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Lâg Tramontane Hyvibe 30 THV30DCE

Probably the first smart guitar in the world. Perhaps the first BlueTooth one. This guitar can amplify itself, generate its own effects, or even be a bluetooth speaker, all without cables, pedals or amps. Cutaway dreadnought is a collaboration between two French companies that brings us an innovative instrument that was shown at NAMM 2019.

Lâg Tramontane HyVibe is available in three models… 10, 20 or the ”top of the line” 30. The main difference is in the woods used. The electronics are the same on all the models. The HyVibe electronics may appear in other guitars in the future as the company is looking to partner with other manufacturers. The magic is in the actuators built-in to the top of the guitar make the guitar act as a speaker. Streaming some tunes from across the room to your guitar will certainly get you some odd looks from your guests.

This THV30DCE has a Bearclaw spruce top, bocote body and slim-neck profile with Blackwood fretboard. Makes for a unique looking guitar.

Tramontane HyVibe series (THV) come to us from French makers Lâg Guitars under the care of luthier Maurice Dupont and HyVibe were designed using a vibration control system developed by HyVibe Audio company.

If you are familiar with Yamaha TransAcoustic guitars or the Tone Wood amplifier your may have an idea about the features of the HyVibe electronics. The days of owning a purely acoustic guitar now has options. Like having a pedalboard inside your guitar. Armed with a smartphone you can combine effects like Reverb, Echo, Tremolo, Phaser, Chorus, Octaver, Distortion plus a built-in one measure looper. Add a digital tuner, recorder, metronome and the ability to send backing tracks or your favorite songs to the guitar acting as a BlueTooth speaker… You have a nice inspiration machine.

One of the only guitars with an “input” jack as well as an output to your favorite amp. The guitar charges with its included USB-C charger. You can connect the guitar from same USB-C port to your computer to retrieve the recordings you have made.

The HyVibe system makes for fantastic practice guitar acting as a pickup and preamp system for amplification as well. Playing through my AER Compact 60 acoustic amp, the effects are more pronounced. Jamming along was a lot of fun and made time pass by.

This guitar is built in China. It’s fit and finish is quite good. It is very playable right out of its included hard case. The nut spacing and slim neck profile is quite nice. The neck design is a bit like Taylor as it is a bolt on. Certainly a nice acoustic guitar for the money. Looking over this guitar I could not find anything to complain about.

The sound is a bit midrangey, if that is a word, with nice sustain. Not a loud projecting guitar or canon. But sweet sounding all the same. Was comfortable to play with a flatpick or finger style. If the guitar was not inspiring on its own all the electronic wizardry would not save it.

Most all the effects and features can be selected via the onboard control panel built into the guitar with a rotary knob, LED screen, fader and 8GB of flash storage. I found the tuner to be quite accurate and quick to use. Download the mobile app and you have even more control over parameters and combining effects that can be saved as a patch. Pretty simple. The rotary knob when pressed is the on/off. The fader controls one parameter for the effect chosen. This parameter can be changed when using the mobile app. To use the guitar as a BlueTooth speaker, you just pair with your Android or iOS device. You then can stream backing track, lesson or any track to play along with.

Specifications:

Body
– Top : Solid Sitka Bearclaw Spruce
– Back & Sides : Figured Bocote
– Finish : Glossy
– Bridge : Blackwood
– Upper Bout 11 1/2-inches
– Lower Bout 15 1/2-inches
– Depth 4 1/2-inches

Neck
– Neck : Khaya Mahogany
– Finish : Satin
– Fingerboard : Blackwood
– Frets : 20 – silver nickel
– Scale : 650 mm (25 1/2-inches)
– Slim profile

Hardware
– Machine heads : DieCast, black satin, ratio 1:18
– Nut : Black graphite / 43 mm (1.69 inches)

Electronic
HyVibe system :
– Multi-effects (reverb, chorus, delay, octaver, tremolo, phaser, distortion…)
– Acoustic Looper
– BlueTooth speaker (stream directly from your Android or iOS device to your guitar and play-along)
– Métronome
– Download the mobile app
– Country of origin : China