Enya Electric Guitar Nova Go Sonic Smart Electric Carbon Fiber Guitarra with 10W Wireless Speaker, Onboard Presets, All-in-One Portable Rig for Street Performers & Home Studios

I bought this because I have one of Enya's travel guitars, which I love. When I saw an online review of the Go Sonic, I immediately ordered one. As with the online review I saw (where the reviewer favorably compared the Go Sonic with his $6,500 guitar), I was amazed that such a great guitar could be purchased for so little money. I expected it to be more expensive because of the tariff situation, but it was just a little over $300. This is what Enya did right with this guitar: * The build quality and attention to detail is better that what you'll find in new Gibsons. There were zero flaws. * The playability is wonderful and easily adjustable. The truss rod is easily accessed and really helps here with action control. I could get this guitar to play exactly as I wanted without having to touch the nut. * It sounds great. (I could write a lot more about this, but, in the interest of brevity, will leave it at "sounds great.) * The fact that it has a built-in speaker that sounds good makes this a wonderful practice guitar (see next item), but the guitar is good enough to gig with. If I ever had to play at a venue with flying beer bottles, the Go Sonic is the guitar I'd take. * The carbon build, for me, carries two huge advantages: 1. I can leave it out permanently and, if my animals knock it over, it is far more resistant to damage than a wood guitar would be, and 2. I can leave it out and it won't be negatively affected by temperature and humidity changes. In fact, it never goes out of tune. The upshot is this: This is my "always out" guitar because I'm secure that nothing bad will happen to it. However, if I was wrong about that and a meteor hit it or something, I'm only out about $300. * The onboard electronics are great, especially if you like a little crunch. (Having said that, the clean tone is good, too, although in onboard speaker struggles to get it loud enough). * It looks cool. The only "con" I can think of: I wish it had a physical tone knob. I don't understand how such a great instrument can be offered at such a low price. It can't just be the lower labor costs in China. I think it's more likely that this is due to some very smart people at Enya making very good decisions.

Enya Electric Guitar Nova Go review by Charles Parkerson 9/30/2024 This is an amazing guitar for the right person. In short, I feel that it is entry level in nature but crafted like a guitar costing much much more. It is very refreshing to see this kind of instrument available. I am a 72 year old and have been playing guitar since 1964. This is my third purchase from Enya. I have a substantial collection of guitars and amps accumulated during my years of playing both personally and professionally. • The neck is perfect, the frets are flawless, better than Squier Affinity ($250.00) and Gibson! • The pickups are adequate for the guitars price point. The split coil function is great! • All switches and pots are apparently high quality and are very smooth and solid feeling. • I have yet to plug into an amp because I feel that would defeat the purpose. • The tuning keys are better than most Asian guitars. I am very happy with them. • The sounds are impressive for players in the beginning and semi-intermediate stages. • I got it in white and it is beautiful. My wife wants to hang it on the wall in the den. As you know, your main sonic competition are the Fender modelling amps with their internet support. I know that you will continually seek to improve and expand your target market to include seasoned players. In short, I think every beginner should have this model and I intend to recommend it to every beginner I encounter and to anyone who asks. Hopefully there will be an upgraded (understandably more expensive) version to offer to skilled players. I will tell others that this guitar should not be “left in the car” as many reviewers have stated. A beginner may not understand that sensitive electronics are susceptible to heat damage much like cell phones. I will have to return the guitar because I probably will not use it much only because of my background, This does not in any case reflect the quality of this instrument. I will probably end up with one of your acoustic guitars (which you CAN leave in the car). Recommendations: • Consider a joint venture with Bose. The sound difference would be immense. I’m sure the price would skyrocket. • The gig bag is great but not as good as the ½ size acoustic I got from you, but it’s fine. • Continue to improve on website for tone changes. This generation is adept with all things internet, but these are guitar players! The most beautifully irresponsible group bless them. Thank You, Charles Parkerson

