If the item comes direct from a manufacturer, it may be delivered in non-retail packaging, such as a plain or unprinted box or plastic bag. My teen daughter just started taking guitar lessons and she was so excited to try an electric guitar.

Whoever put this kit together had some great attention to detail and the authority to make their decisions stick. Eventually, I learned just a few minor chords later in life, but never enough to be a proficient guitar player. I've got a few strat's and a brand new Donner 152 that I'm looking to either Re-fret or swap the neck. Depending on where you live, the time it may take for your exchanged product to reach you, may vary. The accessories to start off are basic, but really helps in getting started as soon as you receive the package.Increasing the space between the strings and the frets, allowing them to vibrate freely without buzzing. This is because when changing the strings, sometimes the ball ends get stuck inside and becomes hard to remove. Damage to your instrument caused by neglecting the instructions above or subjecting your instrument to extreme temperatures will not be covered under Donner warranty. This can cause especially single-coils to produce unwanted hum and buzz when there’s radio- or electromagnetic interference present. After pulling out the tone pot and splitting the coil we got some really nice trebly Strat lead tones.

If your guitar needs string action adjustment, you need to identify the bridge style of the guitar and locate the height adjustment screws forappropriate adjustments. It’s small enough to sit on my desktop, barely bigger than a transistor radio, with output to match.I got approached by Donner’s staff member Brandon, and he offered to send me products to test and review for free. Tuners and all other important hardware like the bridge seem to be working well which is the most important thing. Intonation is adjusted by loosening the saddle lock screw and sliding the saddle forward or backward to achieve the desired intonation point. One issue: I am getting a little string buzz on the E string in the upper frets, but it's inconsistent and only when I strum just right, so I'm undecided if I'm going to need to adjust the truss rod or not. The sound was nice coming out of my Marshall amp, with a clean tone similar to my Epiphone strat and decent crunch with the gain cranked up.

All too often with inexpensive guitars, pickups are an afterthought, but we actually got some nice tones from them.I had to admit that the crunch tones were the ones I least enjoyed with this Donner, but it doesn’t mean this axe sounds bad with crunch, it just was just not my favorite use for this guitar. Volume and tone controls are also well located and used in conjunction with the amplifier controls produce a good range of sounds. They are not terrible and applying graphite to nut helps a little bit, so the tuning instability was partially the fault of the nut. The pickups get minimal 60 cycle hum when using high gain even on position 1 which was very shocking. It’s a great beginner/intermediate guitar, and the included accessories make it a great combo for beginners: gig bag with backpack straps, instrument cable, guitar strap, tremolo bar, a string set (no gauge indication, so I think it’s 9-42, the same as the factory strings), 4 guitar picks (2 x 0.