DonnerHUSH X Electric Guitar Kit - Featherlight Headless Guitar, Great for Travel and Practice, Mahogany Solid Body with Easy Assemble Stands, Gig Bag, All Accessories, Sunburst

Long review alert! Overall I think this is an awesome guitar. For me there was a small learning curve to learn how the string changing & tuning worked (see tips below). It sounds great!If you use this guitar with fx units, headphone amp with FX & FX pedals then *you may want to turn active mode OFF (its a button by the headphone jack). If I understand correctly Active mode is mainly for using the headphone jack (dry tone, no FX , no Reverb. Newer PRO model has onboard FX & more). Do some testing with your gear & this guitar with Active mode ON & OFF to get a feel for how it changes the sound & max volume then decide when & if at all to use Active mode. It Did alter the sound & tone with my gear. Also active mode runs on included 9v battery so you may want to test battery on occasion expecially if you stop getting sound from the headphone jack.The guitar plays great. The neck is awesome! The fretboard is cool. The frets are smooth on the sides. The action was good from the factory Not too high on mine & the intonation was almost perfect. The bridge looks high quality & has height & intonation adjustment for each string which is excellent. Fine tuning the intonation was easy. The neck was straight & some pro guitar techs will put very slight dip in the neck to prevent fret buzz so there's possible prefrence adjustments but I did Not notice any fret buzz.String change tuning tip:-Move the tuners counterclockwise to the loosest setting possible before feeding the new strings in through the bridge string slots (you have to open the 9v battery cover when changing strings). This will give you maximum tuning range for tuning the strings up to your desired pitches.- Pull each string tight after feeding it through its corresponding headplate locking slot (on the far edge of neck side by the 1st fret) before tightening the string locks for each string. *Heavy Duty Textured Nitrile Gloves Help Grip The Smaller Unwound Strings* (see pic) to pull them tight before tightening the string locks.- For the high E string you may want to use Cobalt and a thicker guage if you do a lot of string bending. Ive had cheaper high E strings break just tuning them up to pitch with this guitar. Maybe don't tighten the high E string locks quite as hard either.- For high E string you may want to further loosen its tuner knob a little *after* feeding it through the bridge but not too much, you can run out of screw threads.- For the high E string & maybe all the thinner unwound strings; If I have issues with them breaking more often than normal I might wrap them around the "headplate guardrail" a couple times after pulling them tight & not tightening the string locks quite as much. Maybe put a small mini window slide lock clamp holding the string winds on the rail with a little piece of textured glove as grippy padding between strings & clamp.- Always stretch the new strings after tuning them, then re tune after stretching a couple times. This helps the guitar stay in tune Much Better *especially if you do a lot of string bending. There are online YT videos by guitar companies & actual gtr techs on how to do this properly plus many other great tips & techniques for set up & maintenance. The truss rod is easy to adjust with included allen key on the pick ups side of the neck, just remove the small cover plate.*Ideas For Future Editions Of This Guitar*:- Rock Locks style universal adapters (no screws needed!) or The Strap style universal locking guitar strap which have Quick Release- A car friendly frame piece option/accessory that goes across the butt end of the guitar so the tuning pegs & strap peg Doesn't Dig Into My Leg When Playing This Guitar In My Car!! (I dont have this problem with my other brand travel guitar & I play in my car A Lot).- Upgraded guitar strings options (I would pay a little extra).All that being said, overall so far this is an awesome great sounding fun guitar at an exceptional price for the features.

First of all, you HAVE to set it up. If you don't know how to have someone do it for you. The truss rod comes with no tension on it so you have to crank it quite a bit to get the proper neck relief. The saddles are very easy to adjust to get the proper action. I have it setup in E-flat with the strings it came with (looks like 10-46) and it feels really good. The fretwork is nearly perfect and the frets are nice and rounded. The neck is very comfortable and easy to play.The bridge pickup sounds REALLY GOOD, very similar to a dimarzio super distortion.The on-board headphone amp is a nice feature but I really don't see a purpose for it as I don't see a point in listening to raw unprocessed guitar signal, maybe in the future if there was a way to add a preamp and effects it would make this guitar a hundred times better.The strap mounting points are in a weird spot so I don't really use it standing up. Also I wish it had 24 frets and a deeper cutaway but that's just my preference.Overall it's almost a perfect travel guitar. Hopefully the next version will have some slight modifications made because the craftsmanship is impeccable and the materials are very high quality at this price point.

-=Revised Review, with original still intact for reference:=-I initially received a guitar that stayed in tune, except for the G-string. I returned it and exchanged it for a replacement, but the same issue persisted. The G-string wouldn’t stay in tune even after one strum.I contacted customer service, who requested a video of the problem. I sent the video twice and received an email saying, "Thank you for the video, we'll be in touch shortly." However, two weeks passed without any further response.Frustrated, I felt like I had paid for a cool-looking stick with strings that I couldn’t play for more than a minute without issues. While the guitar came with a lot of accessories and looked great, it was ultimately unusable without proper customer support. I advised others to avoid this product and any Donner items.EDIT - 7/1/24:Donner reached out to me. They seem willing to help, and I'll update this review shortly. I've temporarily increased my rating by one star to reflect this effort.EDIT 2 - 7/2/24:Customer service is actively communicating with me, but there's still no real resolution. I’ve increased my rating by another star for their effort.EDIT 3 - 7/10/24:Donner credited me an amount I found satisfactory and sent me another guitar. This third guitar finally works well. The action is a bit high, but I can adjust it. It sounds great, and its size, case, and convenience for travel are excellent.Bottom line, I’m now satisfied with the product and the outcome.=TL/DR =Summary:1) I received two faulty guitars with the same tuning issue.2) Initial customer service was slow, but eventually, they provided a financial resolution.3) I received a satisfactory third guitar.4) Donner genuinely cares and resolved the issue, though it took some time.4) My 30-day return window was a concern, but ultimately, I’m happy with the resolution.Final Note:Thank you, Donner Customer Service. I believe we’ve finally resolved the issue.================Original Review Title:"2 Guitars Later; Still No Resolution ... Customer Service Non-Existent"Original Review:The first one I got, well, it stayed in tune, all but the G-String ... Ok, so I returned it, as I waited for an answer from Donner as to how to remedy the situation and my return window was running out ... I opted to exchange it for a replacement one ... Once again, same issue, the G-String will not stay in tune at all ... And I mean, after -ONE STRUM- ...I notified customer service again, who asked that I provide a video of the issue, which I've done TWICE now, and got an email back both times saying "Thank you for the video, we'll be in touch shortly" ... Nothing, not a single thing, and it's another 2 weeks later ...I basically paid for a cool looking "stick" with strings that I haven't even been able to play for one full minute without major issues ...Yeah, it comes with a lot of "stuff" ... Yeah, it's cool looking, and, yeah, it's theoretically a great "idea" for a guitar ... Save yourself the hassle and disappointment of merely being able to stare at a stick with no customer support behind it, and find something else ... Seriously, find ANYTHING else but this (or just anything Donner in general at this point) ...