Did a ton of research and watched everything on YT before making purchase. I knew I was likely getting a pretty great guitar at a good price (with a small but possible chance of getting a broken one)... Turns out I made a really good choice. If it keeps working well for a few years it will be a great choice! It came well packaged with everything. Physically it is in perfect condition. I did have to tune it. Took a few minutes to figure out the app but all good there too. Only minor feedback I could give to the folks at enya is that I purchased the "ocean blue" and the fade on the guitar body is not well done. It's not horrible, but it's not nearly as well done as the picture shows. I noticed the same thing when watching YT - some of the "ocean blue's" were well painted closer to the nice fade seen in the publicity images however some were like mine - MUCH heavier on the full deep blue. I'm going on a hunch here but the ones they sent out for promo reviews might have received a tiny bit more attention To explain: In the photos (and in some videos) the full deep blue stops around the bridge and slowly blends over a few inches from deep blue into white in a nice straight even way ending just after the first pickup. What I received (and saw others had) was one painted full deep blue up into the first pickup and also ENDING the fade into white before the end of the pickup.... All of a whole approximate 1" band wide fade! A whole inch of actual visible blue. It almost looks like I have a black and white guitar with a narrow blue band. Probably would have been closer to name this paint job "mariana trench blue", lol. What makes it more noticeable is that it's painted in a curve and unevenly blended way across the face . I'm not exaggerating when I say it looks like something I could do with a spray can of white paint against a piece of dark blue poster board by arcing my arm back and forth pretending to airbrush. Oddly, the headstock fade looks great (evenness and straightness). Okay, sorry for the lengthy feedback. It actually looks really great still - even though it's not quite what the marketing photos and sponsored video reviews might have you hoping for so be wary if the look being like the pictures is important to you. A perfect paintjob isn't a must for me. I'm not performing with it. That leads into... I bought it with the intent to use it for learning, practicing and even some song writing. It's perfect for it. Even taking places and playing out and about and not having to have any other equipment or being concerned about temperature / humidity (yay carbon fiber). I wouldn't leave it in a fiery hot car but non extremes wouldn't have any impact. But camping, BBQ's, picnics. It would be perfect. TLDR: I love this thing, It feels great. Plays great/easy. Everything is working well so far. It sounds really good. I'm overall very satisfied and very happy with this purchase. This is an EXCELLENT guitar for an incredible value. I wouldn't be performing with it - i.e. they introduced a pedal as a feature for the new slightly more expensive "Inspire" model to allow switching to (some) effects directly. The "Go Sonic" does not have this pedal available. You are stuck using the button on the guitar going sequentially through them. Would love to see that offered as an optional add on for this guitar too. This guitar so far seems like one of those rare things that come along that's a lot better than anyone would expect. It's built great quality wise. Made of carbon fiber. Feels good. Easy to play. Sounds great. Well designed. Full of awesome features like a zero fret. And if this guitar is intended for a beginner - wow! It's perfect for any beginner who is serious. It would be like getting a new sports car for driver's training! lol Hope this is helpful to someone!

TL;DR It does what I think it is made for very well. If you were only going to have one electric guitar, you could do a lot worse than this one for the price. The app is bad though. I picked this up as a living-room guitar due to being able to play without having to hook up any cables or anything. It just hangs on the wall and rocks when it's time to rock. For that, it's excellent. I'd previously purchased one of the little acoustic numbers (Nova Go 1/2 size) and been very impressed with the sound and playability in the small form factor. This guitar is just as playable but the proportions are pretty normal for an electric. It is surprisingly light overall and not neck-heavy like my more conventional wooden electric guitars. The fretboard is flat and the frets are extremely well-dressed. Since it's cast, the neck is exactly as flat and level as it was in the factory when you open the box which when getting a guitar you can't play-test first is a huge bonus. It comes with a case but no strap, so get one of those too. The built in effects and speaker work how I expected them to. The speaker output isn't as good as you get out of a discrete amplifier, but that wasn't the point and I wasn't expecting it to be. You can jack it into an amplifier and the sound there is very good for stock electronics under a grand. It has four onboard "patches" that you can switch between by clicking a knob on the front. They're totally serviceable and can be adjusted using the app, which I'll get to talking about in more detail. It has an internal battery and is USB charged so everything you need to go out into the forest and scream at the squirrels is onboard. It gets louder than I need it to be for noodling in my living room. It's probably loud enough for busking or open-mic on it's own if you don't have to beat a drum kit or anything. It came with light strings on it and once stretched they stay in tune well so the tuning machines are at least decent. One of the main advantages of the acoustic when I was shopping for it was being made entirely out of carbon fiber and steel, which makes it more resistant to abuse like big temperature fluctuations and moisture or whacking it into things accidentally. This one is also made of carbon fiber (mostly, there's likely some plastic in there) but with the electronics I would think twice about leaving this one outside while camping or in my car overnight. I expect it to be just as resistant to things like dings and scratches. As for negative points, there aren't too many. The whole guitar resonates like crazy with the open low E string when playing though the speaker, especially with any kind of drive. It's not really an issue through an amp and I can work around it mostly by keeping the string muted when I'm not using it, but it might be more annoying for someone just learning how to play. It is much less pronounced with the "clean"-ish settings. The truss rod adjustment is done with a special tool, which will only be annoying if I lose it but when it's just a standard Allen wrench it's pretty easy to replace. I'll cross that bridge if I have to I suppose. My least favorite thing is the app. It requires extremely invasive permissions to use plus signing up for an account with a verified email address and doesn't really have a ton of functionality to justify these things. Each patch has a combination of the five or six "modules" that you can swap around and adjust which lets you create some different effects to mess with. I'm not going to keep it installed though as for living-room noodling the four defaults work just fine and I have enough corporations trying to harvest my data without inviting another one into my parlor. If you're already a guitar player then you probably have better effects to use anyway and if you're just starting out then what's there will get you a fair ways. The only thing I think I'll miss is the battery level, which is displayed in the app but otherwise you have to guess at. I'll just keep mine charging when I'm not playing it probably. The app isn't a deal-breaker for me so I'm still pretty happy with my purchase. I'd still buy it knowing what I know now. It was, however, worth dinging a star from the review.

