Hi, Oh! It's been almost a month since UA-camr 'Kevin Frasard' has been active on his channel. Any chance if you know how he's doing? It's just he hasn't been on in a few weeks... I send all great positive energy your way, Dude, and keep rocking! \m/
Ola, I just lost a nephew yesterday. 6month old beautiful baby boy. My wifes family, and they are devastated. If I may, you brother bring a certain peace to my soul. Hearing your stories, your sense of humor along with your guitar playing is good medicine. You give me that genuine brother feeling just like Dimebag did. Thank you for being you bro. A lot of musicians become something else with their rockstar status and that sucks. I always appreciate what you do for the guitar community but had to let you know that even in bad times your videos are uplifting (Didn't know of another word at the moment). But you are an encouragement to me bro in all ways. But more so for me to be me. Life is really short and full of ups and downs that knock you in the dirt. But if you got friends that in some way encourage you to keep on,..it gives you strength to fight thru the downs. Thank you. Brothers in Riffs.
Prayers for you and your family to have peace through this hard time. Once I get my self a rig working and sounding great I will also be doing my part in the guitar community to be uplifting of others and be there to make laughs for people. Stay safe bro.
Thank y'all very much. My ex decided to dump me on the day of this baby's funeral. After I got up in front of everybody and shared the eulogy, a FB post from a co parent then prayer. Not one of the so called men in this family had the guts to voice their love over this baby. I did.
@@mpwhiteloon2316 I feel for you a little less after that last line of bullshit. It's not really your place to say somebody is lesser when they're simply grieving too much to speak on the subject matter that's affecting them. I wasn't there, but you had better respect your fellow man when they're grieving too. You're no better than them just cause you spoke. You just ran your mouth when they took the moment of silence for the lost.
Ola! Thank you so much for all the kind words and the walk down memory lane! Wow! I can't believe it has been 9 years since we built that prototype; I forgot I still had my old logo back then. I hope all is going great for you and the family and I look forward to seeing you again the next time you roll through Cleveland. You are by far one the coolest cats I've ever had the pleasure of knowing and I appreciate how genuinely real, honest, and a man of integrity you have always been. The other wood in the neck is walnut :-) And, yes, the extended scale does take some added effort to play, lol! My personal 36"-34" multiscale S7G Bass is way more work to play than my 34" Roscoe 7-string bass; I feel your pain! Take good care of yourself, my brother. It has been a blessing to have had you be a part of my life. Peace, Jim Strictly 7 Guitars/S7G
I love how honest he's about his past endorsements. Giving credit where it's due. Even more impressive considering that now he has his own successful guitar company. 👍 Cheers to you Ola. You sweet swede 🤘
The tone is just beyond incredible, so beefy and massive while super clear and articulate, omg, I could watch you chugging on the lower strings like for hours
I always find that 7 strings are my ideal guitar, since playing my mates last year or so I fell in love with the low grunt and how it was so easy to access low tunings but at the same time the ease of playing in standard tuning, just love 7 strings
Hey Ola, really digging this "My Guitar" series. There's nothing like pulling out an old favorite you've haven't played in awhile, tuning it up and going, "Damn, this thing sounds fuckin' awesome."
It's great to hear that it still sounds just as badass as way back when, in my opinion this guitar really created *thee* quintessential Ola tone it just gives me that shit-eating grin every time I hear it. keep up the great work Ola, see ya on Discord!
Hey buddy! Great vid! Thank you very much for the kind compliment. :) Yeah, I did everything on that guitar except paint and running the cnc. Fretwork, standing and final assembly was all my project. Good memories.
As a former S7G owner, I can tell you these guitars have a lot of problems. Just search the internet for "S7G Problems" and you'll see what I'm talking about.
@@freezingjazzy I got the joke. I just thought some one needed to let people unfamiliar with S7G know about their history of poor quality. Ola Englund and Keith Merrow, as far as I know, both left S7G because of the rampant quality issues that plagued the company for many years. I wasted $1000 USD on a used Cobra 7 that was so poorly built I felt it was unethical to resell it. I just want people to learn from the misfortune of others.
This is the most Enjoyment inspiration felling i have seen and herd Ola while playing a guitar. You were really Vibing and jamming out on it man. I love it.
