Cheuk
Very good quality and sound,great for beginner
Charlene Fisher
I am very impressed with this guitar by Donner for beginners. It has a flat sheen, nicely balanced, and a sweet sound. There is no warping as you move your fingers up the frat, which means the strings are not hitting the wood.
It was easy to tune with the app I have on my phone and it stayed tuned. I liked the sound. It comes with several accessories, a padded case, shoulder strap, clamp, picks, digital tuner, cleaning cloth, L wrench, extra strings, and front decoration.
You won’t go wrong or be disappointed with choosing this guitar.
Yifan
This guitar kit comes with many useful accessories that help me learn faster in guitar. The wood of the guitar feels high quality, and the play sounds were really good. The bag has enough foam to prevent damage to the guitar and two-strap to use it as a backpack. Even my friend who owns many guitars said that this guitar kit definitely worth the money.
JMSolko
We have really loved learning to play this guitar. I initially bought it for my son but the whole family has been using it. We've found some really good tutorials on YouTube that have made learning easier. I love the electric tuner that came with it. It really takes out the guesswork. The guitar seems to be made very well and has a nice rich tone to it. It's been perfect for our beginner learners.
Peter Green
We bought this for our 13yo daughter who wanted to teach herself guitar and have something to noodle on. I play bass and her mom plays guitar, but left-handed, so we wanted something inexpensive, yet complete, for our daughter to try out.
The basic quality of this guitar is impressive. After a couple of weeks, it's holding tune better and better; the action out of the box was very good, no buzzing; the matte black finish is SLEEK; the neck is super comfortable, not too thick and not super thin; and the accessories all work very well. The sound is good as well - not super-rich, but clear.
This kit is a steal where it's priced now, and it's perfect for something to play around with or for a child to get their first taste of playing guitar.
qqan
After a few months, I guess with the dry air in my apartment in winter, it seems like the wood was shrinking a bit. I filed the fret ends a little (check out FretGuru Ultimate Fret End File 2), tightened the tuner screws, and had to adjust the truss rod a little. I used the opportunity to go to a lighter string gauge as well. Still a pleasure to play.
ORIGINAL REVIEW
I wish this would have been my first acoustic guitar, 20 years ago.
The instrument looks, feels, and sounds good. It's a joy to play. The guitar came with accessories well secured in the included gig bag inside a box inside another box - Safe and secure! The setup was great out-of-the-box, no issues with neck, bridge, or nut - no adjustments needed. I was playing right after a quick tuning.
The wood is beautiful with a thin natural finish and feels as nice as it looks in the pictures. Tuners are solid and stay in tune, and the included clip-on tuner works well. The neck, to my hands, is extremely comfortable and smooth to play. Although the instrument feels light, the sound is strong with clarity, depth, and sustain.
This is a solid instrument, great for practice and fun, great for the price, not just for beginners.
CrazyJ
I've been playing guitar for 25 years. This guitar is incredible! It sounds great! Comes with everything you need, including an extra surprise not mentioned on here! I never could tune by ear and the tuner included makes it easy even for beginners.
S. Ahmad
I just recently bought this guitar and was actually quite pleasantly surprised by the quality of the guitar given the price.
The body is beautifully crafted and it is quite light for a full bodied guitar. I prefer the cutaway design compared to the normal full 8 design and the finish is not bad at all.
All in all , it is a really good guitar and i love that it comes with all the extra like, cover, picks, strap , tuner, capo and strings.
Angela Weldon
Absolutely gorgeous and unique colour. The guitar is well made, nice wood, nice craftsmanship and nice painting. It’s sounds very good. The included cleaning cloth is great and rounds out the kit. All round good piece of equipment.
Stephen
The wood is beautiful with a thin natural finish and feels as nice as it looks in the pictures. Tuners are solid and stay in tune, and the included clip-on tuner works well. The neck, to my hands, is extremely comfortable and smooth to play. Although the instrument feels light, the sound is strong with clarity, depth, and sustain.
This is a solid instrument, great for practice and fun, great for the price, not just for beginners.
