The problem with Skyrim is that, always, when I do a character like this in a videogame or something like that
I always try to make him as ugly as possible
But here in Skyrim, it's ... like, I can't really do anything.
They look ugly, but it's not like it's monstrous or anything like that.
Not like in Mass Effect! That was a good game.
What's up beautiful people? Welcome to another frequently asked questions video
I have a bunch of really good questions today, I'm really excited!
First, I just wanted to say thank you guys.
You f***ing rock, okay? You're awesome. I love your questions. I love your support.
You're just being awesome. I think the key word for today is just "awesome". Just, everything is awesome
Except the weather: it sucks.
"So what are your thoughts about the new Ibanez A"c" series ...
Ser ... A "Zed" series"
A ... zeez ... z ... zzfff
Duck it.
So, when I was at Larvik Gitar Festival, I got a chance to try out the new Ibanez A"c" series
I'm gonna be completely honest, I really enjoyed them.
You know, when I picked one up, I thought like "okay, it's probably gonna feel like an Ibanez"
every Ibanez kind of feels like another Ibanez in a way
But I was pleasantly surprised that it was not feeling like the regular Ibanez
it was definitely feeling like something else and it was nice, it was just really nice.
I'm not sure if the prices are good or not, I didn't really pay attention to the specs
but they felt really good, and I think the roasted maple will look well, so well done Ibanez!
"HiOla, how did you get the sound from the chorus part of the song "the mare"?
Seems like a simple lick to me, but for some reason it sounds great. What's the secret? Lov u"
Oh, I love you too buddy.
You need obviously a guitar, which kind of makes sense. Then you need audio.
I have to listen to this song, I don't remember how it went.
Okay, you need to have your guitar tuned to Drop C, okay? And the rhythm guitar is basically very simple, so:
That's it, but I think what you're talking about that makes that kind of eerie sound is that I'm using an ebow
So let's try it out and see how it works. Any battery? Yeah.
So what I have is basically two different signals: one high and one low ebow.
So, I'll try the high ebow ...
and then the slow bend
That's it, but it gives it that little scary type of sound to that song.
So, I like those simple kind of tricks that you can use. Okay, next question.
"Ola, do you enjoy a few memes now and then? If so, how dank do they get?"
I do enjoy a bunch of memes now and then, I don't really stay up to date
but, you know, a good guy to follow is PewDiePie, he's good with the memes.
BUT CAN YOU DO THIS?
Oh, you can't, okay. I thought you could.
No.
That's me making the ... yeah. That ... yeah, that didn't work. I hurt myself instead.
"Hey Ola, what's your take on bands like Rings of Saturn? Too much?
Or do you enjoy listening to very technical guitars in metal? Cheers from Oregon USA."
To be honest, I'm not that familiar with Rings of Saturn, I've heard some of the songs
and it's definitely very technical, but it's not something I particularly enjoy
Yeah, I definitely respect what they're doing, they're really awesome players.
Did I just spit on myself? I probably did.
"Hey Ola, will you ever answer one of my questions? Thank you"
I Will. One day, buddy, one day.
"How far ...
"How far apart do you pan your rhythm guitars when recording?"
How far apart I pan my rhythm guitars?
I do 100% left and right, so as far left and as far right as possible basically.
And then I have the bass guitar in the center, okay?
"Would you rather drink a ... "
Okay.
"Would ... Would you rather drink a litre ...
"Would you rather drink a liter of piss or a teaspoon of semen?"
F**k man, where do you get all these questions from? It's a really good question, I must say
I would definitely drink piss. I mean, semen is ...
... Yeah.
Yeah, I guess it depends on whose semen it is.
"Where did he get that sick testament t-shirt in the studio tour video? I cannot find it anywhere!"
I guess you're referring to this awesome testament t-shirt, and it's a cool story
I actually got it from Eric Peterson in Testament at Waken two years ago
"Ola, important question, is it better with or without condom? What's your opinion?"