Hi, Oh! It's been almost a month since UA-camr 'Kevin Frasard' has been active on his channel. Any chance if you know how he's doing? It's just he hasn't been on in a few weeks... I send all great positive energy your way, Dude, and keep rocking! \m/
I love this type of videos. I really enjoyed all of the current once and I hope you continue doing those. Thank you for the great content you put out here on UA-cam in general :)
I think I would enjoy that guitar much. I own a 27,7 inch scale 6-string baritone, and I thoroughly enjoying the fact that really have to dig in, and the guitar kinda pushes back a bit. Like the series, keep more coming!
Really like this vid series. As a guy who is just learning about differences in gear it’s great to hear someone with some working experience with this stuff.
Amazing, i loved watch you playing forever old and devil in white, its been a while. In my opinion your older albums are the best ones, im not saying the new material is not good, but i loved that super chug u used to play back in the day. I can see in a way where the sound came from with the longer scale you were kind of obligated to create super tight powerful riffs i think you used this guitar for furor incarnatus.
Will it chug used to be my favorite video series you made, but these guitar set-up and play again videos might have taken over the most popular spot for me. It would be interesting to see you buy a new guitar, do a test play through, then start taking things off that guitar and replacing them with the brands you like. Maybe you could buy a guitar off reverb/e-bay based off specs that you like and see if it can hold a candle to your touring/workshop guitars after you've done some Ola upgrades?
My buddy still owns his S7G solar, I can fully agree a cool guitar especially for low tunings (his has a tremel-no blocking the trem, Recently fitted with fishmans, Drop G 8-68 if i remember correctly) sounds amazing feels solid, I personally love that guitar and hope to own a Solar.
8:26 I was wondering how he got that insane clarity in drop A. Listening to Devil In White for the first time was a bit of an awakening that seven strings don’t have to be bassy and mushy.
yeees it's was so obvious, when he said "great lower tones, but the highs are too hard to play" all i could think of was "and that's why you should own a multiscale"
Hey Ola, I really enjoy watching these type of videos. As I love all kind of different guitars and especially I love it when I see other guitars than Solar in your videos. Not that I don't like Solar Guitars, I love them, but it gets me like a fresh air. For the Next video I'd really like to see the Washburn V you got with the Dimebolt finish. It's one of my favourite guitars I saw from your collection. Best Regards dude
@Brandon Macon I do fretboard cleaning once in a while, using a cloth more often. My Schecter is almost 10 years old and in a very good condition, and the strings have been on 10% of its lifetime ^^
Great sounding, the "growl"... I'd like to know, if you please, the seymour model set you put on this beautiful axe. Thanx for all your videos, I join my comment to another comment up in this page, your personality is fresh air for many of us... Take care and stay safe.
I think it sounds freakin awesome on the low and top end. Most of my guitars have a Duncan distortion in the bridge. I have one with the distortion in the back and a jb smashed right next to it and a 59 on the neck. I just put a switch to choose the distortion or the jb, between the two. Works pretty good when you change to leads on the jb or back to the distortion for the insane rhythms.
Very interesting story about the guitar, how you got it and the endorsements and everything. It really added to the whole experience of that guitar. Its nice to hear about the neck size and length and everything too. Its such a long scale! no wonder it is such a workout. you should get some fret oil or something and tell us a story while making a guitar that needs a face lift look better. Thanks always for the interesting content :)
Its funny cause I remeber watching an ola video from back when he didn't talk and seen for the first time a Strictly 7 guitar. I loved the look and when I went to find their website all I got was a confusing to navigate forum (though I was young and never had been on an a forum before) but never did find a place to look and or buy a S7 guitar
Man, I had an 8 string S7 for about a week. The neck was so uncomfortable to me so I sold it immediately. The best way I could describe it was it was like a 2X4 board with slightly round edges.
I fucking loved the riffs you played in this one and it sounded so tight! Loved it :) now I have to go back and compare to the solar 7s to get an idea of a comparison haha. Man, I wanna learn some of those riffs ...
