Donner HUSH-C Silent Nylon | Overview

MSRP: (UK) £320 / (US) $TBC

Silent follow simply acquired an entire lot simpler because of the Donner HUSH-C. This ultra-compact nylon-string guitar is designed for gamers who must hold the noise down with out sacrificing playability or tone. Plug in your headphones for a surprisingly pure taking part in expertise, and take it wherever. Sam Bell opinions.



Donner has introduced us a brand new addition to the HUSH vary of journey guitars. The HUSH-C is a headless, nylon-string guitar designed for silent follow (or amplification)—excellent for journey!

The guitar options an energetic piezo pickup, built-in tuner, and low/excessive EQ controls. The physique and neck are constructed from stable okoume with a satin end. The neck is a C form, that includes a high-pressure laminate fretboard with rounded stainless-steel frets. There’s an adjustable truss rod on the backside of the neck, and the neck itself is strengthened with twin carbon fibre rods for stability. The guitar narrows down and matches neatly into its included gig bag, which is tremendous handy. The primary physique of the guitar can then be hooked up to the quick-release carbon fibre frames, giving the guitar a extra pure really feel when sitting. Altogether, it weighs roughly 2.5 kg—which is nothing in any respect!

The pickup is housed contained in the physique—a HUSH Customized Piezo with Donner HPS-II preamp—providing you with quantity, high and low EQ, plus a handy built-in tuner. That is all powered by an simply accessible 9V battery. There are two outputs on the guitar: the principle one is a ¼-inch jack for plugging right into a desk or amp, and the second is a 1/8-inch headphone jack for silent, on-the-road follow. There’s additionally a 1/8-inch aux jack if you wish to plug in a telephone, laptop computer, or different audio supply throughout silent follow.

In earlier problems with GI, I’ve checked out different iterations of the HUSH collection from Donner, so I used to be curious how they’d current a journey guitar with nylon strings. The headless design means the tuners are positioned behind the bridge. On turning the guitar over, you may discover classic-style nylon string tuner gears, however the machine heads are offered as twistable knobs that additionally lock the strings in place. There is a handy magnetic Allen key behind the guitar for unlocking these machine heads when it is time to change strings. The opposite finish of the strings passes behind the nut of the guitar and out the again of the ‘non’ headstock. You are inspired to create a ‘tie’ on the finish of the string to carry it in place. It is a fairly distinctive strategy and it really works nice!

Contemplating this is not an acoustic instrument, the piezo does a superb job of representing the nylon tone. The EQ is pretty interactive, and with a little bit of tweaking you may get a stable nylon tone for follow or recording. I would think about if you happen to use this with an outboard amp or PA, a little bit reverb may add some magic. It might have been nice to have reverb as a part of the preamp, however I fairly just like the simplicity of this journey guitar—it does the job nicely, and at a really cheap worth level (£329).

While I am not a fingerstyle participant, I can say that the fretboard feels superb. Nevertheless, the motion out of the field was fairly excessive previous the seventh fret. I seen this with a couple of of the HUSH guitars. This may be adjusted through the truss rod, and if you know the way—or have a luthier buddy—the HUSH-C’s compensated bone saddle might be adjusted or tailored. Apart from this, the stainless-steel frets felt nice, the neck felt very good, and there is one thing in regards to the lightness of this guitar that makes it really feel very ‘free’ to play. The carbon fibre frames add consolation, and I forgot I used to be holding a journey guitar after taking part in for some time. Tremendous work, Donner!

If you happen to’re searching for a compact journey guitar that lets you follow silently with nylon strings, the Donner HUSH-C is great. It ticks all of the packing containers—excellent for travellers, commuters, college students, or anybody seeking to take these Bach Cello Suites on the highway!

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