A high-end Donner?!? Checking out the DST-400! 

I have the black one and it's a translucent black. Under bright lights you can see the alder woodgrain. Very nice.

Holy shit!!! I stumbled across your video because I was looking at the new Donner. First I thought ok probably a older blues guy. Then you ripped that riff!!! I was like holy shit!!! Hes a old metal head like me!! I'm 51 and noodle around the guitar nothing special. So I subbed great review.

Love your delay reverb, can you do a video on your settings

Another day…another Donner 😂

I’ve heard that Donner makes great effects pedals. I just started to learn guitar. I’m 60. Just subscribed ❤

Bought one and swapped out the neck (totally unnecessary) and it makes for one sweet little S-style axe man. Very impressed

Hey Steve. Your tone is immense! That guitar sounds bloody awesome through your setup. (EDIT: And your playing!!!) Great vid mate, a definite like from me, and I've been subscribed for a couple of years.

Larry from Grafton here! At first it seemed to me that this would be the era of buying up inexpensive guitars, as there was a sudden explosion of quality instruments coming from China and Indonesia. Firefly, Donner, Glarry, etc. Reminded me of back when Squier Bullets were nearly worthless, until now, when they are crazy collectible. But after watching the current market for a while, I see that what is really happening is that the technology to produce top quality guitars has simply been made more available to these builders and they are utilizing their cheap labor workforce to crank them out. So what I think now is this: Buy these, as they really are great. Maybe one day when politics ends their availability they will soar in value around here, but regardless, for today they are amazing playing guitars for pros and they allow newbies to have affordable real tools to learn on. This production explosion is a gift from the guitar gods, so run with it while it lasts. I have a bunch of Chinese axes and I love them all. My Fenders and Gibsons are really not all that much (if at all) better looking/playing/sounding than these. I am also a Squier, Epiphone, and Ibanez fan, so I also support the midrange builders. Great review.

Love your SOUNDS 👍👍 , IMO you have the best sounds/tones on RU-vid. I would love to know what effects/ daws/ software - IE- what ever you use on this channel to get the most AWESOME rock sounds. Mike

I love this guitar!!

I love it when I find people from my home area... I'm Not quite Boston... Actually Stuck in California at the moment but Born and Raised in Warwick, RI. You're close enough!! LOL Great Video! Hope you feel better soon. I ordered the same guitar today on Amazon got 130.00 off so only paid 167.00 I ordered the transparent green.

They should come out with a guitar line named after all of Santa’s other reindeer

It's Electric.......and another good'en from the Donner family. I had a guitar that color, before. Nice demo and take care of ya-self Steve.

I have the green one. Great guitar. Better than a Fender. Imo

Dude who is this, what an amazing player! Reminds me of Rabea.

Man you have the best control on distorted guitar I've heard in a while.

Nice sounds. Good looking guitar. Basically on par with squier affinity if you ask me. It doesn’t have that chimey/bell ringer fender sound but but I’d buy one.

Great value here. No doubts.

Steve you make them ALL sound good

Be well soon Steve.

Is there any way to lock in the tremolo bar so it don't just hang. I'd like to keep it in one position Thank you

It's not just troll-y/crank-ery that "I can't hear the guitar thru distortion"; it's that if you regularly like to play clean, then that's what you need to hear when you're choosing a guitar. If you never play anything except rock, then it makes sense you don't care about cleans; but people _do_ play stuff besides rock on electric guitars, honest. (And even the early Stones, and the blues guys they used to emulate, played fairly clean.)

Cypress Green. Looks good!

I have watched several videos of YOURS looking for the best CHEAP guitar (under $200) and to be honest, every single one you have played under $200 sounds better than any $800 plus guitar. The trick is the AMP and other effects you are using. Could you please describe that. With whatever apm/sound system you are using, I'll bet you could string up some spaghetti noodles on a broom and it would sound awesome.

I got this guitar and out of the box I was not happy. Chrome finish on the tuners was coming off as you tuned. Put vintage Hipshot locking tuners and a Graphtech nut and bridge saddles on. It is real sweet playing but don't like the tremolo at all. But love the neck profile and pickups are ok. Nice review Steve. Mine is dark green but can see some grain on it.

Got it for $195 from Donner direct for Christmas, wifey present. Nice guitar indeed.

Pwow now wena now wena na wena na pwowwwwww!! Lol.. that was my sfb shred in English.. lol.. not bad sounding pickups

How is the neck and frets any fret buzz or sharp edges

It is amazing what you can get today at very reasonable prices...guitars and amps.

If anyone wants to buy one. I'm selling mine cheap. They do not have the same resale value as Squier because of the name on the headstock.

...70 years of "tweeking" a product plus CNC = Cool!!!...I wish I was young-enough to to really enjoy this "madness"!!!...Peace...

Sounds like a decent Strat to me. Too many guitars in this range dont

Whats the fretboard radius on this???

It’s definitely got a bit of a greenish hue at certain angles.

Compared to Eart/Latitude? Is it better?

Dark blue it looks to me almost blackish

Bit less distortion would make it easier to hear the difference between the various positions

I just ordered this guitar and now I'm skeptical. Amazon gives a warning about this product I didn't notice when ordered it. It reads exactly like this......"Frequently returned item Check the product details and customer reviews to learn more about this item". Now that doesn't sound good . Anybody know why it has such a high return rate? After doing more research I came across several articles that stated Donner was telling customers to give good reviews in return for a total refund and could keep the guitars.

Perhaps a tribute to Jeff Beck on your next video Steve? Cheers!

looks dark blue on my screen.

Looks black to me. Honestly I couldn't see any green at all even in the lit reflections. Anyway at least we had a clarification half way through the video. I was almost going to see an eye specialist to see if I was colour blind. If anything it's a tinted very dark blue black. It may be what's known as Navy Blue (US military colour) that's also know as Blue Black.

You Up?? 🎶🎸

Just got one for $115. 👍🏻😎

Just purchased one Amazon -$159 new

I seen that guitar for $159 during Christmas.

damn, I guessed a Ukulele :(

She looks nice yet you didn't rock her out too screaming 🎸🤔🤟🤘🤘

Ground Hog day.

I bought one which has terrible fret work. The fret ends are like a cheese grater and the fretboard edge is not rolled at all. Steve may have received a specially prepared guitar. Using the tremolo throws it out of tune immediately and there's plenty of fret buzz. If you are buying this guitar a proper setup is essential!

Donner Kebob? :)

O like the cheaper one better.

Bos7? That came out of the Fall River Amazon. I worked there when it first opened. Crummy job.

JEFF BECK . . .

10 minutes plus into the video before we hear a note and then it is through a pedal or effect... let us hear the pickups from Korea!

Fender Mexican strats with taxes are 900 dollars. That is ridiculous for a mexican strat. I bout a squier classic vibe thats great for much less

High end? Really Steven?

All I can say is.............why?

Oxymoron 🥴