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We need Coffee with Joe Duplantier

Haters always going to hate. Jealous of someone's success. Keep your thick skin and great personality Ola! Have a amazing day!

hey ola and whoever else is seeing this, have a good day and hit the other days, good or bad, out of the water!

Sad to hear you're quitting KZfaq but good luck with the ballet dancing! I was surprised, honestly, because you're so "metal" and that I never hear of people getting into it this late but I know you can do it. Best of luck.

I've been watching you for ages Ola and I can't think of someone more deserving of their success. Love what you're doing and I'll continue to support forever :)

Agree with the "reinventing the wheel". People seem to think everything has to be new, different, exciting, breaking the mold. I don't really care about that, I just care about making and listening to good music. If it does something new, cool, but I don't really care if it does if I like it anyway.

Ola, if you were the best or worst guitarist in the world it wouldn't matter. You are so down to earth and real, that people are easily drawn to you and want to hear what you have to say. You also work very hard and show gratitude for all you have. You earned your success and happiness.

Hey Ola! Just thank you for being there with Louise of course... so lovely. Don't stop what you do , you inspire me a lot. love to see u each time. from Quebec canada, CHEERS BIG!!

Just found your channel a few months ago and Im super happy that it exists and that you are a youtuber, thank you so much OLA!

Always great listening to your insights, and your positive outlook is always refreshing. Your Fractal videos played a huge part in me pulling the trigger on an Axe-FX III...anyway, keep up the awesome videos!

Thanks for the awesome ongoing guitar info. Your the man! It's common for a artist to lose sight of the big picture. How you are changing the world. My playing and tone has progressed thanks to your videos. Please keep them coming.

Hell yeah thank you for answering my question. Keep killing it

11:45 best fucking question. Should be discussed and talked more by musicians. Many give up, thinking they're worthless. When in reality almost everyone goes through these tormenting processes. Everyone is unique, has different speed of learning and playing. Different styles, different approaches, different techniques etc.

I love the old school approach too the shipping of the physical copies of your music. Much respect!

dude! that guitar tone from the intro was beautiful!!!

Man! Love you channel and you seem really happy to me! Greetings from Venezuela!

Fair play tackling all those difficult questions man

15:53 this is what I was thinking about lately. Basically THE PURPOSE of life. Most musicians learn songs they like, try to incorporate it in their compositions, mix it with other stuff and hope for the better. Composing is like cooking, you learn stuff, you cook (practice), you taste it. Sometimes it's good sometimes it's uneatable sh*t. And a flair developes over time. The truth is: you don't eat delicacies every day to move your life forward. We would probably live in silence for years, waiting for yet another masterpiece of art.

Ola you got me back into guitar playing. Thank you.

Your channel rocks, never forget it! A couple years back I thought I needed a new distortion pedal... then I saw your video on the MetalZone and realized I had the pedal I needed all along, just didn't know how to use it properly. I am in your debt for that!

Ola you seem like a chill dude that just loves some fucking metal! Been watching your demos and other vids for a while. Thanks for the content and also the drumbeats on swola. Gives me something to keep me jamming. 🤘🤘

You have got to be the coolest dude I've never met. Thanks for making metal fun!!

You've earned it from day one dude. Never gave up, never gave in, made it happen. Congrats dude.

Keep doing what you do best, entertaining all of us on KZfaq with your content and delivering crushing chugging riffs! p.s. I just purchased an artist series Solar V guitar from your website and can't wait for it to arrive! It was a gift to myself for beating Cancer this year :)

This Gretch is really cool both aesthetically and sounding..BTW you are a good company while i am cooking!

I’m really surprised someone found you to seem unhappy. I find your positivity to be inspiring.

I have school in 5 minutes, but ola and guitars can not wait

Great video as always Ola!

"You look unhappy are you okay" has to be one of the most humbling question you could get in a FAQ lmao, as usual love the energy. I hope you'll get to do an ola speaks/coffee with Gojira one day, Joe and Mario are fairly easy to reach !

