Welcome...
... to the Chamber of Farts.
What's up everyone? And welcome to FAQ number 68.
Holy shitface, that's a lot of FAQs that are long
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, or is it? Let me check.
Yes, tomorrow's Christmas Eve.
Boy, I've been to Indonesia this past week and oh...
it's a lot warmer there than in Sweden.
so this FAQ will be a little bit special: it will actually be...
... an FAQ.
I will let you know about the 6 most commonly asked questions
or... okay, let me say it, the 6 most frequently asked questions.
Oh, wow, first FAQ where it actually makes sense
These are the 6 questions that I see the most of, that you're asking me of, so...
That's what I'm gonna do today, there you go, Christmas Ola.
Oh, so much joy and so much cheering for Christmas. Oh, best holiday.
Great.
Wow.
Positive Ola, it's probably because I'm still lagged and you know, still just... Bam.
I'm just in my warm Indonesia...
I was checking guitars by the way, so let's get on with it, I just want to keep this...
...Yeah.
Number 7: "Are you real life Skwisgar?"
Okay, you know I'm probably the last guy on earth...
that have heard and watched 'Metalocapalyose'
I don't know how to say it... 'Metalacopalicks'
'Metalohkellypse'
Metalåkallyps
Metalocalypse, Metalocalypse...
Metalocalypse, great.
Tell me how to say it in the comments, I don't give a shit by the way, so don't.
So this is the cartoon and there's a character called Skwisgaar, so yeah...
And he talks funny, kind of looks like me I guess and yeah...
Yeah, but no, I'm not him.
So you can stop asking.
"Passives versus actives."
Okay.
Great and very frequently asked question
and I don't know how many times I've answered it
but it's fine, because I have a lot of new followers, a lot of new subscribers
and they need to hear my opinion regarding passives versus actives
we're talking pickups by the way, not girlfriends
Active girlfriends...
a lot better than passive girlfriends, but in this case, with pickups...
Passives are my favorite.
I've always liked the dynamics more with the passive pickups.
And also, when they're Alnico based and not ceramic.
The alnicos are not as screechy-sounding as the ceramics
and they just sound a lot better in my opinion.
The Duncan Solar pickups in the Solar Guitars are...
... Alnico pickups.
At least the bridge pickup is an Alnico pickup, this is based on a Custom 5 Alnico
and this is basically like a 59
and I just like how it sounds, very dynamic...
I mean, it really reacts to your playing so like if you chug, you know...
it will sound chugging as hell whereas when you play softer...
you get that... you know, soft gentle touch that all the females want.
So that's what I like about passive pickups.
Active pickups, they're more squashed in a sense.
That doesn't necessarily mean that they sound bad
but it's just more well-suited for, you know, just... pounding.
More of a pounding sound... I did not mean this, just a pounding sound, okay?
My favorite passive pickup...
The custom 5 Alnico by Seymour Duncan
Favourite active pickup: Fishman Fluence Modern, okay? It's an excellent pickup.
It's just a lot better than all the other active pickups.
If you have to go with active pickups, I would advise to go with...
Fishman fluence, my favourite. That's my opinion and not everyone's, ok?
Chill.
Number 5: "How do you managed to get shit done?"
Okay, this is a very common question that I get, but it's asked in a couple of different ways
I mean, a lot of people are asking like how do I manage to make all the YouTube videos
and how do I manage my family and you know...
Manage my family... I just put them into a closet somewhere
No but I mean, how do I manage my family life and my working situation and...
A very easy and great tip that I have for you, I've already said this a bunch of times, but...
is to keep a f***ing book around you at all times, a notebook, and look at this...
What I do to become even more productive, I would say
is basically to just write up all the shit that you want to do.
So here's like... okay.
Basically on every Monday or Sunday evening I write up what I have to do in the coming week, so...
Sunday evening I sit, I think... Oh, okay.
Okay, let's take a page here... Okay, great... No.
What's this?
No, I cannot show that... I cannot show that...
Damn it... Okay, okay.
I just have to censor a couple of things here, okay? Then I'll show you.
A lot of secret shit.
Someone is gonna see anyway... Okay, great, Ola, so...
Here's one week for instance...
I just write up all the things that I need to do that week...
and then I just cross it off whenever I do it.
And when I do it like this it's just a lot easier to handle everything
because then at the Monday I can do like... 'Okay.'
I do the most easiest stuff on the Monday, so I can quickly start writing off stuff like this
So here like, NTS plugin, I did that, check, boom, gone.
