Features include Duncan Solar pickups, EverTune and Floyd Rose bridges and more.
Solar S1.7PB
Solar Guitars has announced two new electric guitars, the S1.7PB seven-string and the E1.6FRW six-string.
The S1.7PB seven-string features a mahogany body with poplar burl veneer top, five-piece maple/jatoba neck with neck-through construction, 26.5”-scale ebony fingerboard and an EverTune bridge.
The E1.6FRW boasts an Explorer-style mahogany body, three-piece maple neck with 24.75”-scale ebony fingerboard and a Floyd Rose 1000 bridge.
Both models sport Duncan Solar humbuckers with coil splitting, Solar 18:1 locking tuners, super-jumbo stainless steel frets and glow-in-the-dark side dots.
The S1.7PB is available for $1,299 and the E1.6FRW for $899.
For more information or to purchase, head to Solar Guitars.
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.