Best way to spend my lunch hour at work ✌🏻 dope riffs as always mate!

Great episode per usual. I love how you can spend time catching bugs and stuff and we are all just along for the ride. Here’s my question for the next FAQ sesh😉 Have you always worked on your own guitars? Like have you always did your own setups, restrings, mods like pickup swaps, etc? What about a guitar tech on tour? I find setting up my guitars to be really tedious with the intonation and action height. Maybe that will change when I finally invest in an evertune system which seems like it’s pretty straight forward considering you can forget about it after.

Sick crunch tone ola!👍

I like your channel, where you are with it and all the stuff you do. What's not to like.

KZfaqrs with talent are different from KZfaqrs talking tripe about how offended they are about everything and anyone. You're always positive, entertaining and informative, everything KZfaq should be.

Omg you play my favorit pratice song at the end. What a nice gift👍 Have fun all and thanks Ola for the nice and funy video you made. (Sorry for my english) And lol, have you ever sign a snowboard? 🤣 Because, the hunted in a diskman doing snowboarding was crazy 🤪🏂 🤣🤣

Lovers gonna love love love love!

Trespass have an amazing riff! I love The Haunted... And I think you're amazing too, Ola! 🤘

🤘😎🤘 People hating, fussing, complaining... Ignore them. Ignore. Ignore. Do what you do. Your channel is fun to watch and your family is amazing. You have the Solar guitar line. You have tons of band touring experience. AND you have a new Album out. Totally freaking Winning! Peace 🤘😎🤘

My dad had a Gretch 335 style. Man,I used to downturn to C sharp etc.and hollowbodys can get really crunchy sounding👍I loved it and it took my bias away after that.🤘Thanks Ola for the great content!!!

Just preordered your new album can’t wait I have the first album

I honestly love your honesty Ola. That's pure. Also, your playing inspires me. Thank you compadre for doing this shit in the first place. And putting up with asshole trolls.

Thanks for answering my question, I recieved my Charvel Joe Duplantier a couple of weeks ago and I fkin love it what a gorgeous guitar ! cheers

Nice talk about string tension, length scale and etc. I play low tunnings with short length (les paul scale) and i have no problem with thicker strings or guitar intonation, and i play as hard as i can, lol. The luthier helps for sure. Thanks for mentioning that, nice tip Ola!

The part about not wanting to reinvent the wheel and just craving for 90's metal that you love resonated so much with me. I just want to play the riffs that I grew up head-banging to, and maybe someday compose some of my own. And that's completely fine.

My favorite thing about your whole brand is how you employee your own family. That's real success to me.

Hey Ola! Clayton from northern manitoba Canada! I enjoy watching your videos! Hell with those ***holes who are just jealous of your work! One thing i always say “smile and wave, just smile and wave!”

I love your Feared records. Great records to lift weights to.. good stuff man \m/

Bro, I love your videos. I actually bought a distortion pedal, cuz I saw you test it out. Keep making videos and don’t stop, or I’ll send you an angry letter. - the pedal was the empress heavy btw

Ola I love the fact that you are just you You play what you like and enjoy it Thank you for the inspiration .. it’s so easy to overthink “ is it good enough?” When you record Screw that let’s just play write and Enjoy I’m open to giving a home to any spare guitars you have 😁 Thank you

Hey Ola! About twelve years ago I played at a guy's birthday party north of Göteborg and I have a memory of friends of the guy borrowing our stuff. I remember a guy looking like you playing my guitar and amp, could this be? Keep it up Ola! 👑🤘

Hey Ola! Can't wait for your new album, can't wait to get my hands on a pick tin! So I want to know, if you could only keep 1 amp head and cab combo, what would it be? Keep it brutal buddy 🤘

Keep doing what you're doing. I started seeing your channel's coffee with ola first and enjoyed the interviews...then discovered the riff challenge. If you would have told me a year ago I'd have a home recording studio and have written and recorded a thrash album(almost done) id say you're crazy. Anyway thanks for reigniting my passion for music and helping me learn how to do all this stuff(great instructional videos and gear reviews too). Anyway just saying F the haters and keep up the good work!