And then I do the more hard things on the Tuesday and the Wednesdays
so I start my Monday with doing the things that I know doesn't really take that much time.
And then I just continue and that's how you get shit done.
And this is how I do it and I think it's an excellent way to do it, here for instance I have...
Here I have kind of like a progress sheet for my solo album
I'm not gonna show it too much because it's secret too
And yeah and then I can go back and see like
'Oh shit, I didn't do this' and then I can put it on the next week and stuff like that, so...
that's a very good tip from me to you... oh, it's just like the perfect Christmas gift from me to you.
Awesome, you know... don't spend it all at once.
Number 4: "Show me your tattoos."
This is not a question by the way, you're basically telling me what to do and...
I'm just gonna say it: I do not like when people tell me what to do, okay? But...
For the sake of Christmas and this FAQ I can show you my tattoos, here it is.
Done.
I already did this in a bunch of videos, but here it is, my favorite tribal
I didn't like it on this arm so I moved it to this..
Question number 3: "Axe FX versus Kemper"
Now this is a question I think is asked by...
An owner of either the Kemper or the Axe FX
I think that when you spend that much money on a modeler, people want to justify their purchase
and they want to hear that their purchase is better than the other
because otherwise they wasted all their money or whatever
but I'm gonna answer this question...
Axe FX and Kemper are super amazing products
If you have one, congratulations you are an excellent owner of an excellent piece of modeling equipment.
No, what I want to say is that both Axe FX and the Kemper are great products
they're just a little bit different, I mean the Kemper is a profiler
where you profile your amplifier or whatever or a rig, and you can use another profile...
while the Axe FX is more of a modeler in the sense that you have a set type of modules
with like overdrives and amplifiers, effects and so on and it's a little bit...
it's more like a tweakers delight, the Axe Fx in that sense
while I think that the Kemper is more of a quick, you know...
A little twist on the knob
like that and you're done basically
but I think they sound equally awesome, okay?
And... which one I prefer?
I think it's more about finding what's the most convenient to you.
I have the Ax8 pedal, which is a pedalboard and you know, Axe FX in it
which makes a lot of sense for me because it's easy for me to tour and you know go out there.
If you have a Kemper you might need a footswitch, I don't know...
but if you're just sitting at home, Kemper might be the thing, or an Axe FX, so...
It's more about what applies to you and what you need it for
but if you have a chance to score any of them like for a good price, just get it
you're not gonna be disappointed, okay?
Axe FX versus Kemper, a great question that I avoid answering
Question number 2: "Will there be Solar bass guitars?"
I'm not even kidding, this question is probably the only one that is kind of a real curse in every FAQ video.
And right now I can just say...
Chill the f... No.
No, I'm not gonna say that, because I swear too much... Ola, positive, please be positive, okay.
Like I said before, I do not like to discuss the future of Solar Guitars.
Maybe there will be a Solar bass in like 50 years, I don't know.
Maybe when I decide that bass players are cool or something.
If I have a piece of news I will have a piece of news, will it be in 10 years?
Will it be in one year? I have no f***ing idea.
Oh, positive Ola, I have no freaking idea.
So there you go you can stop ask that question now, please, thank you.
And now exciting... exciting, exciting question number 1
Okay, hold on for this one, question number 1:
"Where do I buy that sick merch that you have for Christmas?"
Ola, I love you, I want to have your babies.
No problem, if you want to buy my merch you go to this olamerch.spreadshirt.se
buy some merch and buy yourself a Christmas present man, just do it
olamerch, buy yourself a cup, you know...
Two t-shirts, one cup.
Perfect, just buy it and you will support my channel, it's amazing.
And yeah that's it, I want to have babies, yes... No.
Alright, that was the most frequently asked questions on my FAQ.
And yeah, that's it, this FAQ is a little shorter, because I had to pre-record it, I'm sorry about that.
That's just how it is, it'a little special.
But guys seriously, again thank you so much for watching my channel, I really appreciate it
I see your comments, you're all amazing human beings
and I love you guys being my followers, it's a pure pleasure
and I hope you see that I'm enjoying doing this, because I genuinely do
and the big reason is that you guys are so awesome and you know, you...
You motivate me to push myself, push my limits, get shit done...
So thank you so much guys, you're...
I could say that you're like...
A great Christmas present to me, in a sense.
So there you go if you liked this video, please put a thumbs up
Subscribe to my channel, you can become a member if you like too, that would be a great Christmas present...
Merry, merry fuck you.