Blue Lava Music Guitar Reviews

Let's take a look at the all-new Blue Lava, which promises a significant innovation of a much lighter, smaller and more affordable Lava product.

It's pretty much the same cool HILava software system, bundled with great apps for built-in effects, recording, loops, practice adjustments, as well as a phone app with elements. social media.

The Blue Lava is Lava Music's first smart guitar made from high-pressure laminate with a bolt-on neck, instead of the solid carbon fiber design that has been the hallmark of the brand since 2017.

The Blue Lava is a 36-inch long and 2-tone, pop-art-inspired compact companion. In this article, the product we want to review is the Ice/Ocean Blue model, but the guitar is available in many other colors.

The most distinctive feature is the resonance hole, which looks like an elongated oval covered with metal located in the upper part. A shiny logo that appears to be made of the same material sits underneath the horse, while matte aluminum adjusters line the sides of the headstock.

The Blue Lava's neck is bolted to a block of wood within the body, facilitating its heel-less design and playability all the way to its 18th fret. The treble is really soft, the bass is amazingly strong and the mids well balance everything out.

You can achieve dramatically different tones by varying the positions of the plectrums from near the bridge, where the sound is nice and bright, to closer to the top of the neck, where a more mellow sound is produced. In any position, the guitar is funky, smooth with its inherent nuances.

The unique body shape takes a while to get used to, but it's small enough to fit in your wrist and when you use the Lava Ideal 2 strap it's incredibly secure.

The real star here is the HILava system with its L3 smart preamp, which acts like a smartphone equipped with guitar apps. Resonance-based effects turn the guitar into its own sounding amplifier.

In addition to standard effects like reverb and delay, there are unique effects like Cry Baby and Banana Bass that offer everything from wah effects to octave effects and ring modulation, and are even illustrated on screen with graphics. funny drawing. Even the standard stuff is very carefully designed, like the cavernous, like an empty black hole with repeating bells like Big Ben's clock hands.

Other uses include multifaceted tuners, customizable practice programs with chord recognition and ear training, flexible metronomes, repeaters that can be used with or without backing grooves, and machines. The built-in recorder can be used as a song sheet, with up to four songs. Lava even provides a social network to share creations with other users through the Lava+ app.

It pairs the guitar with an actual smartphone, where recordings and other functions can be managed. Blue Lava fulfills Lava's design goal of expanding the audience. For those who simply don't dig into carbon fiber, here's a similar guitar made with high-pressure laminate composite that sounds and feels more like wood.
Lava claims that the Blue is almost as weatherproof as the other tools and is even more eco-friendly due to the recyclable materials.

Blue Lava offers almost identical system on the Lava ME 3, the main difference being that there is only half the onboard storage for your loops and tunes and the battery is just over half capacity. The Wireless Airflow charger is very useful and acts as a handy stand with a folding design for easy portability.

Usage time lasts about 4-5 hours per full charge and will decrease over time.

SPECIFICATIONS

NUT: 1.72” wide
NEED: High pressure plate
KEYBOARD: High pressure plate, 23.5" scale
NUMBER OF KEYS: 18
TUNERS: Lava matte aluminum, 18:1 . ratio
BODY: High pressure plate
BRIDGE: High pressure plate
ELECTRONICS: HILava system with L3 smart preamp and FreeBoost 2.0 effect actuator, 2G memory, 16G memory
CONTROLS: Volume wheel and on/off/sleep/wake buttons inside audio port, 3½” multi-touch display on top with status, menu and app icons
ONBOARD APPS: Tuner, metronome, recorder, loop (track, not repeater), practice program, effects
EFFECTS: Over 50 presets including reverb, delay, reverse delay, chorus, tremolo, phaser, flange, bell mode, octave, stutter, wah, slow gear, pitch shift , shaping, distortion and impulse response filters for the output current
LAVA + APP: Synchronize with the HILava system via LavaCloud to keep track of effect samples, favorite tracks, practice summaries, music, photos, and equipment, plus top and trending recordings of artists Other Lava Player
CONNECTIONS: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ¼" output jack, USB-C jack for charging, contact charging available via AirFlow Wireless Charger (sold separately, $119 on street)
POWER SUPPLY: 5,000 mAh lithium-ion battery, USB-C to A cable provided, 15W USB-C charging adapter not included
FACTORY LINE: Phosphor copper, .012 – .052
WEIGHT: 4.4 lbs