Okay, I'm getting good questions now in this FAQ. I'm ... I am ... yeah ... Yeah.
"Is the Ax8 your solution to the backline rental problem when playing in different countries?"
Yeah, it's a very convenient way for me to get around and get my type of sound through any type of amplifier
So what I do is I bring my Ax8, I plug it into whatever FX loop of a backline amplifier that there is at the venue
and absolute worst case scenario I can hook up my Ax8 directly to the mixing board or the front of house
And I have a sound, so I still have my my type of sound everywhere, basically.
So, yeah, it's definitely a good solution, I totally recommend it.
"Why is your name 'Englund' and not 'England'? it always bugged me."
Okay, first of all, Englund is not England, okay?
England is a country, Englund, my last name, is a mix of two words: Eng and Lund
And Eng is basically a meadow, you know
and Lung is a grove, so my last name means "meadow grove" basically
And it's an old swedish surname, so yeah, it has nothing to do with England .
"You deserve 10 million subscribers"
That's what I'm saying the whole time.
Why isn't it happening?
All right, it's because I swear. I said that the last time, that's right.
@#&%! #%&@#! &@#%!
Shit, that's getting censored for sure.
Shit, I even startled myself there.
"How looks your ... how looks your face without a beard?"
"I'm sitting on the toilet doing a big poop while watching this"
Kudos to you, buddy, I'm happy for you.
"Yo Ola, do you enjoy old school video games at all? If so any favorites?"
Of course, but the thing is that I played those old school games when they were new back in the day
I mean I've been playing video games since the late 80s, you know.
I played Commodore 64 and Amiga, obviously Nintendo and Sega, the Sega Master System ...
I think the Sega Master System was the first console I ever owned and I think it was when I was 7 years old.
Yeah, all these old games, I played most of them because I played a lot of games back in the day
So, any favorites? I think, like, the first Doom, I remember when that came around.
It was just, you know, the first of its kind. I mean, you had Wolfenstein 3D before, but Doom was just Horror.
I mean the first time you ever saw horror in a sense, you know, that it was First-person
and it was just totally blowing my mind, because, I mean, you look at it now and it's laughable
but back in the day you'd never seen anything like that and it was so f***in' scary. It was awesome. I love Doom.
"Opinions about room acoustic treatment. Thank you."
I don't really go after a specific formula for, you know, treating my room
but what I do is basically I have panels over here. Maybe I can show you real quick.
So on this side of room I have Auralex panels, so it basically covers the whole part of that wall.
On the other side here, from now on, I also have curtains, and behind those curtains are my green screen wall.
so what I'm doing is that I'm adding a bunch of absorption in my room
and you can see I also have curtains there that are pretty thick and my carpet is kind of fixed
So, I just basically fill my room with a good absorption.
You know, it's a rectangular room, it's not perfect for audio engineering
but at least, with all these absorbing materials, I kill most of the reflections that I kind of think are annoying
So yeah, I don't really go for a formula,
but there's a bunch of YouTube guides out there you can check out if you want to learn about that.
"Hola Ola, I really like your guitars, but not the logo on the 12th fret.
In my not so humble opinion that's not a brand, but a signature guitar
maybe you can have a run of guitars without the logo, so we can have a Solar guitar and not Ola's guitar
I, you know what I mean."
Alright, so I know there's a lot of people that do not like the Solar logo
and before answering this question
I just want to make sure you understand that I'm not using the Solar logo anymore for myself.
The Solar logo is only being used for the Solar guitars brand
So, it's become the logo for the Solar guitars brand now, and I'm not using it personally.
Just to start off, I know a lot of people they see that logo, they think about me, okay?
And that makes total sense, I know. And you know what? I like having the logo there, it looks good.
Designwise it takes the eye to the center of the guitar, and I like that
I know and I understand that it's not for everyone, but you know it's a design decision that I went with
and I think it was a good decision, because the guitars are sold out all the time.
Oh, that was the last question, okay, good.
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