I actually saw this guitar for sale last week on reverb I almost got it but I’m looking for a 30” scale for low drop E tuning I believe it was signed too This was a great vid man, the nostalgia and stories are good shit! I give it 5 belches out of 5 Love and respect from Canada 🇨🇦
Revisiting my S7G Solar prototype guitar!
Hi, Oh!
It's been almost a month since UA-camr 'Kevin Frasard' has been active on his channel.
Any chance if you know how he's doing? It's just he hasn't been on in a few weeks...
I send all great positive energy your way, Dude, and keep rocking! \m/
Jordgubbssylt is a word that I just needed to add
Hey Ola, What is your favourite guitar you have made with SOLAR or have/had
Purchased 2 one of a kind custom S7G from Jim, still love these builds,
Really dig these videos man i hope you keep making them awesome man
Ola, I just lost a nephew yesterday. 6month old beautiful baby boy. My wifes family, and they are devastated. If I may, you brother bring a certain peace to my soul. Hearing your stories, your sense of humor along with your guitar playing is good medicine. You give me that genuine brother feeling just like Dimebag did. Thank you for being you bro. A lot of musicians become something else with their rockstar status and that sucks. I always appreciate what you do for the guitar community but had to let you know that even in bad times your videos are uplifting (Didn't know of another word at the moment). But you are an encouragement to me bro in all ways. But more so for me to be me. Life is really short and full of ups and downs that knock you in the dirt. But if you got friends that in some way encourage you to keep on,..it gives you strength to fight thru the downs. Thank you. Brothers in Riffs.
Prayers for you and your family to have peace through this hard time. Once I get my self a rig working and sounding great I will also be doing my part in the guitar community to be uplifting of others and be there to make laughs for people. Stay safe bro.
Sorry to hear about your baby nephew. Stay positive my friend, and rock on.
Thank y'all very much. My ex decided to dump me on the day of this baby's funeral. After I got up in front of everybody and shared the eulogy, a FB post from a co parent then prayer. Not one of the so called men in this family had the guts to voice their love over this baby. I did.
@@mpwhiteloon2316 I feel for you a little less after that last line of bullshit. It's not really your place to say somebody is lesser when they're simply grieving too much to speak on the subject matter that's affecting them. I wasn't there, but you had better respect your fellow man when they're grieving too. You're no better than them just cause you spoke. You just ran your mouth when they took the moment of silence for the lost.
That old skool Keith Merrow riff tho
That is probably the best 7-string tone I've ever heard..
Yes man! It sounds like a damn helicopter rotor beating the hell out of the air lol.
Surely not the best you've seen
That low end was even better than promised. The clarity is just absolutely nuts.
it sounds so clean, as if it was just no big deal to feed the strings to the amp, one of the craziest things i've ever heard
Holy shit! This is the Englund tone I fell in love with all those years ago
Ola! Thank you so much for all the kind words and the walk down memory lane! Wow! I can't believe it has been 9 years since we built that prototype; I forgot I still had my old logo back then. I hope all is going great for you and the family and I look forward to seeing you again the next time you roll through Cleveland.
You are by far one the coolest cats I've ever had the pleasure of knowing and I appreciate how genuinely real, honest, and a man of integrity you have always been.
The other wood in the neck is walnut :-) And, yes, the extended scale does take some added effort to play, lol! My personal 36"-34" multiscale S7G Bass is way more work to play than my 34" Roscoe 7-string bass; I feel your pain!
Take good care of yourself, my brother. It has been a blessing to have had you be a part of my life.
Peace,
Jim
Strictly 7 Guitars/S7G
So glad Ola did a video of this axe now in later years to hear how it compares to his new Solar range.As you know i love my S7G.❤
I love that he uses the volume knob with the unplugged guitar, I can totally relate!
I love how honest he's about his past endorsements. Giving credit where it's due. Even more impressive considering that now he has his own successful guitar company. 👍 Cheers to you Ola. You sweet swede 🤘
To be honest, this might the first time that I'm actually hearing SUCH a clearly defined bottom end on a 7-string tuned to drop-A. Sweet.
I believe it has a 27 inch scale and SD Distortion pickups. That would be why!
@@MFKitten Yeah, that scale length and the 26 frets...is kinda crazy ^^
27.5 inch scale, i think
Ola's guitar collection space is bigger than my living room. My guitar collection space is a corner of the room.
