After years haven't played guitar, I've bought a used a2.7blop+ with a coroner logo on its truss rod cover (maybe the owner before like to swap things) After having this beast, the next guitar i wanted to buy is another solar 😂 I'm Indonesian, even here it's hard to find available seller because of the company export oriented. Also it's quite expensive in Indonesian standard, and not too popular because of brand metal heavy oriented. Btw, Wildwood Indonesia the company who build these guitar also makes Schecter, PRS(SE), D’Angelico, Yamaha, Fender, ESP(LTD), Supro, Jackson, and Dean, chapman and many others.
Solar guitars? Do they recharge with the power of the sun? Now that's cool. In all seriousness, I'm learning a lot about guitars with your videos, keep up the good work brother
Thanks, glad to make some interesting educational content. I'm pretty sure it's called Solar because the guy's name is Ola, so sOLAr but that's my guess
Nice comparison! I just bought my first "high end" prestige from ibanez, and definitely nice to practice with a guitar with that quality feel. For my next ones though ,your perspective of instruments getting some jobs nicely done, without pay8ng everytime the premium price is talking to me.
It could be great to find an inexpensive guitar that feels expensive. Unfortunately a lot of the expense goes into making a guitar a quality instrument, so at best lower cost guitars might come close to that feel. Not to say they're un-usuable of course
The thing i love about solar is that most of them come without high-end pickups so the cost is lower. Just because you can always change pickups for pretty low cost but for example stainless steel frets are gonna be a lot more expensive upgrade
Can't disagree there. Played in isolation I wish they had a bit more, but they fit in my mixes really well and on the non-evertune guitars they sound a bit better to my ear
I find Solar to be of unusual dimension. The body ( and the headstock) is smaller than a strat or a tele, but the thickness is 45 mm. So my tele Solar is heavier than the Squier Jazzmaster, but the sound is much thinner, plugged or unplugged, although both guitars are alder. I was really surprised how bright the guitar is, brighter then the G&L Cantrell which is all maple, also 45 mm thick but a much larger and heavier body. The pickups have a sort of muddiness in the low mids which takes time to get used with and which favour a less gainy amp, although they are medium-high output. The small headstock makes also the tuning somewhat cumbersome. The tuners feel cramped in there.
My real concern with the Indonesian models is whether they've handled the issues with the fingerboards cracking. Not sure if it was a seasoning issue (Indonesia being more humid than most of the customer environments) or what.
I remember when that all was going on. Thankfully I haven't had any issues. As soon as I get them, I use lemon oil on the fretboard since I restring and set them up after a day of acclimation
@@Sticky_Tea It could be a batch that was having issues. I've had that happen with strings before. Could have been a batch of wood that was seasoned improperly and happened to be used on a bunch of guitars.
I think all of my Indonesian made guitar have had issues with the electronics (grounding, shielding, etc …) but plays fine otherwise. My 8 string with Fishman moderns was far noisier than my Mexican Strat with single coils, and that was on cleans. Had to get the entire thing re-soldered, then it worked like a charm. Do you have a general opinion on the quality between Korean and Indonesian mid-range guitars? Never owned a Korean myself, but there are some LTD baritones I'm eyeing at the moment.
Bummer about the wiring but that's par for the course basically. Korean guitars in general are higher quality than Indonesian made guitars, however the ID guitars of today are as quality as the KR guitars of over 10 years ago I'd say. I've also noticed that cramming in high end features onto budget guitars tends to lower the overall quality since they're built to a price point
Ah that's unfortunate. I haven't gotten my hands on a new lprean guitar in a while. I can say Japanese QA on ibanez prestiges isn't quite as reliable as it used to be. Wiring issues and neck misalignments
I see you have many Solar guitars, so you’re probably the right person to ask you this: Have you had any cracked fretboard on your solars? I have seen some people, mainly on Facebook groups, reporting that issue. Saw one today where the cracked happened near the logo.
Good question. I haven't had a single one of my solars develop any cracks anywhere. I condition the fretboard about a day after I get them when I'm doing a full setup and then twice a year and have had zero issues. The only issues I've had with solars is that one or two of them have had minor finish imperfections, but these can't be seen unless you put your face right up to them - impossible to see in my videos for example, and I like it tbh
Compared to ESP and Jackson prices for similar models, Solar is more affordable. Compared to Gibson and Fender, they’re cheap! However, compared to Harley Benton, I definitely see your point.
