Developed particularly for today’s eight-string metal guitarist, this feature-loaded, affordable guitar belongs to the Solar Type A2 range, offering outstanding elegance and performance.
This Type A2.7 eight-string guitar boasts stealth looks, a distinctive cutaway scoop and a remarkable feature set, making it a precise, professional instrument suitable for both stage and studio work. It comes loaded with a reliable string-through-body hardtail bridge and Duncan Solar pickups that provide a full spectrum of tonal options, from organic clean to heavily overdriven, all with fluid sustain and maximum clarity. The Type A2.8 features a set-thru neck/body joint design with 27” scale, a swamp ash body, a fast, thin, comfortable maple neck and an ebony fingerboard with 24 super-jumbo frets. This guitar includes Solar 18:1 tuners, graphite nut, black matte hardware, five-way blade pickup switching and full access neck. Available in black open pore matte finish.
SPECS
N MATERIAL |
Maple |
NUT NECK |
Graphite |
JOINING STYLE NECK |
Set-ThroughAll Access |
TRUSSROD NECK |
Dual Action |
TRUSSROD COVER NECK |
With Engraved Solar Logo |
SHAPE |
Type A |
BINDING |
No |
COLOR |
Black Open Pore (BOP) |
MACHINE HEAD |
Grover 18:1 |
STRINGS |
Black Smith 0980, Nano Carbon Coated |
NUMBER OF STRINGS |
8 |
STRING GUIDE |
No |
FF MATERIAL |
Ebony |
FRETWIRE |
Nickel |
SCALE |
27" |
FRETS |
24 Super Jumbo |
RADIUS |
R400 = 15.74" |
TOP INLAY |
Solar Logo on 12th Fret |
POSITION MARKER DOTS |
No |
SIDE DOTS |
2,5 mm |
PICKGUARD |
No |
END PIN |
Round Type |
PICKUP NECK |
Duncan Solar/Neck |
PICKUP MIDDLE |
No |
PICKUP BRIDGE |
Duncan Solar/Bridge |
CONTROL |
1 Volume1 Tonewith Dome Metal Knobs |
SWITCH |
5-way Blade |
CONDENSER |
473k |
COLOR BODY |
Black Open Pore (BOP) |
MATERIAL BODY |
Swamp Ash |
BINDING BODY |
No |
TAIL & TAIL PIECE BODY |
Fixed Bridge |
GIG BAG |
Not Available |
TRUSS ROD TOOL |
Included |