“The sound is so swish that I’m beginning to quiz whether or no longer the pricey exotic tone woods that so many guitarists lust over actually manufacture noteworthy of a distinction”: Donner Hush-X solidbody guitar evaluate

Manner support in the the early Forties, Les Paul invented a minimalist solidbody electrical guitar that he called “The Log.” About 80 years later, Donner Music has offered presumably the closest soulmate to that guitar since the introduction of the Steinberger in the Eighties. 

Donner calls the Hush-X a shuttle guitar, nonetheless it’s actually a plump-dimension instrument that feels, performs, and sounds treasure a venerable solidbody, albeit one who would be packed accurate into a compact case that looks treasure a carrying obtain for a two-share pool cue.

Donner presents one model of the Hush-X guitar: a mahogany model with two finishes – a sunburst and a natural fabricate. The guitar has a one-share neck-thru-physique make, and light-weight metal frames that join to either side by job of sliding clamps to manufacture a leg rest and armrest. 

The headless make is facilitated by a six-saddle mounted bridge with built-in thumbscrew tuners. Neck facets consist of a 25 ½-tear scale, 22 medium frets, an asymmetrical profile, HPL (excessive-stress laminate) fingerboard, 403mm radius, and a 1.65-tear broad bone nut with zero worry.

The pickups consist of a excessive-output humbucker with an unspecified magnet form at the bridge and an Alnico V single-coil pickup positioned about 2-3/4 inches from the 22nd worry, which is more treasure the guts than a neck placement. 

Resistance measurements for our test example had been about 13okay ohms for the humbucker and 5.4k ohms for the single-coil, providing a priceless steadiness of sizzling-rodded humbucker and classic classic single-coil tones.

Lots of digital facets consist of a concentric grasp volume/tone knob with the low-resistance volume control on the outside, an appealing/passive switch for headphone monitoring in the horny insist and 1/8-tear Aux input and headphone output jacks.

Weighing no longer up to five pounds, the Donner Hush-X is broad joyful to play, with the metal physique extensions helping steadiness the instrument and preventing neck dives. The neck feels the the same as any swish C-profile neck, and the fretwork is smartly-known. 

Plugged into an amp, the Hush-X sounds plump-bodied and dynamic, with the humbucker rivaling the tone of many regular solidbodies – in actuality, I doubt most guitarists would be in a position to repeat the adaptation in a blind tone test. The sound is so swish that I’m beginning to quiz whether or no longer the pricey exotic tone woods that so many guitarists lust over actually manufacture noteworthy of a distinction rather than in an ravishing sense.

The humbucker has a monumental classic rock growl by an overdriven amp with nice balls and chew, while the single-coil pickup has a Strat-treasure presence and zing that’s supreme for blues, funk, and slinky rock rhythms.

One feature I in particular loved used to be the easy-obtain entry to rear compartment that makes it broad easy to alternate batteries and anchor the strings’ ball ends when altering strings. That the headless make permits the usage of well-liked strings is attributable to a locking clamp system above the nut.

Donner hundreds up the Hush-X with a ton of chocolates that add generous extra price. These consist of a strengthened carrying obtain, a clip-on tuner, earbud headphones, a 9-volt battery, Allen wrenches (stowed in the battery compartment), extra screws, guitar picks, guitar and case straps, and more.

Specs

• PRICE: £/$349 / £297
• TYPE: Electrical shuttle guitar
• BODY: Mahogany
• NECK: Mahogany by-neck, uneven profile
• SCALE LENGTH: 25.5″
• FINGERBOARD: High-stress laminate, 403mm radius
• PICKUPS: Humbucker (bridge), Alnico V single-coil (neck)
• BRIDGE:  Six-saddle mounted bridge with built-in thumbscrew tuners
• WEIGHT: 4.4 lbs
• FEATURES: Quick-assemble physique physique, tuner, carry soft case, 1/8″ aux input and headphones output
• CONTACT: Donner Music