I am a fender/gibson guy. I don’t even have any ibanez or ltd anymore. I really doubt ill ever buy a solar/chapman/merrow schecter or any youtuber guitars. I want guitars designed in the 50’s
Those older design guitars certainly have a vibe and feel to them and if it works for you, that's great! All about picking the tools for the job that work for us
I like your energy, man. That's the only reason I just subscribed to you. And your voice is so relaxing. Thank you for sharing yourself with us
Thank you for the kind words! I'll keep making talking videos as long as I have something to say
As always, great video! I’ve been wondering about buying an EU or an Indonesian, so this is really helpful content indeed.
Thank you and glad this was useful!
After years haven't played guitar, I've bought a used a2.7blop+ with a coroner logo on its truss rod cover (maybe the owner before like to swap things)
After having this beast, the next guitar i wanted to buy is another solar 😂
I'm Indonesian, even here it's hard to find available seller because of the company export oriented. Also it's quite expensive in Indonesian standard, and not too popular because of brand metal heavy oriented.
Btw, Wildwood Indonesia the company who build these guitar also makes Schecter, PRS(SE), D’Angelico, Yamaha, Fender, ESP(LTD), Supro, Jackson, and Dean, chapman and many others.
I didn't know that! Good thing you managed to get one. The A series feels really good to play in seven string form. Hopefully you enjoy!
Solar guitars? Do they recharge with the power of the sun? Now that's cool. In all seriousness, I'm learning a lot about guitars with your videos, keep up the good work brother
Thanks, glad to make some interesting educational content. I'm pretty sure it's called Solar because the guy's name is Ola, so sOLAr but that's my guess
Just found your channel, I’ve been wanting more comparison style videos these! you just earned a new sub👍🏼
Thanks! I appreciate that
Man, you are pumping out great content lately. Keep it up! Great channel.
Thanks! I'm lucky enough right now to be in a good place to make content, have ideas, and be able to have this all be useful information
Nice comparison! I just bought my first "high end" prestige from ibanez, and definitely nice to practice with a guitar with that quality feel.
For my next ones though ,your perspective of instruments getting some jobs nicely done, without pay8ng everytime the premium price is talking to me.
It could be great to find an inexpensive guitar that feels expensive. Unfortunately a lot of the expense goes into making a guitar a quality instrument, so at best lower cost guitars might come close to that feel. Not to say they're un-usuable of course
I like you dawg, I like your straight to the point, casual opinion, sometimes thats what I want to hear, a real opinion based on personal experience
Thank you for the kind words! My goal is to make useful videos that answer the question with no tricks or anything
The thing i love about solar is that most of them come without high-end pickups so the cost is lower. Just because you can always change pickups for pretty low cost but for example stainless steel frets are gonna be a lot more expensive upgrade
Yeah! It reminds me of the INF pickups Ibanez used to use. We'd swap those right out immediately! Although the Solar pickups are surprisingly usable
I actually really liked the duncan solar pickups even on their cheaper guitars.
Can't disagree there. Played in isolation I wish they had a bit more, but they fit in my mixes really well and on the non-evertune guitars they sound a bit better to my ear
Great content. Thanks!
Glad you liked it!
Great sharing as always. 👍🤗
Thank you as always my friend!
Got a Solar A2.7C (LH) and a plethora of guitars to go down the rabbit hole for lefties. It's math at the end of the day
Nice, the 2.7 is a fantastic guitar. Both the alder and ash models sound good. Rabbit hole is definitely correct 😆
I find Solar to be of unusual dimension. The body ( and the headstock) is smaller than a strat or a tele, but the thickness is 45 mm. So my tele Solar is heavier than the Squier Jazzmaster, but the sound is much thinner, plugged or unplugged, although both guitars are alder. I was really surprised how bright the guitar is, brighter then the G&L Cantrell which is all maple, also 45 mm thick but a much larger and heavier body. The pickups have a sort of muddiness in the low mids which takes time to get used with and which favour a less gainy amp, although they are medium-high output. The small headstock makes also the tuning somewhat cumbersome. The tuners feel cramped in there.
I was all about thin wizard necks when i was younger. But time taught me chunkier necks are more comfy and may sound a bit better too
Both have theirs strengths for sure. Playing a thicker neck all day is more comfortable. Still nothing like shredding on a wizard though!
so beautiful view and beautiful place..