My collection space is a corner at best. 1 acoustic 1 electric. 🤔
That’s what happens when you own a guitar company
The tone is just beyond incredible, so beefy and massive while super clear and articulate, omg, I could watch you chugging on the lower strings like for hours
I always find that 7 strings are my ideal guitar, since playing my mates last year or so I fell in love with the low grunt and how it was so easy to access low tunings but at the same time the ease of playing in standard tuning, just love 7 strings
Hey Ola, really digging this "My Guitar" series. There's nothing like pulling out an old favorite you've haven't played in awhile, tuning it up and going, "Damn, this thing sounds fuckin' awesome."
It's great to hear that it still sounds just as badass as way back when, in my opinion this guitar really created *thee* quintessential Ola tone it just gives me that shit-eating grin every time I hear it. keep up the great work Ola, see ya on Discord!
Quarantine beard is coming along nicely.
There are basically no restrictions in sweden.
Hence the high count of dead people
Tony Granbäck old people are overrated, anyway.
Quarantine is for sick people.
@@matforsbon nope.
Hey buddy! Great vid! Thank you very much for the kind compliment. :)
Yeah, I did everything on that guitar except paint and running the cnc. Fretwork, standing and final assembly was all my project. Good memories.
You worked on mine aswell & i love it❤
8:33 This guitar has a neck dive problem
As a former S7G owner, I can tell you these guitars have a lot of problems. Just search the internet for "S7G Problems" and you'll see what I'm talking about.
@@rocketwrench It was a pun mate.
@@freezingjazzy I got the joke. I just thought some one needed to let people unfamiliar with S7G know about their history of poor quality. Ola Englund and Keith Merrow, as far as I know, both left S7G because of the rampant quality issues that plagued the company for many years. I wasted $1000 USD on a used Cobra 7 that was so poorly built I felt it was unethical to resell it. I just want people to learn from the misfortune of others.
i recently got the Duncan Distortion set and I have to say I absolutely love it!!! the harmonics and the power of this PU just scream at your face
The white binding on the black body is soooo friggin cool !!!
This is the most Enjoyment inspiration felling i have seen and herd Ola while playing a guitar. You were really Vibing and jamming out on it man. I love it.
Hi, Oh!
It's been almost a month since UA-camr 'Kevin Frasard' has been active on his channel.
Any chance if you know how he's doing? It's just he hasn't been on in a few weeks...
I send all great positive energy your way, Dude, and keep rocking! \m/
Yeah we all really worried here :(
Hes fine, follow his instagram...he was just out fishing with his dad.
YES! That's the Ola riffing and sound I fell in love long ago 🖤
Ola deserves so many more subs. Come on people I want to see a million
Probably the best sounding guitar I've seen on this channel in years and years.
I also own a S7G Solar 7.Love mine to bits too but wish i could try out the newer Solar 7 strings to compare to my ears
I love this type of videos. I really enjoyed all of the current once and I hope you continue doing those. Thank you for the great content you put out here on UA-cam in general :)
Such a badass guitar! Sounds killer! That low end growl is massive!
5:00 My goodness it's so beautiful!
03:12 loved the Fortin Monolith camera 📷, that's why your videos rock so hard! Awesome series and playlist! 🤘
"Baby baby, babybaby face, YEAH! Baby baby, babybaby face, YEAH! That's me, I'm baby FACE.... but you can call me babyyyy"
Lyrics by Ola Englund
Sneak preview of the next Feared album I think
Still better lyrics than Justin Bieber
This guitar sounds absolutely incredible. You should use it more often in you Will it Chug video's👍🏻
I think I would enjoy that guitar much.
I own a 27,7 inch scale 6-string baritone, and I thoroughly enjoying the fact that really have to dig in, and the guitar kinda pushes back a bit.
Like the series, keep more coming!
Really like this vid series. As a guy who is just learning about differences in gear it’s great to hear someone with some working experience with this stuff.
Heck, I don't even play guitar and I'm a member for over 5 years now... that only means one thing... Ola is the best!!!
Sounds like a beast and the Plini plugin always surprises me. How can it be so good?!?!
