Solar Guitars expands its roasted maple necks and fanned fret options in latest 11-strong drop

Solar sure knows how to do a guitar drop. In true Solar fashion, the metal guitar brand – which is owned by YouTuber and Swedish shredder Ola Englund – has debuted 11 fresh models, which bolster its collection of fanned fret and roasted maple neck-equipped axes.

Highlights from the latest batch include the six- and seven-string White Matte A1 models, which are the brand’s first instruments to pair roasted maple fretboards with a fanned fret layout.

Roasted maple fretboards can be found throughout the revamped lineup, and have been equipped to the new Gloss-finished double-cut AB1 models, as well as a pair of freshly finished GC single-cut alternatives.

Two bass guitars also make the cut – though don’t flash anything too ground-breaking, save eye-popping Metallic Blues Gloss and Candy Apple Red Gloss colorways – as does a sole baritone guitar, which sports a fancy flamed maple veneer.

Solar’s latest drop also flashes a range of neat colorways, from the left-handed A1’s Antique Natural Matte to the A2’s Trans Purple Matte.

Read on for full breakdown of the newest Solar six-strings.

Solar A1.6W-FF

• Body: Alder
• Neck: Three-piece roasted maple, thin C profile, set through
• Fingerboard: Roasted maple
• Scale length: 24.75" to 26"
• Frets: 24 stainless steel, fanned
• Bridge: Hipshot multiscale
• Pickups: Solar FF passive pickups
• Controls: Five-way blade switch, one volume control, one tone control
• Price: $1,149

Solar A1.7W-FF

• Body: Alder
• Neck: Three-piece roasted maple, thin C profile, set through
• Fingerboard: roasted maple
• Scale length: 25.5" to 27"
• Frets: 24 stainless steel, fanned
• Bridge: Hipshot multiscale
• Pickups: Solar FF passive pickups
• Controls: Five-way blade switch, one volume control, one tone control
• Price: $1,199

Solar AB1.6MP

• Body: Alder
• Neck: Three-piece roasted maple, thin C profile, bolt-on
• Fingerboard: Roasted maple
• Scale length: 25.5"
• Frets: 24 stainless steel
• Bridge: EverTune
• Pickups: Duncan Solar humbuckers
• Controls: Three-way blade switch, one volume and one tone control, each with push/pull for series/parallel
• Price: $1,099

Solar AB1.6HMBL+

• Body: Alder
• Neck: Three-piece roasted maple, thin C profile, bolt-on
• Fingerboard: Roasted maple
• Scale length: 25.5"
• Frets: 24 stainless steel
• Bridge: Hipshot bridge
• Pickups: Duncan Solar Plus humbuckers
• Controls: Three-way blade switch, one volume and tone control, each with push/pull for series/parallel
• Price: $999

Solar A1.6FBB-29

• Body: Alder with flamed maple veneer
• Neck: Three-piece maple, thin C profile, set-through
• Fingerboard: Ebony
• Scale length: 29"
• Frets: 24 stainless steel
• Bridge: EverTune
• Pickups: Duncan Solar humbuckers
• Controls: Five-way blade switch, one volume control, one tone control
• Price: $1,199

A1.6D-LH

• Body: Alder
• Neck: Three-piece maple, thin C profile, set-through
• Fingerboard: Ebony
• Scale length: 25.5"
• Frets: 24 stainless steel
• Bridge: EverTune
• Pickups: Duncan Solar humbuckers
• Controls: Five-way blade switch, one volume control, one tone control
• Price: $1,249

Solar A2.6TPB+

• Body: Sungkai
• Neck: Three-piece roasted maple, thin C profile, set-through
• Fingerboard: Roasted maple
• Scale length: 25.5"
• Frets: 24 Super Jumbo
• Bridge: Fixed
• Pickups: Duncan Solar Plus humbuckers
• Controls: Five-way blade switch, one volume control, one tone control
• Price: $849

Solar GC2.6BOP+

• Body: Sungkai
• Neck: Three-piece roasted maple neck, thin C profile, set-through
• Fingerboard: Roasted maple
• Scale length: 24.75"
• Frets: 24 Super Jumbo
• Bridge: Tune-o-matic
• Pickups: Duncan Solar Plus humbuckers
• Controls: Three-way toggle switch, one volume and tone control, each with push/pull for series/parallel
• Price: $849

Solar GC2.6TPB

• Body: Sungkai
• Neck: Three-piece roasted maple neck, thin C profile, set-through
• Fingerboard: Roasted maple
• Scale length: 24.75"
• Frets: 24 Super Jumbo
• Bridge: Tune-o-matic
• Pickups: Duncan Solar Plus humbuckers
• Controls: Three-way toggle switch, one volume and tone control, each with push/pull for series/parallel
• Price: $849

Solar AB2.4CAR

• Body: Alder
• Neck: Three-piece maple, thin C profile, bolt-on
• Fingerboard: Maple
• Scale length: 34" 
• Frets: 24 Super Jumbo
• Bridge: High Mass bridge
• Pickups: Solar soapbar active pickups
• Controls: Volume, Balance, Active Bass and Treble with center detent
• Price: $799

Solar AB2.5MBL

• Body: Alder
• Neck: Three-piece maple, thin C profile, bolt-on
• Fingerboard: Maple
• Scale length: 35"
• Frets: 24 Super Jumbo
• Bridge: High Mass bridge
• Pickups: Solar soapbar active pickups
• Controls: Volume, Balance, Active Bass and Treble with center detent
• Price: $949

To find out more about all the new models, head over to Solar.