Bang Tran
The guitar is built from real wood with a nice coating outside. The handle angle can be adjusted via the true rod inside. The design was compact so people with small hands like me can use it easily. The sound was crispt and loud. Setting up string was easy and there is a bonus electronic tuner that comes with it. By default, the protective pad does not stick on the guitar so the user has to decide to put it on or not. This guitar is easy to customize, I put the small amplifier inside and it still sounds good to me.
YR
I started playing guitar 31 years ago, when I was eight. All through my teenage years, to university, to professional life, people have been asking my advice on what guitar to get a beginner. I have never tried a better beginner’s guitar than this. It played great out of the box, it comes with a capo - a good capo! - plectrums, a strap - everything you might want. For this price, I’d be happy to recommend a mediocre guitar to a beginner. This Donner guitar is arguably better than my 1990s Korean Takamine!
I’m incredibly impressed by this instrument.
ST
As a beginner's guitar this one really hits all the marks if I'm honest. The most important things are for it to sound good, be easy to play and feel good in the hands. I can say this does all of that. I was actually quite impressed by how it sounded. Entry level acoustics can be hit or miss with their sound quality but this one sounds full and warm. A very nice tone and perfect for rhythm players. It's loud enough to sing over but won't annoy your family or neighbors if played in your room.
The build quality is nice. It feels nice to hold and does not feel like it's going to fall apart. Design wise it has a very pleasing aesthetic and I really like how the sides of the guitar have an open pore finish on the wood.
The tuners feel mostly solid. One of them is a bit tight to turn but still works fine. The other 5 feel great and do the job.
y
Straight out of the box, I was impressed with the extra care taken in packaging the guitar. Mine arrived well wrapped in foam, detuned and packed around the strings to avoid damage in transportation. Comes in its own gig bag which is ok for covering the instrument but I wouldn't count on it for drop protection.
Points:
- I was very pleased with the weight of the instrument considering the size, it is rather light and feels great picking it up.
- The finish is satin and the body grain looks fresh and nice to the touch.
- Tuners are not the best I ever tried but they work and on quite a low ratio which is good for fine tuning.
- The bridge is roughly finished with good indentation to achieve decent intonation. The bridge texture matches the finish of the body in look and feel.
- I will not pass judgment on the action as it is a subjective and based on preference, but I provided a measurement image on the 12th fret.
- Decent finishing around joints with no eye soaring imperfections. I'm impressed at this price point.
- Donner were extremely generous with the accessories on this package providing all you really need to get going. Comes strung and with an extra set of strings gauge 10. Since this is a beginner guitar I would have gone for 9's to make life easier for those bruising their fingers for the first time but 10's are the expected standard.
- Kind of prefer mine without the pickguard but it's there if you'd like one.
Sound:
Full sound and great energising vibration as you hold it in your arms. Mine sounds even better after I swapped the strings for some really nice Ernie Ball acoustics. This is what you want around a campfire, a soothing rich rounded sound.
Conclusion:
At this price point, it is one of the best beginner guitars I ever tried. If you're looking to get started, do yourself a favor and don't buy the cheapest plank of wood you can get out there as you will find it hard to play and that would be the end of your attempt at learning guitar. This guitar is a better choice to get going. Also considering the generous accessories package, this is just a great deal and I simply cannot fault it.
Moese
The instrument looks, feels, and sounds good. It's a joy to play. The guitar came with accessories well secured in the included gig bag inside a box inside another box - Safe and secure! The setup was great out-of-the-box, no issues with neck, bridge, or nut - no adjustments needed. I was playing right after a quick tuning.
The wood is beautiful with a thin natural finish and feels as nice as it looks in the pictures. Tuners are solid and stay in tune, and the included clip-on tuner works well. The neck, to my hands, is extremely comfortable and smooth to play. Although the instrument feels light, the sound is strong with clarity, depth, and sustain.
This is a solid instrument, great for practice and fun, great for the price, not just for beginners.
Nicolas C.
This guitar was a birthday gift for my 17 year old grandson. It was a wonderful buy for him. Within just minutes of playing it he commented how rich and great it sounded. A hundredfold better than his previous guitar. Thank you Donner for caring about the making of your guitars. Yes I would recommend you to anyone looking to purchase. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