This series is killer, Ola! Really enjoyable learning the history of your guitars.
Loving the "my guitar" series...keep them coming!
oh man I'd love to see a Solar guitar based on your strictly 7 signature model
That`s cool. Volume knob and Pickupswitcher. Love this one.
This video reminds me old vibes, when you played more Feared stuff.. love it!
Hey Marc, can you give me your opinion about this? Recorded with a solar
open.spotify.com/track/5dtTH09Zdzyzy48cyqgZma?si=SAjjXEuuRiKBEmVwe1HsRw
Bottom end sounds INCREDIBLE.
Missed this guitar dude. It sounds the best tbh
i would have loved to hear a comparison of this and a solar with the "shorter" scale
Amazing, i loved watch you playing forever old and devil in white, its been a while. In my opinion your older albums are the best ones, im not saying the new material is not good, but i loved that super chug u used to play back in the day. I can see in a way where the sound came from with the longer scale you were kind of obligated to create super tight powerful riffs i think you used this guitar for furor incarnatus.
Will it chug used to be my favorite video series you made, but these guitar set-up and play again videos might have taken over the most popular spot for me. It would be interesting to see you buy a new guitar, do a test play through, then start taking things off that guitar and replacing them with the brands you like. Maybe you could buy a guitar off reverb/e-bay based off specs that you like and see if it can hold a candle to your touring/workshop guitars after you've done some Ola upgrades?
I still have my S7G Solar... don’t think I could ever get rid of it... after all, it’s a collectors item now I’d say eh?
🤣🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼chug chug.... I’m chugging on my 7string too right now
My buddy still owns his S7G solar, I can fully agree a cool guitar especially for low tunings (his has a tremel-no blocking the trem, Recently fitted with fishmans, Drop G 8-68 if i remember correctly) sounds amazing feels solid, I personally love that guitar and hope to own a Solar.
Sound absolutely massive yet clean. Love it !
25:05 I love that riff! I would watch Merrow's old duncan shootout video all the time just for the riff lol
I think this guitar has the most "Ola tone" there is. its just so brutal 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
This tone gave me chills.
That guitar made me want a solar even more. You’re killing me Ola.
Yoooo, Allan is my guitar teacher and a damn good friend !! He is a phenomenal player!
Them old riffs be gettin my head banging.
I love the smile at 19:58 after hearing the low A note
I like this format a lot. Do more of this please!
0:18 You what's like chopping wood? Check out Trivium's "Sever the Hand" middle section... feels like an entire forest is being cut down!
Always a pleasure watching your videos man. Chug! Been following you since the very start.
Man, Strictly 7, bone crushing tones...it's as if i've been transported back to 2012 and i've just discovered Kieth Merrow and Ola for the first time
Love to have one of those solar guitars they sound awesome
Ola Englund: The man who makes every amp sound the same, and every company build the same guitar.
So I'm not the only person that thinks all the amps sound the same
That's consistency & character 😄
I'm sure Ola is genuinely concerned about the opinion of a bass player.
@@joeyvanostrand3655 :o Ohhh snap!
sounds like something a huge penis would say
25:06 Pillars of Creation riff. So good.
I was caught by suprise, didn't expect that from ola
I still have one. Really like it！
Me too ❤
8:26
I was wondering how he got that insane clarity in drop A. Listening to Devil In White for the first time was a bit of an awakening that seven strings don’t have to be bassy and mushy.
I had no idea your solar proto was based on an S7G!
Jim is a super guy!
I dig my lefty S7G
Chopping wood riffs! \m/
Ola you brilliant.
Ola if you like that Duncan SH-6 Distortion, you will definitely love the SH-5 Custom. Cheers 😎😎
Ola, try a 25.5" to 27" multiscale sevenstring. Good for chugging and good for the solos!
yeees
it's was so obvious, when he said "great lower tones, but the highs are too hard to play" all i could think of was "and that's why you should own a multiscale"
And good for releasing as a Solar guitar as I'd totally buy one.
one of the very best guitar sounds I've ever heard!! Pliny you say?
Just watched the crowbar and clutch virtual concert and kirk from crowbar was shredding on a solar explorer
John Petrucci Ibanez would be amazing. Love this series so much.
