I freaking love Flying V guitars I think
they're absolutely amazing I think they
look the most metal of all the guitars I
mean sure you know the Explorer is kind
of cool the strat's cool too as well the
Les Paul looks like a good serve coffee
on it but the V yeah this this just
looks badass and you know I've been
building up a wide collection of flying
V's over the last few years first and
foremost with this right here this is
the first view I ever had this is my
Jackson performer I got 19.95. I really
like this guitar except for the uh
Stupid input jack put here which makes
it almost impossible to sit with unless
you got a right angled cable and you
know it just kind of gets in the way of
playing and having a good time so this
one doesn't see that much action too
much anymore but I've got a lot of great
V's since then including this beautiful
one from Schechter this thing is just
sick then there's the One of a Kind
custom from vicious guitars in Toronto
those handmade for me oh this thing just
plays is brilliantly if you're in the
market for something truly unique and
truly awesome talk to the vicious
guitars guys then we've got the Harley
button failure uh this one came out of
the factory with the pickups not
grounded correctly because somebody used
enameled paint and the ground couldn't
get to where it needed to go I hear it's
Harley Ben's 25th anniversary this year
so hey all I can say is hey happy
birthday Holly button get well soon I've
also got this incredible LTD Kirk
Hammett signature model it's absolutely
incredible comes in gorgeous bass boat
black I've also got the signature Dave
Mustaine V from the non-shitty version
of Gibson and that's Epiphone and this
totally awesome solar cannibalist movie
in blood red this thing is super cool
but today
I've got the brand new solar V Wolf
Master
let's grab the unboxing table and check
it out
okay we're all set here gonna double
check the unboxing table because the
slight mishap I had last time
seems pretty solid that's the thing I I
got so tired of my last unboxing table
breaking all the time I went up and
bought a new one and I thought it was
Secure and then this happens
let's grab the guitar throw it up on
this table and see what we get
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[ __ ] all right let's grab the Guitar
let's throw it up on the box here let's
see what we get
you know I've been thinking about this
it's like okay so solar guitars is
obviously oldest comedy he's based in
Sweden it's like you know Sweetwater
gives us candy uh what are we supposed
to get in a box of solar guitars like
Swedish meatballs or something that
might be kind of cool but I don't think
they'd last very long though unless they
make a candy version of that I don't
know anyway it doesn't matter I gave up
sugar a couple years ago my wife winds
up getting all the candy anyway
okay I have to get all those Staples
undone let's see what we get
oh boy just what I always wanted another
box at least it looks to be in a
reasonably good shape and uh the Box
didn't come with any UPS speed holes
most importantly it doesn't look like it
was by somebody at DHL it's very
important to bring up the fact that
solar does take the time to double box
their instruments very important stuff
that way the guitar does survive let's
see what we get
oh
gig bag cool awesome all right
things are looking good already and we
get uh ooh this little plastic oh soda
it says solar on it it's black and it
says solar so it's very cool oh I said
so maybe we get to see what this guitar
is all about finally
love the gig bag idea though I mean
that's the thing about bees though if
you get hard shell cases for them
they're usually [ __ ] gigantic so I
much do prefer gig bags for this sort of
thing let's see what we get you guys get
the first look here
and it's wrapped up okay cool
that's light wow that's really light I
don't know if that's even lighter than
the cannibalism hmm okay all right we're
gonna take a real quick look at this in
just a minute let me get rid of the
unboxing table
oops yeah sorry about that Alderaan
anyway let's get on to it okay I've been
dying to see what the hell this thing
looks like
let's just get the wrapping off this and
see what we get
it's a blonde
let's see oh look at that is that
roasted maple
what is going on then so the the
fretboard and the neck are the same
color look at that
that's kind of cool you can even say
it's got a woody
okay wow check that out
single pickup white body it's in matte
finish this is kind of a solar signature
kind of thing they don't really do a lot
of glossy guitars a lot of them I've
seen them have this cool matte finish
and I like that a lot we got a push pull
volume knob uh and looks like a kill
switch instead of a tone control I gotta
say that's really sick as well input
Jacks in the back this is great because
you can sit with this guitar this way
and it should be absolutely fine but
most importantly it's got a Floyd as
well and this looks to be an actual
Floyd Road it's not a licensed Floyd
Rose very cool check this out the neck
joint right here goes from matte finish
to Satin finish and it's Flawless that
is a really nice joint that's very well
done and first inspection of the
fretwork
