Super informative. Please keep these great reviews and unboxing videos coming!!

Its amazing to see that you are very responsive to the comments. Really impressive One silly question, does it still produce sound like a normal acoustic guitar IF its battery is dead. I mean can you play the guitar even it its not charged? Thanks alot !

@ToddBickling

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the comment. Yes, the Lava Me 3 plays like an acoustic guitar even without any of the effects on. However, since it is carbon fiber the sound is not as good as a higher quality guitar. But for my purposes, and most others, it’s just fine.

Hello friend....thanks for review and really enjoyed your video. My only concern at this point is the size of the guitar as the new Lava 3 me comes in both 36 inch and 38 inch size. Can you or anyone of your subscribers tell me if they find the 36 inch size guitar a tad too small to play? I am an experienced guitarist looking to take my playing to next level and will be spending many hours outside practicing modes, scales, arpegios etc. Just concerned that 36 inch may be a tad too small as I want to be able to transfer my new skills to a full size axe. . Love to hear from you or anyone who uses either size. Thanks so much.

@ToddBickling

Жыл бұрын

Hello, Thank you for the comment. I think the LAVA ME 3 is the PERFECT guitar for playing outside because it has everything you need built into it. That being said, the 36" is definitely smaller than a traditional guitar. Personally I find it more comfortable, because I'm a smaller guy. However if you are looking for something that will translate back to a regular guitar, I'd probably go with the 38"

@director2bob

Жыл бұрын

@@ToddBickling Thanks for reply. I have big hands so I went with the 38 inch model.

Just bought my Lava Me 3. Delivery time was great. I love the sound quality. It worked for a little bit, then just like what you showed the tuner does not work. Later everything did not work at all. I tried plugging it in, you can hear a lot of buzzing sound. Very annoying. I am going to return this. Too bad it sound very nice unplugged even with out the electronics on. Not worth the price.

@ToddBickling

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry you are having the same problem as I had. It seems like the effects start working when I go to loop mode and turn on a rhythm…after that every works fine. The last couple of times I turned mine on it worked fine from the start…who knows what’s going on…🤷🏻‍♂️

Thanks for the review. In their webpage the have two different cases, which one is this case?

@ToddBickling

2 жыл бұрын

Hi! Thanks for the question...the bag I got was the "space bag". Hope that helps

@jackeckhart386

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Hey Todd. How is the action/string height “out of the box”? Does it need a “setup” before comfortably playing? Thank you for the review. Eric

@ToddBickling

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Eric, Thanks for the question. Action and setup can be very subjective, so I can only answer it from my perspective. However, I'll say this...I have small fingers and tend to prefer the strings closer to the fretboard (low string height). For me the string height is perfect. I can even hit them with a lot of force and they don't vibrate off the frets. If I were to set up the strings myself, I would do it exactly like they are set up out of the box. Hope that helps.

@skip4618

2 жыл бұрын

i don’t know why this is such a hard question…. what you like is subjective… an accurately and properly measured the string height at the 12th fret is very objective … and any guitarist will then be able to make an objective assessment

@ToddBickling

2 жыл бұрын

@@skip4618 thanks for the comment. But I’m not a guitarist. Never pretended to be. So please forgive me if I’m not as smart as you.

Hello! good video, I understood little because sometimes English is difficult for me. I would like to know if the Lava system in its settings allows changing the language to Spanish, thanks in advance

@ToddBickling

2 жыл бұрын

Hola Ernesto. Yes, I believe there was a screen which allowed me to choose a language. Hope that helps.

@uncanalparanada

2 жыл бұрын

@@ToddBickling thanks you so much!

How is the quality of music you recorded playing and playing back through the guitar ? Does it sound realistic, distorted, lack stereo-depth? Also to add, your guitar playing is pretty good. I'm still learning

@ToddBickling

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment and the compliment. In my opinion the sound quality is surprisingly good for such a small amp inside the guitar. Of course it's not as good as using a real amp, but you can always plug it in to a real amp for higher quality sound. but for a guitar that you can take pretty much anywhere and play with rhythm and effects...it's really pretty good.

@RayJuang

2 жыл бұрын

@@ToddBickling awesome! Thanks! One more question, how many tracks can you record on the looper? The lavamusic page originally said 3. The new blue lava guitar can do 4 and I'm wondering if it's just a software update thing.

@ToddBickling

2 жыл бұрын

@@RayJuang technically it is 4, but one of the loops is the rhythm that you choose…so it would be rhythms, plus three loops on top of it…then just do your solo or improvise on top of that…

@ToddBickling

2 жыл бұрын

I did a shorter looping tutorial video here…kzread.info/dash/bejne/eY6a0s2Qp5e4gcY.html

$2,000 later ....... Blessed !

Hey Todd. Loved the review. Good to see an honest review that shows some of the bugs that can happen with the instrument. Can you tell me if there is like a monthly account charge/fee to use the Lava software or cloud storage?

@ToddBickling

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Alastair, Thanks for the question. TBH, I do not store any music online. I'm not very good at guitar, so I'm kind of embarrassed to do so in case anyone else hears it ;) ...that being said, I have not been charged anything for the Lava App on my phone, nor do I see anywhere where there is a charge. I think they're trying to make the app kind of like a musical Facebook or Twitter where people can share their grooves...Hope that helps

@amcloughlin7417

2 жыл бұрын

@@ToddBickling That helps a lot. Thanks Todd. Appreciate your help and thanks again for a great review!👍

Just wanna know if you can’t use the effects without wifi in it?

@ToddBickling

2 жыл бұрын

HI Kaweli, Yes you can use the effects without the Wifi on. I imagine the wifi is just for software updates and/or for uploading your loops to the app. (they have cloud storage for your music). I could Imagine myself playing this outside a lot and using the effects.

@scp26ify

2 жыл бұрын

@@ToddBickling thank you very much for answering.. Appreciate it much. Looking forward to buy this guitar. Aloha Todd 😊

What did u do when the effects weren’t working ?

@ToddBickling

2 жыл бұрын

So the effects didn’t work at all until I went to the loop mode. Then everything started working fine. It happened like that the first two times I turned the guitar on. After that, it’s been working fine. Wish I could tell you more.

Can you loop an entire song? Meaning how many minutes can you loop? Thanks

@ToddBickling

Жыл бұрын

You can choose how many bars you want the loop to be. However, you can't switch to a bridge...so as long as you loop is the same melody, you can make it as long as you want...

@WysteriaGuitar

Жыл бұрын

@@ToddBickling Hmmm..too bad you cannot add a bridge.

i thought Gordon Ramsay is playing the guitar rofl

@ToddBickling

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

Do the sounds coming from the inside sound like a tin can? I mean, I am looking for rich sound, I can create my own loops, and while this may be fun to play with, i don't want an instrument that sounds like a tin can when I play it or when the loops are running

@ToddBickling

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a tiny hole in a carbon fiber guitar, so the sound is limited. However the guitar can be plugged in so you can make it sound how you want with an amp. There a literally no other guitars that you can play around a campfire that can do this…and that’s kind of the point. If you want the best sounding loops, buy the best looping equipment.

@Malibu_Man

2 жыл бұрын

@@ToddBickling So it's no good for a live venue kind of thing...I love the idea, but I don't want to compromise sound quality

@hunchbackleo

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the demo of that guitar then I decide to buy regular guitar and separate effect instead