The "active" switch does NOT make the pickups active or passive!, that's just for the headphone amp, you can't make a passive pickup become active unless it has a preamp which this one does NOT have, the electronics are for the headphone amp ONLY, you can even take out the battery and the pickups will sound the SAME!, also, they need to make one with a floating tremolo and better access to higher frets, 24 frets too, also put the truss road adjustment on the end of the neck as there's space for a Humbucker or single coil in the actual neck position, also, the electronics are useless and fragile, you can't modify the volume or switch pots as all is connected to a fragile PCB that takes a lot of space and is just for a headphone amp, that is not needed, many people nowadays have a headphone amp lie the Mustang Micro, Katana Go or Nux MP3, so better use that space for better electronics that are easily modified with regular pots
I see you know a lot about this guitar. By any chance do you know why it goes out of tune? I have to retune it every day... Should I try changing the strings?
@@blackj2121 It goes out of tune because of multiple build defects, look here in youtube a very detailed video about this called "Donner Hush-X review" by the channel "musical dirty tricks"
Great video! I like how you kept it short and straight to the point. As for the guitar I like the form factor and it looks like good quality. Cleans sound alright although a bit muted, but the distortion is horrendous. Then again I don't think that's what the guitar is designed to do, it's obviously meant to be played with headphones. As a travel guitar it's decent, but that's all it is.
Thanks!! I think the distortion pedals sound pretty good, but I suspect the sound may not be as smooth as other guitars bc the pickups may have been wounded hotter than normal. I think I read it’s common in more budget pickups
@@ChaleunsoukSisouvong It just came out 6mo or so ago. The hush I pro is the newest model change but thats the acoustic. The. X came out in 2023 or 2024 so unless an X Pro is coming out I don't think so. Havent seen anything on an X pro.
Hello. I have question for you. I was playing on acoustic long time. Now I need to switch to travel guitar. What do you think, the Donner Hush X can create sound like acoustic guitar and replace it?
It’s inherently an electric guitar, so it’s going to sound like an unplugged electric guitar if you were to play it acoustically. That said, you can still plug in and play, or just practice without an amp-it’s just not going to sound like an acoustic guitar.
Great vid. Your playing style totally reminds me of all the music I used to listen to back in early 2000's. So good. Thinking about getting this guitar, could you let me know your signal chain? I play direct so always wondering if it will sound decent even though my high quality DI's.
I just don't understand why Donner never complete a 2-octave frets. It's just goddamn 2 frets away! But soundwise, it's really nice and portable, planning to buy.
The "active" switch does NOT make the pickups active or passive!, that's just for the headphone amp, you can't make a passive pickup become active unless it has a preamp which this one does NOT have, the electronics are for the headphone amp ONLY, you can even take out the battery and the pickups will sound the SAME!, also, they need to make one with a floating tremolo and better access to higher frets, 24 frets too, also put the truss road adjustment on the end of the neck as there's space for a Humbucker or single coil in the actual neck position, also, the electronics are useless and fragile, you can't modify the volume or switch pots as all is connected to a fragile PCB that takes a lot of space and is just for a headphone amp, that is not needed, many people nowadays have a headphone amp lie the Mustang Micro, Katana Go or Nux MP3, so better use that space for better electronics that are easily modified with regular pots
Ah, this is a lot of great information, thanks for sharing. It seems I was misinformed!
I see you know a lot about this guitar. By any chance do you know why it goes out of tune? I have to retune it every day... Should I try changing the strings?
@@blackj2121 It goes out of tune because of multiple build defects, look here in youtube a very detailed video about this called "Donner Hush-X review" by the channel "musical dirty tricks"
That video is in russian..@@Alex_Martz
@@Bokutulu Yes, just use the automatic translation captions from RUclips, it'll give you a good idea of what's he saying
Nice. I've been wanting the Sunset one. Shalom. Happy New Year!
Excellent video! I got a lot of info from it, and some from the comments too. Thanks a lot 🙂
Great video! I like how you kept it short and straight to the point. As for the guitar I like the form factor and it looks like good quality. Cleans sound alright although a bit muted, but the distortion is horrendous. Then again I don't think that's what the guitar is designed to do, it's obviously meant to be played with headphones. As a travel guitar it's decent, but that's all it is.
Thanks!! I think the distortion pedals sound pretty good, but I suspect the sound may not be as smooth as other guitars bc the pickups may have been wounded hotter than normal. I think I read it’s common in more budget pickups
what's the nut width?
Hi Phillip will Donner Company release a new version of Donner Hush electric guitar?
I don’t have details about that unfortunately
@@chairsoutside I mean the improvement of Donner Hush X
@@ChaleunsoukSisouvong It just came out 6mo or so ago. The hush I pro is the newest model change but thats the acoustic. The. X came out in 2023 or 2024 so unless an X Pro is coming out I don't think so. Havent seen anything on an X pro.
Hello. I have question for you. I was playing on acoustic long time. Now I need to switch to travel guitar. What do you think, the Donner Hush X can create sound like acoustic guitar and replace it?
It’s inherently an electric guitar, so it’s going to sound like an unplugged electric guitar if you were to play it acoustically.
That said, you can still plug in and play, or just practice without an amp-it’s just not going to sound like an acoustic guitar.
Great vid. Your playing style totally reminds me of all the music I used to listen to back in early 2000's. So good. Thinking about getting this guitar, could you let me know your signal chain? I play direct so always wondering if it will sound decent even though my high quality DI's.
I run my guitar through my drive pedals into a Bugera V22, and in this video I recorded through a Shure SM57 into an Audient ID24.
Ah cool, thanks for the reply!
@philip andrew - can this still be played like acoustic (without the aid of an amp). like the one from donner hush-I?
You can still play it unplugged!
thanky my friend but can you play this minus the metal guitar things
do you mean the metal guitar parts that assemble into the wood piece? The guitar is still functional without it
I just don't understand why Donner never complete a 2-octave frets. It's just goddamn 2 frets away! But soundwise, it's really nice and portable, planning to buy.
hey there! love the video, its a great review. just letting you know that your website is inaccessible, it says the account has expired.
Ahh thanks for the heads up - I paused my Squarespace subscription for a bit, but the website will be back eventually
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