Solar A2.6 Trans Blood Red Matte

A new breed in metal guitars?

- Jonathan Horsley

No-one should be surprised when they take the Solar A2.6 out of the case. Sure, you might gasp at how anyone could make a hot-rodded S-style electric look like the sort of lethal weapon you wouldn’t be allowed in the venue with, far less play a show with, but this is exactly the sort of design Ola Englund has had on his mind long before announcing his new company, Solar Guitars, in November last year.

As guitarist with The Haunted and Six Feet Under, extreme metal is his bread and butter, and that in turn demands an extreme instrument. With its sharp cutaways, ergonomic contours, and a head stock that you could hunt boar with, it looks the part – and anyone who is familiar with Englund’s signature Wash burn PX Solar series will recognise the silhouette.