked out axe if fucking awesome🤘

[@Diesel1069]

Kids go to school, immediately releases chug project

[@LoadedGeorge]

Please respong! With the everting for bass being on the market very soon, can we expect Solar basses equipped with it? Also, we need type E bass.

[@claudevieaul1465]

That's too bad for Dean Guitars. I have a Dean, and it's really good. But if everything they produce and blab about is *"DIMEBAG DIMEBAG DIMEBAG"* , well... not everyone is the world's biggest Pantera fan. Plus: aside from the V, Z, and (possibly) Cadillac shapes, the other models like Vendetta, EVO, and those ridiculous neon Custom Zone, were either rather bland or just pug-ugly... I love my Dean Palomino though! Edit: Yes, I'm definitely pre-ordering CHUG 2 today (guitarist edition!!) 🤘😎🤘

[@JesusAriasAvila]

I think the Humno thing should have an useful function. They should just specify clearly what the thing do to avoid dissapointed clients. It is not the same thing a grounding problem against a harmonics pollution(in electrical signal analysis) even if you can attenuate the harmonics polution slightly with a better grounding. With lightning artifacts (LED drivers and the like) you inject a perturbation that is only treatable with filters. The thing bugging me is that that Humno device looks more like a passive filter than a grounding solution. All in all, your exercise is not as useless as you may think.

[@MaxSxB]

Ola I need to know what bass plugin you used on this one ! It soudned like madness

[@niallstewart109]

Jen Majura's doing guitar lesson videos, and they are really damn good

[@supersaabclaire]

DUDE!! I NEED THE TSHIRT 😍 AND PLEASE DO STICKERS FOR MY CAR 🙏

[@jasoncrump1886]

Love the intro riffs man. This was another killer one. Appreciate you Ola.

[@PakaShreds]

Another dope SWOLA I’m always stoaked for sundays

[@EclipseAtDusk]

It would be interesting to see it go back to Dean Z, both because he’s still got a shop he works in outside of Chicago, IL - and because apparently he’s Not Great to work with, and there was A Reason he’s ended up not running every company that’s had his name on it

[@3Storms]

It's not hard to imagine Chad in a gym with 80s sweatband while pumping weights and playing "we're not gonna take it." Nickelback's not metal. They're rock. When you accept them as such, then they're not bad. I prefer metal, though.

[@chieffirethunder88]

nickelbacks s devil when down to Georgia badass a lot hard sweeps in it i gotta say probably the best version of it

[@irmasil3]

I was looking forward to check the Humno. I play with a massive rack and there is some hum going of course.......

[@woodward_alan]

Digital order of Chug Project guitar pros would be great!

[@AndrewVV34]

Oh it hurts, that guitar pick landed right in my eye😄

[@Hicks-g1m]

Thanks for the news Ola I hope that Dean Guitars will be ok. I love you their guitars Even have a razor back guitar I love it 🤘☠️😈💀🆒 Metal will never die 💪👊

[@royalprofits]

Can you demo the eleven rack?

[@fatsuperfly]

Dang! I’m surprised by the solar standard guitar price, thought it be way more to be honest. That’s pretty sick! 🤙

[@Pericles777]

YAY ITS SOMEDAYWIFOLA!!!!❤❤❤

[@NonZenze]

How do you feel about that Vinnie never wanted a reunion? Even mentioning ZW?

[@sqlb3rn]

Ola is part of the industry, and the industry fully supports "Pantera". I would be extremely surprised if "Pantera" ever writes any new music, since everyone is satisfied just touring on Dime and Vinnie's greatest hits. Personally Phil ruined the band for me, I can't even listen to them anymore.

[@kadiray2651]

Hi Ola please respond. How do you set your instruments (clean/distorted guitar, bass, drum) sound levels in the mix? All the same level or different?

[@breadnaut]

There isnt a single mix in the history of mixes where all the instruments are the same volume level.

[@Stephen_Eee]

Sadly, I know a Swiftallica tour would blow the sales out of the water. I know it's guhay but when 12 year old girls got into Metallica I went away, kirks super duper awesome solos sort of didn't help much either.

[@Max-tx7ij]

Sickest Intro 🤯🤟🏽

[@lance3401]

Metal is not Dead, and is not for Metallica (that is no longer metal is just bull*** since a long time ago) from 35 years ago I'm metalhead, metal banger whatever you wanted to call me, and Nickelback is not metal as well too, real metal has it now with new generations of young people really really good at it playing with too much evolution because they love music and not just for mainstream media that is bull***, I have a great appreciation for Ola, but remember we aren't media mainstream just youtube media for all the world, by the way, I do believe this channel it's great for us the people we love metal and playing guitars for a pro not just beginners absolutely agree. Ola for throat sore drink hot hotter with honey from Colombia have a good one.

[@ihasatypo]

Gotta know, do you play the bass on riffs yourself? I assume so… and do you do them first or later to get the actual chunk in the chug?

[@GCNC72]

My problem is I don't have the problem that causes the problem that the humno fixes. I love it.

[@travisbeckner6849]

Between losing some of their biggest and key endorsements to losing the Gibson case and over pricing the hell out of the Doyle signature (ok, the last one is my personal opinion) they've BEEN sliding downhill and only accelerating for a while now, losing Elliott was the beginning of the end imo

[@mikemcc1156]

Good review of equipment

[@gUm_bY745]

For a second there it looked like the AB6H had a wood trim around the edges. Next time Ola, next time.

[@jakewilson7211]

Nicklebacks for all the right reasons album is a great album