Ola Englund's Solar Guitars has unveiled the A1.8C, the company's first eight-string guitar.
The A1.8C features an ebony fingerboard, Solar 18: locking tuners, stainless steel frets, two coil-splittable Duncan Solar humbuckers and a 27” scale length.
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