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2025-08-27 11:35:18
This review is for the Donner Thinline Telecaster with two humbuckers- I clarify that because reviews tend to get clumped together.Although this guitar seems to be clearly pointed towards beginners, as a season player, I can tell you that any guitar player of any skill level deserves this guitar and would be happy with it.First, the guitar arrived safely and well packaged. The guitar itself was inside the gig bag. The gig bag is actually very nice. Although it would probably not stand up for traveling/gigs, it’s perfectly fine for basic storage needs. Along with the guitar came a quality, Donner strap, along with a Donner cord, which actually is very nice and usable unlike what you usually get with a “†budget guitar “. There was no damage or scratches to the guitar-it was in literally perfect condition straight out of the factory.Going from the headstock down: the head stock is very nicely shaped. I’ve heard horror stories about the tuners being bad, but these seem to work quite well. As with guitar strings, you might want to change them to your preferred tuner, but these do just fine. The plastic nut is nicely cut and no problems there. The neck and fingerboard are maple and have a very nice yellow tint. The frets are in a word perfect. There’s no grainy feel to them. They are nicely polished, and there are no sharp ends. The profile of the neck is not what you would expect from a telecaster. It’s actually kind of chunky and feels good in your hand. The body is nicely shaped the F hole is nicely cut.The Humbuckers are surprisingly good. I’m not sure what kind of magnets are inside. They are probably ceramic however they have a nice balance of being hot and able to handle mellow playing and tones. The neck was straight and the action was kind of high as as usual straight out of the factory. These elements are easily solved by a set up, which you should be able to do yourself, if not someone in your area should be able to set it up well for you.Playing the guitar-it fits nice and is very comfortable, especially for a blocky telecaster fits well against your body. The tone of the guitar is absolutely excellent. Both clean and dirty. The guitar delivers what you needed to do. With distortion the volume control can clean it up nicely and the tone control is actually usable. There is a three-way switch that is probably an economy type, but for now works well. The hardtail Bridge works well.This is an excellent guitar for playing blues and classic rock. You could probably get away with hard rock and metal with this guitar but honestly it’s really not pointed in that direction. Think Rolling Stones, The Beatles, the Eagles, etc. As stated before a guitar player of any level would enjoy this guitar. Especially one who loves the telecaster feel and shape but wants/needs humbuckers.
Chris S.
2025-07-04 14:42:24
I've got way more guitars than I need, but when this was on sale at about thirty percent off I couldn't resist. After performing a basic setup, I think this guitar is a good value. If you don't know how to make minor adjustments, you might not be satisfied with it out of the box. On mine, the low E string saddle was out of adjustment (one of the allen screws was extended farther than the other causing it to rock). When I adjusted the allen screw, I noticed the stamped saddle didn't have much thread engagement with the adjustment screw and made the adjustment a bit difficult. The frets were pretty rough and made any string bending difficult. The tuners seemed to hold tune but a couple of them had quite a bit of slack when trying to make adjustments. So I polished the frets, replaced the tuners with some twenty five dollar locking tuners, and replaced the saddles with thicker cast saddles that only cost eight dollars. So for less than the current asking price of the guitar I've got a nice thinline tele style guitar. Polishing the frets made a big improvement, but they are still not quite as nice as some of my other guitars (some of which cost about 10 times the price of this one). If you're not doing a lot of string bending it won't matter. The overall fit and finish was quite good (despite a few small stray red pen marks under the poly finish on the neck). The three color sunburst looks great, the neck feels really nice (and I'm normally not a fan of glossy necks), and most importantly the pickups sound really, really good. I tried to replace the pickguard with a black version for the similar original brand guitar that this is replicating, but a few of the holes don't line up - so don't waste your time on that. If you're only going to maker one upgrade, I'd suggest the tuners. The originals may work for a while, but for the cost of basic replacements, I think it's worth the upgrade. Overall, I think most people would be happy with this guitar, particularly if you can make minor adjustments and/or upgrades.
Virginia S
2025-06-27 17:36:31
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LE B.
2025-06-21 11:34:41
SUPER PRODUITHOUSSE GENIALESANGLE MOYENNEGUITARE FABULEUSE POUR LE PRIXEXCELLENTE A JOUER
Gonzalo
2025-06-02 15:16:18
Vendà mi Fender Telecaster hace años y tenÃa ganas de tocarla otra vez pero sin gastarme lo que me costó aquella. Tras ver varios videos y reviews y con bastante escepticismo, todo sea dicho, me compré esta que total por 130 euros aunque fuera una patata no era una pérdida enorme.Para mi sorpresa no sólo no es buena sino que me costarÃa distinguirla de mi Fender original. Esteticamente es idéntica, tamaño real, peso, forma, etc. Suena de maravilla, cuesta creerlo pero lo hace, el clavijero es bueno, los materiales lo mismo, etc.Una gratÃsima sorpresa y recomendada 100%. La verdad, no sé cómo pueden hacer una guitarra de esta calidad y venderla a este precio.Ah, y con funda, correa y cable por si no fuera suficiente con lo buena que es la guitarra de por sÃ.
hesgen
2025-05-08 14:08:59
Nach 2 Wochen mit meinem Telecaster-Klon kann ich folgendes Fazit ziehen:Wer auf den Sound einer Telecaster steht, kommt hier voll auf seine Kosten. Optisch ist hier wirklich eine tolle Gitarre von Donner hergestellt und verkauft worden. Die technischen Details wiederhole ich nicht nochmal, die können in der Produktbeschreibung nachgelesen werden.Zunächst einmal wurde die Gitarre super sicher verpackt geliefert. Gitarre, Gigbag, Gurt und Kabel sind allesamt von guter Qualität. Die Gitarre war hervorragend eingestellt, was die Saitenlage angeht. Für Anfänger ist eine flache Saitenlage eine Erleichterung, da der Druck auf die Saiten nicht sehr hoch sein muss. Der Hals ist völlig gerade, die Stimmmechaniken sind leichtgängig und stimmstabil. Die Bundstäbchen sind toll abgerichtet und im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen Gitarren in dieser Preisklasse, steht nicht ein Bundstäbchen über den Halsrand hinaus und man bleibt somit von Kratzern an der Greifhand verschont. Die Intonation musste etwas nachgestellt werden, da die Gitarre auf dem langen Weg aus China nach Deutschland einiges an Temperaturschwankungen mitgemacht hat. Der Korpus hat eine schöne Maserung und ist hervorragend lackiert. Der Gurt ist der Farbe der Gitarre angepasst in braun gehalten. Mit Hilfe des guten mitgelieferten Kabels ist die Gitarre einsatzbereit. Nach dem Einstöpseln in einen Amp hört man sofort den typischen Klang einer Telecaster den sogenannten Twang. Die beiden Singlecoil-Tonabnehmer sind soweit ich das hören konnte brummfrei. Der Umschalter für die verschiedenen Tonabnehmerkombinationen arbeitet solide wie beim Original. Der Sound überzeugt, da er definitiv nach Telecaster klingt. Wer einen Eindruck vom Sound einer Telecaster haben möchte, sollte mal bei Youtube, den Suchbegriff „Ritchie Kotzen“ eingeben.Wer den Sound einer Telecaster haben möchte, ist mit dieser Gitarre bestens bedient. Eine klare Kaufempfehlung. Coole Gitarre zu einem Superpreis.
Kane D
2024-12-31 11:08:06
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