Thanks, I tried to make this corner look decent
As a subscriber to your channel, you're famous to me and I'd awkwardly say "Hey, I love your UA-cam channel" if we crossed paths. 😊
Thank you! I'm glad that someone likes my videos
To me, the EU Made Solar is a bit overpriced comparing with Ibanez or even E-II... As always, great video bro!
Thanks, glad you liked the video
I'm very surprised the EU one doesn't have a rolled fretboard. I think that's a pretty big detriment.
Agreed. It's not the end of the world but definitely makes me think twice about any future EU Solars
My real concern with the Indonesian models is whether they've handled the issues with the fingerboards cracking. Not sure if it was a seasoning issue (Indonesia being more humid than most of the customer environments) or what.
I remember when that all was going on. Thankfully I haven't had any issues. As soon as I get them, I use lemon oil on the fretboard since I restring and set them up after a day of acclimation
I've had 5 Solars from varying years, no fret board issues
Not sure if that's luck or the issue is bloated
@@Sticky_Tea
It could be a batch that was having issues. I've had that happen with strings before. Could have been a batch of wood that was seasoned improperly and happened to be used on a bunch of guitars.
@@nicholastotoro7721 coukd be, because all of the posts go back to a few years back when Solar main warehouse moved to Spain and then silence.
I think all of my Indonesian made guitar have had issues with the electronics (grounding, shielding, etc …) but plays fine otherwise. My 8 string with Fishman moderns was far noisier than my Mexican Strat with single coils, and that was on cleans. Had to get the entire thing re-soldered, then it worked like a charm. Do you have a general opinion on the quality between Korean and Indonesian mid-range guitars? Never owned a Korean myself, but there are some LTD baritones I'm eyeing at the moment.
Bummer about the wiring but that's par for the course basically. Korean guitars in general are higher quality than Indonesian made guitars, however the ID guitars of today are as quality as the KR guitars of over 10 years ago I'd say. I've also noticed that cramming in high end features onto budget guitars tends to lower the overall quality since they're built to a price point
Koean QC has been lacking as of late, Buy Japanese/japan exclusive imports
Ah that's unfortunate. I haven't gotten my hands on a new lprean guitar in a while. I can say Japanese QA on ibanez prestiges isn't quite as reliable as it used to be. Wiring issues and neck misalignments
great review. quit saying "like".
Like totally
The new ab 2.6 mk ii guitars are made in China
A shootout with these two, one of those and a s by solar in the mix would be great
That's a good idea! I currently don't have any plans to buy one but if one comes my way, I'll definitely do this
I see you have many Solar guitars, so you’re probably the right person to ask you this: Have you had any cracked fretboard on your solars?
I have seen some people, mainly on Facebook groups, reporting that issue. Saw one today where the cracked happened near the logo.
Good question. I haven't had a single one of my solars develop any cracks anywhere. I condition the fretboard about a day after I get them when I'm doing a full setup and then twice a year and have had zero issues. The only issues I've had with solars is that one or two of them have had minor finish imperfections, but these can't be seen unless you put your face right up to them - impossible to see in my videos for example, and I like it tbh
I don't know why, but "I'm not a hand doctor" made me laugh
Dang it Jim, I'm a guitarist not a hand doctor!
Liked the review... annoyed with all the "likes" the youth use when they explain anything. Petty, I know, just my honest thought. Well done.
Thank you for the like
Solar guitars have many advantages, but their critical downside is that they are expensive X(.
A lot of them do end up being more expensive than one might hope. There are some good deals but many of the upper spec ones are as you say
The price for what you get is still very competitive on the market though.
@@cycomiles4225 That's right, there are already a lot of ridiculously expensive instruments on the market.
@@콩실뮤직 Yeah well...USA and European made guitars are gonna be expensive. Theres a lot of shit that factors in the price.
Compared to ESP and Jackson prices for similar models, Solar is more affordable. Compared to Gibson and Fender, they’re cheap! However, compared to Harley Benton, I definitely see your point.
I am a fender/gibson guy. I don’t even have any ibanez or ltd anymore. I really doubt ill ever buy a solar/chapman/merrow schecter or any youtuber guitars.
I want guitars designed in the 50’s
Those older design guitars certainly have a vibe and feel to them and if it works for you, that's great! All about picking the tools for the job that work for us