Solar Guitars A2.7TBR SK 4-stars Reviews

50/50

Quality and factory setup was perfect. But Sound... its something strange. Usually 100 Eur guitars sounds no much worse. Initially I claimed pickups, and I upgraded them to Fishman Fluence. It Improved situation a lot, but still... now I prefer sound of 400 Eur Les Paul copy by Aria Pro 2... I think a reason is body wood. Shungkai is not an equivalent of swamp ash as was claimed be maker. Smells same like in cases when Squier says that basswood is the same then alder, but cheaper :))))

Good guitar, bad quality control

Pros

- Decent features

- Good sound

- I've been lucky and received one with good looking wood grain

- Smooth thin neck

- Feels and plays nice

Neither Pros, nor Cons

- Tuners are pretty close together, but it's easy to get used to them

- It came in desperate need of a setup, but that didn't bother me because I was going to change the string gauge anyway

Cons

- Some minor finish flaws which should have made the guitar a B-stock in my opinion

- The pickups were mounted with some bad quality screws which were extremely tight. 2/4 screws got scraped and didn't move a bit. I will have to extract and replace them

- After some days of playing I've noticed that the paint on the side of the fretboard was peeling. I didn't realize at first what it was so I gently touched it with my fingernail only to have it extend. This drove me insane and made me scrape the paint off the whole side of the fretboard with only a guitar pick. I didn't hit the guitar or did anything else to cause the lacquer to start peeling

Although I've encountered some flaws which definitely shouldn't have been there at this price point, I like the guitar.

A decent option, not without flaws

The guitar seems well balanced, and the neck is comfortable to play. However it does feel that a few corners have been cut to reduce the price, so I'm finding myself needing to return it as I'm just not in love with it.

Pros

- Solidly built

- Fair amount of features for the price

- Pickups sound good

- Looks very nice

- Smooth thin neck

Cons

- The 18:1 tuners are ok, I prefer locking tuners, but this can be swapped easily

- The top on mine is a little lacklustre, with grain patterns not matching

- Had a few sharp fret ends, possibly fret sprout

- Frets weren't very smooth, would benefit from better polishing

- There was peeling lacquer on the edge of the fingerboard facing the neck pickup

- One small paint defect on the upper horn, underneath the top coat

- Action was super high out of the box, was in sore need of a setup

- Sent a support question to Solar, and never got a reply

Overall, if you get one with QC defects you are happy to live with, I think this would be a great starting point to enter the 7-string world. For me, I think I will keep looking.