nothing popping out nothing scratchy
not bad okay a couple scratchy Frets
right up here about the 20th fret could
maybe just use a little bit more filing
other than that it's smooth as glass
right up until about the 16th to the the
18th it just feel the last couple frets
look like they could just get taken down
ever so slightly I'll have to get up the
emery board and do that so I'm gonna
dock points there uh
yeah honestly that's kind of
kind of disappointing to be completely
truthful with you guys because I expect
better from solar every guitar I've had
from them come into the studio has just
been absolutely Flawless uh so to get
just a little bit of fret work that
needs to be taken care of
um that's a little bit on the
disappointing side not a complete deal
breaker though but uh just a little
heads up to everybody at solar hey make
sure you double inspect those for that
fretwork and make sure that's getting
out of the factory and it's smooth
because your reputation is riding on it
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finally got it unboxing got everything
set up I've got a 6505 1992 original uh
sitting back here that's the reissue of
the original block loader I got a video
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good with that one though by the way but
yo this is I love how this guitar says
this is you know your typical solar
guitar you know nice bevels no nice
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and you know it comes out of the factory
tuned ready to go
[ __ ] right well there you go that's
got a Floyd on it so somebody obviously
you know did some homework there setting
it up
yeah intonation seems great you know
all right let's fire this thing up and
see what we get it's a lovely kill
switch here and
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you guys are seeing this right I'm
heading the kill switch
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you can hear that being I think I'm
gonna have to put some Springs behind
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but not getting anything out of the
instrument
um the solar system should be a bad
guitar
well this does have a Fishman and let's
take a look here
and oh there's a problem right there
no battery
seriously guys what the [ __ ] up with
that let me let me just have a quick
look here make sure there and see if I
missed it you know in the case somewhere
or something like that this could be
completely my fault okay we've got a
nice accessory bag here it's got the
Allen Keys it's got the strap locks it's
got the whammy arm all that kind of
stuff and even a card here did anybody
sign off on this the warranty book clip
no but it's got a nice picture of Ola so
you can you know they frame that put
that up on your wall I guess
but uh no no no signal oh hang on we do
have an inspection card here
and nope that's for the strings okay
blacksmith strings no no no sign off on
the inspection here
okay the plot thickens I hope there's a
nine volt because I don't have any here
in the studio I just ran out nothing
there let me double check my box well I
just tore apart the box and I'm sad to
report that no there is no nine volt to
be found I mean I'd really like to hear
this guitar I'd like to show how great
it plays but right now this is all we're
getting
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pretty well of course I don't know what
happens when you plug it in [ __ ] sakes
guys what the hell I mean geez I love
solar guitars I really do I mean like
I've been a fan of Olas playing for
years full disclosure here we've been
buddies since about 2005. uh when we're
all hanging out on the Andy Snoop Forum
together you know I've seen his his
career take off mine's taken off all
that kind of stuff and I'm more than
happy to support him in his Endeavors
because I think he makes really [ __ ]
cool guitars I remember when he was
working with strictly seven and then he
moved over to Washburn and then went
into business for himself and have just
watched it take off and it's like
[ __ ] right dude good for you you know
and I love his guitars like I said I
love my cannibalismo it's such a [ __ ]
cool guitar that X Series I demoed a
while back that's [ __ ] cool too I
love the look of this [ __ ] thing I
mean like yeah like white V hell yeah
I'm you know guitar companies always
send me black guitars and I'm like so be
something brighter it'll look good on
camera this is a gorgeous looking guitar
I have no idea how it sounds because now
I gotta go to the [ __ ] story by
[ __ ] diamond so seriously guys what
the hell talk about spiking the ball on
a one yard line let's put it this way
you're making it exceptionally difficult
to give you guys a good review this is
you know this isn't like Gibson [ __ ]
up the paint bad no no this is just like
a minor oversight and a bit inconvenient
for me but come on seriously guys next
time you ship one of these things up
make sure you ship a [ __ ] battery
with it all right I'd love to hear this
guitar I'm sure you would too but we're
gonna have to pick that up in part two
because I got other things to do I live
like out in the Barb so now I gotta go
find a store and go find a [ __ ] nine
volt yay me to be continued