Hello everyone and welcome to my FAQ number 50 from Norway
That's the road over there, these are my kids and my wife
Yeah, so this FAQ is gonna be a little bit different
Obviously, I'm not in Sweden and in my office, I'm here, which is ... different, I guess.
I'm actually on vacation together with my family
So, I thought I would just make it from here and just, you know, see the sights while answering your questions
"Ciao Ola, I was wondering, would you show us a bit of your vlogging setup and how you edit your videos?"
For vlogging, I'm simply just using my iPhone X to film everything and ...
I mean, the camera is more than enough for vlogging
And recently I also bought this Osmo Gimbal as well
Which I use to ... You know, stabilize the movement on my iPhone
So, whenever I want a steady shot, I use the Gimbal, or I just take up the iPhone and film by hand
And for all the drone shots, I have this Mavic Air that I also recently bought
which is really small and awesome
When you fold it in, it becomes so small
And it's my first drone, so I'm very proud about my drone and it shoots amazing video, I must say
So I'm very happy about my drone, so yeah ...
That's what I'm using for vlogging at the moment. So, there you go.
"Where did you come up with that Solar design by the way (the logo)?"
Oh, nature, boy.
Yeah, my wife drew that logo for me back in ... I think it was 2010 or 2011
At first it was the solar sign for Ola Englund
And if you figure it out, it has O-L-A in it somewhere
And now I've decided to make that logo a part of Solar Guitars instead
So I'm not personally gonna use the logo anymore, it's a Solar Guitar thing now.
So, there you go, my wife designed it. How nice of her, huh?
"Hi Ola, greetings from South Africa. Not sure if you answered this already
"but what do you think about Periphery?"
Yeah, I'm a big fan of Periphery.
I heard Misha's song, you know, Icarus Lives, back in the day over at myspace
And I don't remember which singer it was, but it was just such an awesome song and ...
I heard it, I fell in love with it.
My favorite album of theirs is Periphery II, I just think it's the most complete album of theirs
No, Periphery II. What did I say? Did I say 3?
Periphery II is their best album
So yes, I do enjoy Periphery every once in a while and ...
Something I do enjoy as well is this incredible view
Can't really capture that on this camera, but it's insane basically
"Hi Ola, what kind of things do you do with your family to spend time with them? Can you tell us about them??
Yeah, so I like to go on vacation with my family
and just try and spend as much time as possible I can when I'm not working
Like right now, we're ...
Here, by this beautiful setting
And my daughter is not super happy, but ...
I just want to show you how much I'm with my family. It's so important that you love your family.
Okay, let's go.
"Привет Ola, have you ever been to St. Petersburg, Russia?
"It's one of the most beautiful and inspiring city in the world, you will ...
"You will learn Russian language a bit, by the way"
Yeah, I haven't been to St. Petersburg, but I'm going to Moscow in October, for a workshop
So that's gonna be awesome, my first time in Russia. So I'm really looking forward to that.
And ...
Yeah, so if you're in Moscow or in Russia, you have a chance to go check me out
5th, I think it's the 5th of October. I'll link it somewhere down here, okay?
"Hola Ola, I use adblock to watch all your videos. How does that make you feel? I really don't care, cheers."
Oh, that's ... that's all so incredibly edgy. I have something in my backpack for you, 2 seconds.
Here it is, down here.
"Hey Ola, love your vids
"I was wondering, what are the general thoughts about Americans in your opinion, by Swedes?
"If I were to walk into a local pub, would I be welcome?
If you go as an American to Sweden, you're probably gonna have an easy time going because it's ...
Oh, yeah, that's a shoe, shit. There's a bunch of shoes over there.
I mean, when you go to Sweden
All the Swedes just want to use their perfect English with you.
So you're not gonna have a hard time at all, you are gonna have it easy over there.
So do not worry at all. You're gonna have an awesome time in Sweden.
And yeah, we're riding this train right now.
It's a little underwhelming, but the kids love it
This song man ... It's tripping me out.
"Hola Ola, after Jari Maenpaa tried a Solar Guitar
"Did he have any feedback for you about the guitar apart from putting a different pickup?
"Is there anything else he would change? Was the feedback positive? Tack, greetings from Manchester"
Well, it actually started with Jari actually buying a couple of guitars, without me even knowing
And then he contacted me and he gave me his opinions about the guitar and he loves the guitars
And he gave me some opinions about the Evertune bridge. That was really insightful.
