Donner DSC-128 39" Electric Guitar

The first issue that I had with this guitar was that I ordered the black one and received the starburst one. I had waffled back and forth between the two designs enough that I decided it wasn't worth quibbling about. However, the principal is still the same that I didn't get the style that I ordered. The guitar comes with a case, a strap, and a cord to hook it to an amplifier. That's it. It doesn't have a tuning aid, or even a single pic. It would be nice if it had a simple cord fingering guide, since it is listed as a beginners guitar. Still, it's relatively inexpensive, seems to be of a reasonable quality, the starburst design is attractive, the soft case is Handy. And there are plenty of free how to guide you available online for beginners learning with the guitar. For the look and the price I can recommend this guitar for beginners. It's just nice to note that you need to buy accessories like

An outstanding Les Paul style guitar from Donner. It comes with a really nice gig bag for storage, thick with a nice front pocket. It also comes with a good strap and a quality cord. It has a very comfortable "C" shaped neck, and it is made of roasted maple. Very smooth finish, satin I would guess. Laurel wood fingerboard for resonance and play-ability. The frets are copper nickel , finished flawlessly, finished so nice, like ball end frets. Well leveled and smooth, great for beginners. The Humbucker pickups sound excellent. Warm tones to metal crunch controlled by a 3-position toggle switch wit volume and tone control. A well made guitar, Donner is major guitar maker the last few years.

I'm honestly shocked at how good these "beginner" guitars have become. It's day and night from what I remember when I was a lot younger. People were relentlessly mocked for their budget guitars, unless it was something like a shop class project. You had to go into serious debt to prove you were a serious musician! The old joke, "What do you call a guitarist without a girlfriend? Homeless." Now? I can order a budget beginner guitar that I was able to take out of the packaging fairly quick, tune, and play without making any adjustments. Not to mention one that has two humbuckers, a three way pickup select, and a solid set of strings. And there was no fret buzz anywhere down the line, on any strings. No oddly high actions or other weird "factory" settings. Just a straight to the point, no nonsense guitar that feels good to play. Has a nice weight to it that makes it feel especially sturdy, but not so much weight that it's awful to play standing. But it's also lovely to play sitting with its body shape and neck that fits perfectly in your lap. And speaking of the neck, it's beautiful, smooth, and doesn't have any burs on the frets. Again, I didn't have to adjust the truss in it or anything else. Anywhere! It just shipped out well made, well packaged, and I suspect there must have been a good quality assurance person with an eye for details involved too. The gig bag feels like it's higher quality as well. It actually stands under its own weight, as you can sort of see from the photo. All of that certainly makes up for the additional pieces you'll need if this is your very first guitar. But Donner is a solid brand with a solid guitar. You can easily find a tuner app or get an amp with one built in relatively cheap. Though if you just started learning, not having an amp for awhile can actually be a plus. I definitely recommend slowly working up confidence on the fretboard before going loud! Then you can refine what you've been practicing with what you hear, because amplifiers can be daunting to just jump into. That G chord you swear you played identically every time? All of a sudden it has a lot more depth and you can hear every subtle difference. But pretty much anything can be used as a pick if you need one!