DonnerElectric Guitar LP Solid Body, Full-Size 39 Inch Electric Guitar Beginner Kit Black with Bag, Cable, Strap, DLP-124B

Id like to start off with expectation. I hope most will read this because its important.I have now ordered 4 guitars from Amazon, two Glarry's and one Grote, and this LesPaul inspired guitar. The other 3 had neck pocket issues. This may be because they are made in the same factory with a different label put on them. The Grote was the worst of the 3, and I believe the body has a curve in it causing most of the issue. So you do get what you pay for.All three of those guitars are 100 dollars or less at the time of purchase. This guitar is priced 160 with at the time of review, 30 dollars off. Having said this, this is by far, the nicest guitar short of buying a brand name which easily would be double the money. My only real complaint is that it is a flat cut with no cap. Because of this it feels more like a jazz box when playing. Construction is beautiful and feels like its a quality instrument. So it is definitely worth doing some upgrades to.I read allot of reviews on this one before buying. Here is what i found. People complained about high frets, sharp frets, the strings, buzzing and intonation. I took these all with a grain of salt. I've bought Fenders, a Gibson, Gretch and a host of others. If it didn't already go through a set up before purchase, it will need to have one run on it. You wont find a playable out of the box guitar anywhere unless your buying something thats well over 1500 bucks! You could learn how to do these things on youtube for cost of tools.When i received this I was pretty shocked at how well constructed the guitar was, super shiny black paint that's flawless. Neck nice and straight with the perfect amount of relief, Binding around the headstock as well as the body. I took the strings off, straightened the neck and leveled the frets, 4 were slightly high This took about 20 minutes to accomplish. I then took a needle file and rounded the end of the frets over as well as taking 3 sharp ends off. I then cleaned the guitar and put 3 coates of cutting board oil on the fretboard because it was dry. Restring and set intonation. Sound, like a jazz box. It feels like a Gibson and plays like one. All I can say.This guitar though is not without faults. The machine heads are really stiff and hard to move, so tuning is a pain in the but. But it holds its tune fsirly well. The pickup rings dom look cheap and I think will look better with cream rings any way to match the binding. Im also thinking on replacing the humbuckers. I am trying to decide if I will stay whith chrome hardware or gold. Gold may make it pop. One thing is for sure, At the very least upgrade the bridge to a roller bridge Other than that, I think its a sweet guitar, the satin finished neck was a nice touch as well.

I LOVE this thing. Bought it as a lay-around guitar that I expected to not care about. It’s been over a year now and I keep it on a stand ready to go to strum on whenever I get an itch. I did replace the strings with a D’Addario set right off the bat, but that was my only “upgrade” to her. This and oil the fret boards with some decent oil when you do. She needs it and it makes her pop a little more. Guitar is gorgeous in this black. Admittedly at first I wasn’t a fan of the “off white” or ivory-ish tan-like color of the switch housing, but it’s growing on me as it doesn’t stick out like a sore thumb as if it were pure white and doesn’t look so basic b***ch murdered out in all black, either. Look, it’s NOT a high price guitar so don’t expect things that you would from an expensive guitar. Like the pickups aren’t going to wow anyone anytime soon and are a little noisy….. ok, pretty noisy. The bridge feels a bit flimsy but after a year of regular play hasn’t shown any signs of giving up. Frets are surprisingly decent for this price point. Not super smooth like you find on a Solar or ESP but also not sharp or snaggy enough to rip a latex glove on. The most valuable thing about this girl is it gives room to grow and you can upgrade it SO easily. Tuners do their job. Don’t have to tune her as much as other, more expensive guitars that I’ve owned. Another extremely simple upgrade and a fairly inexpensive one if you shop around. My point being this girl has GREAT solid bones to work with AND looks pretty good for what you pay for. If you want to learn guitar, or want to get it as a gift for someone who does it’s a GREAT starter that leaves room to grow with the player and will keep them from having to take a 2nd mortgage or sell an organ for a fancy snobby name on the headstock for a good long time. I love this thing. Will definitely buy another Donner guitar in the near future!

I tinkered around with playing guitar years ago in college (with my roommates Gretsch) years ago. I'm by no means any good and hot this as a beginner guitar go myself and son.It's most likely just my experience and fault for not physically testing it, but the neck was shorter than expected and therefore the frets are also closer than I thought they would be.But, it's a great looking guitar, sounds decent and I still suspect with routine practice it'll sound even better.

Take it from an over 70 year old guitar fanatic, who has experienced just about every make and style of guitar on the planet. You will not believe the beauty in craftsmanship in this inexpensive gem. You know what I had to do to this guitar to set it to perfection? Lower the bridge about 1/8th of an inch. That's it. There isn't a style I can't crank out on this ax. I can easily compare this to any other solid body electric I've ever owned. True story!