That I haven't really been thinking about before, so that was awesome
And since then he's ordered even more guitars. So I'm happy to say that he seems like he likes the guitars
And I'm very proud and happy about that.
He has a video out where he compares the Duncan Solar pickups with the EMG 81 pickups.
So, you check it out. I'll link up here probably, here's the link, you can check it out.
Okay, so, Jari of Wintersun, that's awesome.
Makes me really really proud about myself, that he likes the guitars, makes me so happy.
Do you know the way to Bergen?
No?
Do you know if there's a Starbucks nearby?
Apple Store? No? Okay, thank you.
"Hey Ola, I was just wondering if you have a preferred pic thickness
"If you have answered this before, I apologize. Love the burps."
Yeah, I'm using two types of guitar picks. I'm using this one, I don't know if you can see it.
It's a Sculpted Plectra, Dunlop 1.4 and then I also use the regular small Tortex 1.14
These Tortex 1.14, is like the standard guitar pick that I use
And sometimes I use these Plectra 1.4, they're really good for shredding basically, I like to have that.
But yeah, so there you go.
Those are the picks that I use.
And look at the view here, it's absolutely amazing.
Very majestic, I love it.
So, Swedish word of the day: Runka Bulle.
Which is a game in Sweden where you, as a gang of guys obviously
Stand over a cinnamon bun and jerk off basically
The point of the game is to jerk off as quickly and come as quickly as possible over the cinnamon bun
And the one that comes last ...
Has to eat the cinnamon bun.
And ... Now you're thinking ...
I did such a good job getting all the women to my channel
And this is probably the moment they will all unsubscribe to my channel, so that's great.
Swedish word of the day, thank you.
"Tjena Ola, do you follow these talented young guitarists like David Maxim Micic, Plini and Jacob Zytecki?"
Yeah, David Maxim Micic and Plini and Jacob ...
I'm not too familiar with Jacob, to be honest. I've heard a bit of his playing.
I know he's an awesome player, I met him at Namm.
But David Maxim Micic and his Bilo number 3 ...
What the hell is that? Oh, it's a f***ing waterfall.
That's why I can't hear shit here
Yeah, so, I heard Bilo 3.0 and I was so inspired by that short EP
and it's almost like listening to anime soundtracks again in some way.
I mean, I really liked the musicianship that he did for that EP
And it actually inspired me so much that I wrote Solar Part 1
So, definitely a very big inspiration for me.
And Plini, I have an awesome story, when we toured with The Haunted in Australia
He came out to our Sydney show and he was in the pit.
Respect for that. And I met him afterwards, the next day, we had a cup of coffee ...
I really enjoy his music too, I mean it's really like ...
Really good 'feel-good music'
And now that we've been travelling through Norway I've had a chance to listen to both David and Plini again
And it's just perfect travelling music, I must say. it's like really really easygoing music.
So yeah, If you have not checked out David Maxim Mici, Plini or Jacob, do so because it's definitely worth it.
There you go. Next question.
"Hey Ola, if you see someone on YouTube playing a Solar Guitar, and they don't play that well
"Do you consider that a bad look for the Solar brand?"
I don't think it's a problem. I mean, it's ... you have to understand that everyone starts somewhere.
And even if I'm happy with ...
Like, a shredder playing a Solar guitar on YouTube, you know, really like shredding it out. I mean ...
It's not a shredders' guitar, it's a guitar for everyone.
And it's not about competition either. It's like ... it's about having fun.
And you know, finding a guitar that suits you and your needs basically.
So, beginner, pro ...
Doesn't matter everyone's a good advocate for Solar Guitars.
So there you have it, best salesman's pitch ever.
I should probably burp just to ... rectify that.
Great.
Here I come.
So that's it for this 50th FAQ, thank you so much for staying with me, if you're still here watching ...
I really appreciate it, I say it a lot of times but you know what?
You guys are awesome. I don't think I'm saying it quite enough times.
So, just before I end, I just want to talk a little bit about my youtube membership thing.
If you saw my Nevermore cover this past week ...
I made an extra video for youtube membership members that shows how I mixed that video
So if you become like a YouTube member you'll see a lot more content like that coming.
So, it's 5 bucks a month, you'll be helping me out, I'll be bringing you content, downloads, whatever
And yeah, so check that out.
If you have any questions, please post them in the comment section of this video.
And subscribe, see you next time. Bye.
Oh, wrong lever, bye.