Hey dude, love the channel! I was wondering if you've ever had the chance to meet Josh Travis from Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza? Would love to see a Coffee with Ola/ Josh Travis episode! Cheers man, keep killin it doing what you love! Blessings to you and your family!

Thanks almost entirely to you, Ola, I’ve spent about $5k on guitars amps mics and pedals this year. In the previous 18 years of playing guitar, I had personally only spent about $250 which was on a used SG. It started with your will it chug video on the micro terror or micro dark. That video sold me on the little amp. Then about 2 months later I had to get louder and better so I got a 5153 LBX ii and a matching 212. Then I bought a jaguar, then a tele, then a G&L Doheny. Then I bought an AC15C2. And I’m already looking towards my next guitar. I should also mention that I’ve improved my guitar playing immensely this year. Wouldn’t have happened probably without your videos. Thanks for everything you do.

You're my hero Ola!🤘🏼 just so you know..

Make the music you want to hear & don't worry about anything else. Somebody out there will like it, and if they don't, who cares? You like it, so that makes it worth it by itself!

New Ola FAQ?!?! BLESS THE GODS!!

loved the part about the baritone... just had to "learn" our latest Single "Better Without You" for today's video shoot. I use a baritone in Drop A... that shit is low and you have to play really really careful and also figure out the right gauge in each low tuning. True!

Ola - love the content, fan for years. Thanks for keeping me motivated to play guitar. Is the graphic of the new release supposed to resemble Louise??? Such a cool tribute to the lady behind the man! Cheers.

the beard is growing fast dude

Funny how Finland was again ranked as the happiest country in the world even though the whole country seems depressed :D

I really love that Joe Duplantier decided not to have a tone knob, got the volume knob out of the way, and put the pickup selector in a reachable spot but not too close to the volume knob or too close to the picking area. 10/10 my ideal layout.

Trespass is definitely one of my favorite riffs, so badass

That smile on your face when you mentioned that you were snubbed off by some companies years ago who now are coming back to you...priceless! :D But honestly...you're so damn right! :)

Vibing hard to the background music.

Hey Ola, what is reamping? And what benefit does it have? Best channel on KZfaq. Stay Metal!!!!!

Dear Ola, thanks so much for your good words after my heart attack. It was a passing comment on a stream and I appreciated it. I have been coming back up to strength and the metal in my bones is doomed to walk the Earth awhile longer yet. \11/

That trespass riff is sick!

You mentioned KZfaqrs being important and I think for sure some KZfaqrs who do many gear reviews plus demos and/or who play music are important for sure. A lot of KZfaq gear demos and reviews have helped me not waste my money on some music gear. For sure for something like a guitar or other instrument, I would usually have to play it in person and check out everything it offers before buying one. I even do shoutouts of different guitars before buying one.

Dont be sad Ola England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿! Although I agree that making youtube videos is not cool, you can still do smth with your life. You just gotta put in the time and effort! You can get through this!

Im so enjoying the soundtrack here....

Finally a new FAQ

You are a great youtuber!

Your FAQ's are always fun!

Hi Ola! Love your honesty and charisma. You make my day better 🤘 My question is: What is your music theory knowledge when making solos for your solo album, The Haunted or Feared, and can you explain in what scale or mode it's played? In my case, I don't know music theory, but I play simply by using my ear and what I have in mind. If you know what I mean :D Greetings from Croatia!

You Rock Ola!!

I will forever be jealous of these guitar tones, god they are insane!

I was surprised at how meaty that Gretsch sounded, pretty awesome! Also, you should have answered that call from your Mum, tut tut. 🙃

You are doing a great job. Thank you and I hope you continue. Do you get to keep the Gretsch? It's pretty sweet.

