Buying a travel guitar usually means getting by with a physically smaller instrument full of compromises. Donner's Hush-X is different. It's the same size as a standard electric guitar, and even has a bridge humbucker and single-coil neck pickup. But the entire guitar comes apart to fit inside its convenient travel bag, allowing you to take it wherever you go
How good is it? Guitar World reviewer Chris Gill said the sound of the Hush-X is "so good that I’m starting to question whether the expensive exotic tone woods that so many guitarists lust over really make much of a difference." In which case there's little reason to leave the Hush-X sitting in its bag when you're settled back home.
If you want a musical travel companion you'll want to play all the time, now is a good time to buy the Donner Hush-X, while you can it for 20% off during Amazon's Cyber Monday sale. Get it in your choice of Natural or Sunburst finish. Plus it comes with a ton of accessories that make it a complete package.
While it has half the usual guitar body, there are no compromises with the Donner Hush-X. It features a resonant mahogany body offered in a choice of two finishes: Natural and Sunburst. The guitar is a one-piece neck-thru-body design, with a lightweight metal leg rest and armrest attached to either side, making it easy to play the guitar while seated. Putting the pieces together was a cinch — it assembles and disassembles easily — and the entire instrument weighs about five pounds.
Donner might have gotten by with just one pickup, but they went all out with the Hush-X. It has both a high-output humbucker at the bridge and an Alnico V single-coil located about 2-3/4 inches from the 22nd fret, similar to the standard middle pickup position rather than the neck placement. Donner lets you get the most out of them via a series of toggle switches that allow the pickups to be used individually or together.
The electronics package is complete as well. It includes a concentric master volume/tone knob with the low-resistance volume control on the outside, an active/passive switch for headphone monitoring in the active position, and 1/8-inch aux input and headphone output jacks. Yes, that's right, a headphone jack — just perfect for private practice sessions. The aux input is a nice feature here as well, allowing you to plug in a phone or tablet to play along with music while practicing silently through headphones.
As for the sound, Chris Gill said it all in his review. "Plugged into an amp, the Hush-X sounds full-bodied and dynamic, with the humbucker rivaling the tone of many regular solidbodies," he wrote. "In fact, I doubt most guitarists would be able to tell the difference in a blind tone test."
To make the deal even sweeter, the Hush-X comes with a ton of goodies, including a reinforced carrying bag, a clip-on tuner, earbud headphones, a 9-volt battery, Allen wrenches (stowed in the battery compartment), extra screws, guitar picks, guitar and case straps, and more.
And with Amazon's 20% savings during Cyber Monday, the deal gets even sweeter. Grab one to enjoy now and again on your holiday travels.