I bought this electric guitar as a birthday gift for my 12-year-old son, and he absolutely loves it. The size is perfect for him, and it’s comfortable to hold and play. The sound quality is rich and clear, much better than I expected at this price. The craftsmanship is solid, and every detail feels well made. It came well packaged and arrived in excellent condition. My son was so excited to plug it in and start playing right away. The finish looks beautiful, very stylish and cool. It inspires him to practice more, which makes me very happy. Even as a beginner, he finds it easy to handle and learn on. The strings and frets are smooth, with no rough edges. It’s definitely a great value for the quality you get. I highly recommend this guitar for young learners or as a thoughtful gift.

This guitar had the best setup out of the box I've played on any guitar under $1000. Not joking! The action was low, the intonation was nearly perfect, the frets were polished out of the box, the truss rod didn't need adjusting, and the frets have those cute little rounded ends. Since it's composite, the neck doesn't move at all with temperature changes. It stays in tune better than any wooden guitar. I can pick it up after a week and it's still in tune. It's great because you don't have to connect it to anything or have anything with you. You can leave it anywhere, pick it up and play it anywhere, and if it's late you can plug headphones right in and it sounds great. It's not a heavy guitar, and the body is softly contoured and comfortable to play. The gig bag it comes with is nice too, with plenty of padding and a pocket for the truss adjuster, picks, and cables. It's nice to buy something that doesn't make you buy anything else to use it. My main criticism: WHY DOES IT NOT HAVE A TUNER? It's got all this computerized amp modeling, it would be easy to add a tuner. But they didn't, and since the composite neck is so rigid, clip-on headstock tuners often miss the note and I have to plug it in to tune it. I don't have to do this often, but it's still an annoyance. I would also add coil split to the rear pickup. Finally, the last "purple" preset sucks: it sounds too much like the previous high-gain preset, just with extra mud. I would replace it with something ambient and shoegazy with lots of reverb. Of course you can do this with the app, but it deserves better out of the box. Finally, the fact that you can plug a cord in and use it as a completely normal passive guitar is reassuring. If all the fancy electronics break 15 years from now, I still have a good-playing electric guitar.

Replacement sent: I got the replacement today. See the video uploaded. I do not even have to touch the strings for the feedback noise. So it's with the design of the guitar. Having the amplifier and speaker placed right next to the pickups and bridge was probably bad design. I am unable to practice my lessons without constantly muting the strings, particularly the low E string. Furthermore, the replacement was missing the charging kit. I will be returning this guitar. Initial purchase: There are 2 main problems with this guitar that has made me rethink this purchase... 1) In clean mode, the speaker volume is too low. I am learning how to play the guitar using Yousician but unfortunately, 60-70% of my notes are being picked up due to low volume. I am having to position my ipad right next to the speaker so it can pick up the notes but that is very uncomfortable for my neck. 2) There is a loud feedback loop when the guitar when set to distortion or high gain. It is very disruptive. It happens on the 6th string (low string). The closer you are to the 6th string the faster the feedback builds up. After consulting a few peers, it could probably be due to the speaker/amplifier position which is right below the bridge. Any vibration that is picked up is sent back looping onto the upper strings causing feedback. The feedback can be very instantaneous sometimes that it became impossible to practice. Only way was to mute the 6th string but that is not always possible when playing notes. I have requested a replacement hoping that it might just be an isolated case of a defective item and not in all the nova sonic guitars.

The guitar is light and comfortable to play. The neck feels great. Having onboard effects and a built-in speaker makes it easy to just pick up and start playing. You don’t have to plug it in to anything else and you don’t need other gear. But if you want to practice silently, you can plug in headphones. If you have amps and effects, you can use this guitar with your rig. I like that this guitar is made of carbon fiber composite material. It’s less susceptible to temperature changes and it also stays in tune well. The gig bag is high quality too. It has a neck support, so it offers more protection than a lot of other guitar cases. These are some of the reasons it makes an ideal travel guitar. With the three pickups, bridge series and parallel configurations, and effects presets, you have a variety of sounds available. Connecting to the app gives you more preset options. You can also play along with the drum machine or connect to Bluetooth and play along to songs. I do hope that in the future they update the amp models and effects. Currently there’s 2 amps and 5 effects. I hope they not only add more but improve the sound on what they currently have. Guitar modeling has come a long way, so the existing sounds could definitely be improved. I think this guitar is well suited for practice and for travel. But you can also use it for recording or live use.