LAST MONTH, WE took a look at Lava’s first smart guitar, the ME 3, which won an Editors’ Pick Award. This month, we’ll carry on with the brand-new Blue Lava Touch, which promises Lava’s considerable innovation in a slightly more conventional, smaller and far more affordable package. It features virtually the same insanely cool HILava software system, packed with amazing apps for onboard effects, recording, looping, tuning and practice, as well as a phone app with a social media element. Despite all that, the guitar is decidedly different. The Blue Lava Touch is Lava Music’s first smart guitar made from high-pressure laminate with a bolt-on neck, rather than the unibody carbon-fiber design that has been the brand’s hallmark design since 2017.
