Solar Guitars introduces two new Type S models in eye-popping colors

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Poplar purple burst and flame trans blue matte finishes headline a host of impressive features

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Ola Englund’s Solar Guitars has announced two new Type S models to its ever-expanding line of electric guitar offerings.

The new guitars are the S1.6PP in poplar purple burst matte and the S2.6FBL in flame trans blue matte.

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(Image credit: courtesy of Solar)

The S1.6PP ($1,199) boasts a mahogany body with poplar burl veneer, a five-piece maple / jatoba neck with an ebony fingerboard, neck thru construction, 24 stainless steel frets, Solar locking tuners and an EverTune bridge.

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(Image credit: courtesy of Solar)

The S2.6FBL ($749) sports a mahogany body with flamed veneer, a maple neck with an ebony fingerboard, set neck construction, 24 super jumbo frets, Solar 18:1 tuners and a fixed bridge.

Both models feature Duncan Solar pickups, a 25.5” scale and one-ply black binding around the body and headstock.

The new Type S guitars are available for preorder now from Solar.

Richard Bienstock
Richard Bienstock

Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.

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