Solar Left-Handed Guitars Review in [year]

About Solar

Solar Guitars is a Sweden company founded by Ola Englund in 2017. The company produced high-quality electric guitars at mid and high price rates. Solar is oriented on different heavy music genres.

In the range for left-handed players at the company available 6- and 7-string electric guitars.

Left-Handed 6-String Solar Electric Guitars

Solar company offers the following left-handed 6-string electric guitars.

Solar A1.6D LH+ Left-Handed

Left-handed Solar A1.6D LH+ is a solid-body 6-string electric guitar. The guitar is made of an Alder body in a double-cut shape, a Maple neck, and an Ebony fretboard. The finish is an aged natural matte color.

Model A1.6D LH+ has two Duncan Solar+ humbucker pickups, an Evertune F-Type bridge, master Volume and Tone controls, and a 5-way pickups switcher.

Solar E1.6FBB LH Left-Handed

Left-handed Solar E1.6FBB LH is a solid-body 6-string electric guitar in Explorer style. The guitar is made of a Mahogany body with a Maple top in a ‘EX’ shape, a Maple neck, and an Ebony fretboard. The finish is a flame black burst matte color.

Model E1.6FBB LH has two Duncan Solar humbucker pickups, an Evertune F-Type bridge, master Volume and Tone (with push/pull coil split) controls, and a 3-way pickups switcher.

Solar T1.6D LH Left-Handed

Left-handed Solar T1.6D LH is a solid-body 6-string electric guitar. The guitar is made of an Alder body in a one-cut shape, a Maple neck, and an Ebony fretboard. The finish is an aged natural matte color.

Model T1.6D LH has two Duncan Solar humbucker pickups, an Evertune F-Type bridge, master Volume and Tone controls, and a 5-way pickups switcher.

Left-Handed 7-String Solar Electric Guitars

Solar company offers the following left-handed 7-string electric guitars.

All guitars have a longer scale and humbucker pickups for a more “heavy” sound.

Solar A1.7VINTER LH Left-Handed

Left-handed Solar A1.7VINTER LH is a solid-body 7-string electric baritone guitar with a longer scale 673mm/26.5″. The guitar is made of an Alder body in a double-cut shape, a Maple neck, and an Ebony fretboard. The finish is a pearl white matte color.

Model A1.7VINTER LH has two Fishman Fluence Modern humbucker pickups, an Evertune F-Type bridge, master Volume and Tone (push/pull voice changer) controls, and a 3-way pickups switcher.

Solar A2.7C LH Left-Handed

Left-handed Solar A2.7C LH is a solid-body left-handed 7-string baritone electric guitar with a longer scale 673mm/26.5″. The guitar is made with a Mahogany body, a Maple neck, and an Ebony fretboard. The finish is a carbon black matte color.

Model A2.7C LH has two Duncan Solar humbucker pickups, a fixed bridge, master Volume and Tone controls, and a 5-way pickups switcher.

Solar A1.7ROP LH+ Left-Handed

Left-handed Solar A1.7ROP LH+ is a solid-body left-handed 7-string baritone electric guitar with a longer scale 673mm/26.5″. The guitar is made with a Swamp Ash body, a Maple neck, and an Ebony fretboard. The finish is a bloody red open pore color.

Model A1.7ROP LH+ has two Duncan Solar+ humbucker pickups, an Evertune F-Type bridge, master Volume and Tone controls, and a 5-way pickups switcher.

Who Plays Solar Guitars

Although the Solar brand is young, the company has a lot of fans. Most of them play in heavy genres of music. This is in line with the company’s philosophy of “high-quality guitars for heavy music”.

Signature Artists:

• Anders Björler – At The Gates
• Jonas Björler – AT THE GATES / THE HAUNTED
• Tommy Vetterli – CORONER
• Kirk Windstein – CROWBAR / DOWN
• Nocturno Culto – DARKTHRONE
• Johan Niemann – EVERGREY
• Jason Frankhouser – MARTYRED
• Marzi Montazeri
• Martin Larsson – AT THE GATES
• Jensen – THE HAUNTED / WITCHERY
• Ola Englund – THE HAUNTED / FEARED

Featured Artists:

• Baard Torstensen – CLAWFINGER
• Rob van der Loo – EPICA
• Jonas Wolf – ELUVEITIE
• Marcus Siepen – BLIND GUARDIAN
• Rafael Agostino – ARMORED DAWN / Doctor Pheabes
• Jari Mäenpää – WINTERSUN
• Heros Trench – ARMORED DAWN / KORZUS
• Mike Wead – KING DIAMOND
• Tommy “Tankx” Shaffner
• Frank Shane
• Carlos “Los” Garcia – AWAITING ELI
• Tomas Elofsson – HYPOCRISY

More about Solar’s artists you can find on the official site here.

A little bit of music by Abel Hernandez sounds great:

Final Thoughts

I would say that Solar guitars are niche instruments for people in the heavy music world. For those who want a new experience and to stand out among the usual “Big Players” like Jackson or LTD.

Left-handed players can choose from a not too big range of instruments, 6- and 7-string left-handed guitars.

Solar guitars cost money, it’s not a cheap brand with compromises. You get really good materials, assembly, hardware, and electronics.

So, if you are a left-handed mega-brutal-death-hell-metal guitarist, maybe Solar it’s your chance for killer riffs !..!,)

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