In this #shorts, I’m showing you something I honestly didn’t expect to say about a guitar with a built-in speaker: it actually works—and it sounds good. I played you a simple backing track I recorded myself (virtual drums, real bass), and then I laid down the guitar part with zero help from the usual stuff. No amps, no pedals, no preamps, no EQ, no effects, no plugins, no virtual amps, and no IRs. It was literally just the guitar plugged straight into my interface and recorded exactly as-is. And yeah, I know what you’re thinking: “Robert, what in the hell guitar does that?” It wasn’t my $800 guitar, not my $2,000 guitar, not my $3,500 guitar, and not even my beloved prized possession that somehow retails for $54.99 (and I’ve got a gut feeling it’s about to go up again). The guitar you heard was the Enya Inspire—around $600 depending on the package—because it’s got a built-in amplifier and a direct out. The big takeaway: Enya finally cracked the code on the built-in speaker guitar thing, and this one plays about as well, maybe even better, than some of the expensive guitars I own.