Awesome tone man

You need a bigger spotlight, from Mars is not possible to see clearly that small spotlight. PS: thanks for the videos man!

I played my baritone in standard for years but recently have begun exploring the goodness that is drop B.

ola we love you

Sweden, home of great guitarists and greater hockey players , like Nicklas Lindstrom also known in Detroit as THE PERFECT HUMAN. He was arguably the best defensive player ever to play in the NHL. He won 3 Stanley Cups as well as the Norris trophy for best Defensive Man , Conn Smythe best player in the playoffs as well being named NHL All Rookie team and NHL HALL OF FAME. He captained the wings his final six years and was always a pleasure to watch. A gentleman on and off the ice . He returned to Sweden to raise his family in his native country and is missed greatly by his fans in the NHL . As to your albums, they really show the creative side of you , which I throughly enjoy.

‘Do I have to kill you?! 😂 dude, we get a lot of those silver fish here in Florida. And I love the process of shipping CDs. I’m always super humbled when people buy my music.

Olas personality is too awesome

Will there be any more member jams? I'm not a member yet, but just as soon as I get to work I will. Love your channel.

Tjabba Ola, du är tyngst. Me and the wife always enjoy Sundays with you & Louise 🖤 Can you elaborate any on Starzingers concept, musically or otherwise. Songs interconnected, tunings, songwriting, events in your life giving birth to a song idea et cetera? Big fan from Göteborg

I don't do a lot of commenting, I will here tho.... Your channel is top notch, Why? It's got all the elements, Quirkiness, seriousness, goofiness, baddassery "New Word" , All around cool channel where we get to hear cool tunes, learn cool guitar stuff, watch Ola's killer webisodes of WILL IT CHUG! Trolls trolling this page or any other pages are just lonely miserable "Trolls" And 1 day after 30+ years of playing, I will grow up to be a better guitar player like, Ola! My son and i enjoy the channel, Thanks man!

The intro riffage made my brain scream "Spoon Man!"

It's just what I do. That would be a great album name!

There are a few new Gretsch guitars at my local guitar retailer and I must say they are really nice, and very affordable. Great colors too.

Coffee with Joe, please make it happen!

Question? Other than your own brand what is your favorite brands to play? Thank you. Love your channel by the way

I was glad to hear that "Silver fish" are called "Silverfisk" in Swedish. I like the common description by two countries or perhaps it shows how long ago the insect was named.

I would say your favorite gear test riffs are Dimebag, that's what sticks out from memory, don't really remember you playing much Haunted, but hey maybe I missed those vids... so now, you must grab a guitar immediately and salute the mighty Dime with a quick lick - getcha pull

Huh, coincidence? Today, after a 6 months of playing, I finally got to post a review on my Joe Duplantier's Charvel (I have white one, the cheapest one in line), and here it is - Ola is talking about practically the same guitar (I don't think they are too different - pickups, inlays, finish, and that's it). Unlike Ola, I can say that this is THE guitar I've been looking for years. Being a Gojira fan only since 2018 (yeah, I know), now I can tell that me and Joe probably share same attitude to material things. And this guitar is really reflects it all - It's kinda cheap, really simple BUT trusty - never goes out of tune, always great massive tone (even with stock pickups), it weights a ton and makes your body vibrate as hell while played. I just love it. And the neck. Yeah.. It's all about different tastes, I guess. I've tried and owned so many - different Ibanez guitars, Washburns, Fenders, Dean. But this particular Charvel just lays in my hands like it's meant to be there. Every time I put it to the stand after playing, I whisper softly - "this is a fucking great guitar". And yeah - I haven't played Solar guitars yet :) so maybe I will love it even better. It's all about eternal search, right?

From where I am sitting you seem very happy, never more so than when your lovely wife is on camera with you. Cheers from Canada.

Not a question .I would love to see a Coffee with Nick Johnston that will be great!!!