Your video encouraged me to get this guitar. It is great, thank you.

Why did you compress it? To make it more accurate to how is sounds in person?

That gig bag and other goodies is an awesome deal for that price! And it’s a lefty cutaway! Nuts.

Good stuff. I checked your link, said $129!!! Oh well $4 isn’t a stretch for such a cheap, but playable guitar! HOW was the out of the box set up?

Good video. Just as an FYI the Amazon link sends you to the DAG-1 which does not have the cut out. Probably the same guitar, just not the exact one you demoed. If I can find the CR on the Donner site, I will probably buy one. For a buck and a quarter….you can’t beat it. Thanks!

I would look at the Harley Benton D-120CE NT, 67 USD, or 102 after shipping, it doesn’t come with a tuner, strap, picks and capo, but after a setup, intonation and mild nut work this guitar plays better than acoustics I have played in the 600-700 range, and is already an acoustic/electric.

I prefer matte finishes. That sounds so mellow. I was expecting it to be a little more boomy and bright. Sounded great!

i find your usual blues style to be great to hear, but your strumming style was nice to hear too.

it is amazing what you can get for not a lot of money these days. Back in prehistoric times when I was a lad you would need to pay £500+ in today’s money to get anything even remotely playable. I don’t think those are brass frets by the way. A case of the Chinese using the wrong word to describe them.

How does it compare to the Orangewood Victoria and Manhattan? Same price, different company. I’ve never seen an honest (unsponsored) review of either guitar. Comparison?

From all my years following the channel, I don’t recall hearing you play an acoustic. That was top notch, Shane.

Wow, can’t believe all the gear they pack in with the guitar. Sounded great! Looks like a great bargain. 🙂

Wow Donner makes instruments too ? Looks/sounds like it would also be a cheap platform for modding into a electric/acoustic too !! 🙂

Hey Shane,

Do you have any info on the nut? How is it?

It looks and sounds good, great value. Thank you for the video Shane. I saw your harley benton´s unboxing, I purchased a Harley Benton acoustic (Harley Benton CLD 16S) a few months back…and I was really impresed, it´s a great guitar with a Solid spruce top (which makes a huge difference) and even a bone nut. The price is 158€ and it comes with Daddario EXL strings set (it cost 14€ itself), which is absoluty crazy. If you can check it out some of their acoustics, it could be cool…I think that their acoustics are a little better value and quality than their electrics guitars.

Cheers from Spain!

In the States that additional accessories value at over $100 U.S. I have a branded of there’s.

Very professional review Shane! You’re really good at this!

there’s a solid 3 secs of video where all we see is your crotch

You can bet they’re brass coloured nickel frets AKA brass/nickel alloy, which tends to look more like brass, whereas normal nickel/silver type nickel is really just nickel with silver colouring – absolutely no silver in them.
Between that, the name of the guitar – DAG- & the fact I already have a 20 year old MIK Fender acoustic with pickups, I’d rather spend a little swapping out the frets than buy an acoustic shipped from China that would still need $500 fret replacement due to nickel allergy.
I rarely play acoustic, so certainly not on my GAS list, but nonetheless a nice guitar & as usual your playing is beautiful.

Cheers Shane,

Ben.

Please understand that “Fret sprout” is pretty common on inexpensive guitars. Like Shane said, 5 minutes to fix. It’s amazing, the quality of gear that’s out there…..”Hello…..Gibson ??……”