Hey Ola, I really enjoy watching these type of videos. As I love all kind of different guitars and especially I love it when I see other guitars than Solar in your videos. Not that I don't like Solar Guitars, I love them, but it gets me like a fresh air. For the Next video I'd really like to see the Washburn V you got with the Dimebolt finish. It's one of my favourite guitars I saw from your collection. Best Regards dude
I listened to this on my shitty work computer speakers, and the low end of that guitar still came through. Insane.
Multiscale is the answer if you want the proper tension for the low end but still have very playable top end.
A moment of silence for those who have been playing on the same strings over quarantine.
Nah, a moment of silence for those who popped strings and didn’t have any spares.
I haven't changed strings since I moved here a year ago....my skin shapes the tone.
What do you mean? You have to change those ?
@Brandon Macon I do fretboard cleaning once in a while, using a cloth more often. My Schecter is almost 10 years old and in a very good condition, and the strings have been on 10% of its lifetime ^^
You can't order strings online? Thats what I did.
"It's like chopping wood"!!! Love you man!!
Great sounding, the "growl"... I'd like to know, if you please, the seymour model set you put on this beautiful axe. Thanx for all your videos, I join my comment to another comment up in this page, your personality is fresh air for many of us... Take care and stay safe.
I really love your guitars especially the reverse headstocks🤘🏼🤘🏼,, I really wish I had a set of strings right now. 🤘🏼
17:00 - See this metal axe man play the Sitar.
I think it sounds freakin awesome on the low and top end. Most of my guitars have a Duncan distortion in the bridge. I have one with the distortion in the back and a jb smashed right next to it and a 59 on the neck. I just put a switch to choose the distortion or the jb, between the two. Works pretty good when you change to leads on the jb or back to the distortion for the insane rhythms.
That tone in the intro... DAMN
When you were chugging on the desk, I could hear the beef in that beefy boy!
I am an advocate for playing 7 string guitars through the Plini plugin. I also love to chug out with the Plini.
You're the best, love these videos!
Ola , stay well , take care
8:36 I was choking on food and genuinely thought Ola asked me if I was ok so I said yes in between coughs
Very interesting story about the guitar, how you got it and the endorsements and everything. It really added to the whole experience of that guitar.
Its nice to hear about the neck size and length and everything too. Its such a long scale! no wonder it is such a workout.
you should get some fret oil or something and tell us a story while making a guitar that needs a face lift look better.
Thanks always for the interesting content :)
Its funny cause I remeber watching an ola video from back when he didn't talk and seen for the first time a Strictly 7 guitar. I loved the look and when I went to find their website all I got was a confusing to navigate forum (though I was young and never had been on an a forum before) but never did find a place to look and or buy a S7 guitar
"On Today's episode of Chopping Wood with Ola..."
Immediate like for the opening riff!!!
Love your channel
Awesome video! Love the Strictly 7,but, that would kill my hands too. You had me wanting a pretzel watching this.
Man, I had an 8 string S7 for about a week. The neck was so uncomfortable to me so I sold it immediately. The best way I could describe it was it was like a 2X4 board with slightly round edges.
Awesome stuff! Love the channel man
Heard you sneak in that pillars of creation riff 🤘 that is a massive axe you got there btw
I fucking loved the riffs you played in this one and it sounded so tight! Loved it :) now I have to go back and compare to the solar 7s to get an idea of a comparison haha. Man, I wanna learn some of those riffs ...
I like checking out guitar collections, I will add a solar to my collection soon, I just gotta figure out how to keep my ol lady from finding out😜
Why do woman not understand we like toys??!!
Love these in depth gear videos keep em coming!
I actually saw this guitar for sale last week on reverb I almost got it but I’m looking for a 30” scale for low drop E tuning
I believe it was signed too
This was a great vid man, the nostalgia and stories are good shit! I give it 5 belches out of 5
Love and respect from Canada 🇨🇦
I ordered your signature model with S7G speced as 8 string, white with black binding, and floyd rose. Thing rips
The Fucking Needle Effect dude.. Older Feared riffs are freaking awesome. You should play those kickass riffs on your videos more often Ola. Cheers
OMG, that riff... like Carcass from their best days!