This Guitar Isn't Just Smart...It's GENIUS!! - Blue Lava!

There are affordable smart guitars...and then there is the Blue Lava.
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[DarrellBraunGuitar]

I've never played a Guitar with such smooth integration of useful technology!
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[Sheenifier]

What a time to be alive! Never in a million years would I have expected an acoustic guitar to be turned into a smart device. It's one thing to make a smart guitar, its another to make an acoustic smart.

[guitartec]

*** I run a guitar repair shop in Massachusetts. I worked on one of these Blue Lava guitars last week. The owner had just purchased it brand new for their young daughter the week prior. He also purchased at the same time the much more expensive model ($1000.) which had to be returned as it was in even worse playing condition than the Blue Lava, but unlike the Blue Lava, was completely non-adjustable / non-fixable). Anyway, the Blue Lava arrived virtually unplayable because the action was so high it was too hard to fret comfortably. I ended up having to modify the actual bridge slightly and lower and compensate the saddle, then do a full fret dressing and adjust the neck relief which then made the guitar reasonable to play. This cost the customer about $125. when all said and done with new strings. Also, several other small things to note.... The start-up screen is very slow to open and makes a loud start-up chime that cannot be quieted. Some may find it offensively loud and annoying. The string nut literally fell off when I removed the strings. The neck is wood, but the fretboard is a composite of some kind. The frets look like they were seated by a child (hence the fret dressing). The playback sound comes out of the back of the guitar, so holding it away from your body yields a much louder playback volume. The matt blue finish can get dirty from finger grime that's hard to remove with normal guitar polish and can become spot shiny if too much rubbing pressure is used. The guitar was fun to play once all the playing issues were addressed, but unlike the one they sent Darrell, which may have been set-up as a demo guitar at the factory, the one I worked on should have NEVER left the factory that way. I hope this helps.

[JoshSaysStuff]

As both a musician and a front end software engineer, this guitar is basically my dream. I’m so glad this video was recommended to me!

[honestjoe]

This is just amazing, I am trying to learn the guitar and finding it really tedious but the features on the Blue Lava would make learning just so much more fun and interactive, love it…

[OilCanHarryU]

I’m not buying until they upgrade the sound hole into a portal, that makes grilled cheese on toast.

[jamesmarchetti]

Wow the whole band in one guitar !!! With a Teacher included !! Guitar Electronic Engineering !!! Amazing !!! 👏 !!

[mekarp]

Already ordered one. Can't wait for it to arrive. What a perfect travel guitar!

[joseislanio]

Can you download new strings? Lol
Jokes aside, this seems like a very well done integration between technology and the guitar, unlike a lot of products that wanna achieve that.

[valuedhumanoid]

Nice review, I would have liked to see more about the actual guitar itself. The fit and finish, the fretwork, the tones without the effects, the tuners and the action/nut work, etc. Just from what I was able to glean from watching it looks pretty good. But I get it, the electronics is the elephant in the room, very cool integration.

[sb]

Don’t see this replacing any of my guitars at home… they just sound better to my ears, and I have no shortage of tools to have fun with. BUT
I can see this being a great travel guitar.
So many tools to play around with on the move, the ability to respond to all kinds of requests around a campfire, are both great for that.
Especially if it’s largely made of some kind of non-wood material, it’s probably more resilient to climate.
For that purpose, i just wish they sold it in a smaller version!

[WoodomainJeremyBroun]

It is not clear from any of these videos on the Lava smart guitar whether the onboard smart device relies on a constaqnt connection via bluetooth to a smartphone or whether pairing etc is for loading effects etc onto it. Are the effects and looper etc standalone please?

[ronsta]

Excellent review! As a solo guitarist who wants to reduce time tinkering with tech, this might be a good buy.

[cBodhi]

dang..i gotta use a loop pedal and a tonewood amp to get anything close to this and it's all built into this guitar. what an amazing instrument

[upfront]

If this thing had the Guitar Pro app or something like that...🤩 I can't imagine how much fun a group of folks around a campfire could have with this playing rhythm guitar or piano and you singing while everyone giving back vocals and chorus... and then going for the SOLO!

[chriszamu]

Wow wow wow the best travel guitar I've ever seen, what a time to be alive

[alexnaturalis]

I don't mean to be picky but I noticed the touch sensitivity of the screen wasn't 100% responsive. Nothing too impeding but it got me wondering. If the screen starts acting up (phantom touch on cellphone ring a bell?) how difficult would it be to replace it? These electronic gadgets aren't made to last unfortunately.

[unknownsupertramp]

Back in the days we had acustic guitars, then we heard about electric guitars, and now I hear about smart guitars. Thanks for introducing, but I wonder what comes next.

[allboutthemojo]

Wow, this thing is unbelievable. Best implementation of modern tech on a guitar!

[ericjohnson]

I love this!!! I stumbled across someone playing this guitar and did a search and came across your page. I'm glad I did. These are amazing. Will be ordering one of these and get back into guitar playing. Can't believe the affordability...actually laughable when you consider the sounds coming out of it and all the things you can do with it. Thanks for your info!!!