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The travel-ready headless instrument is a novel design weighing, as Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riario says in this demo, “pretty much the same as a laptop and coming in a travel bag that’s as long as a yardstick.”

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00:00 [MUSIC]

00:10 What's up? Paul here from Guitar World,

00:11 and today we're going to be checking out a travel-ready,

00:14 headless guitar from Donner that I'm currently obsessed with.

00:17 The Hush One silent guitar. Let's check it out.

00:20 [MUSIC]

00:28 Donner makes a dizzying amount of musical products,

00:31 and the Hush One silent guitar is a novel design from Donner,

00:34 weighing pretty much the same as a laptop and coming in a travel bag that's as long as a yardstick.

00:41 It even comes with headphones.

00:42 [MUSIC]

00:59 Let's take a look at some of the key features of the guitar.

01:02 The first thing to note is, as I mentioned before,

01:04 is its matte-finished hush shape that comes in either a maple or a mahogany body.

01:09 In this case, I have mahogany hush.

01:12 The neck has a progressive neck curvature that encourages stress-free comfort for your wrist,

01:18 and 20 rounded frets that feel smooth and won't nick you as you're playing.

01:23 The guitar comes with a piezo pickup and Donner's custom-designed preamp

01:27 with two-band EQ adjustment and phase button to eliminate feedback.

01:32 It also has a headphone output,

01:34 an aux MP3 input, and a guitar output.

01:38 It takes a nine-volt battery that'll last up to 50 hours.

01:42 Because of its headless design that's ideal for traveling,

01:45 the guitar does come with removable upper and lower frames to convert it into

01:50 a more traditional guitar and also to make it easy to play on your lap.

01:55 Let me show you how that's done.

01:56 [MUSIC]

01:59 So here are the two upper and lower frames,

02:03 and you can see they follow that silhouette of a traditional guitar body,

02:09 and I'll show you how that works.

02:10 Really quick, on the guitar itself,

02:15 there are two holes, one here,

02:17 one here for the upper frame,

02:21 and then one drill hole for the bottom frame.

02:26 So it couldn't be simpler.

02:27 All you have to do is line it up to the holes,

02:33 push down, and the same goes for the bottom one.

02:39 Just like that. Now, we have a more comfortable and traditional guitar silhouette.

02:45 Also, another great thing about the way this guitar is the setup is great because the action

02:49 is nice and low so you can really just solo on this as well.

02:52 [MUSIC]

03:16 You'll notice the tuners are headless and are located at the bottom of the guitar.

03:20 So they are out of the way and reduce the chances of knocking it out of tune.

03:26 You'll also need to use the Allen wrench tuning key to adjust the tuners and drop it

03:31 back into its hidden magnetic holder once you're done tuning, like so.

03:36 Here is that magnetic Allen tuning key.

03:39 Sits here firmly because it's magnetic.

03:41 You just pop it out, and to simply start moving the tuning gears,

03:47 pop it in like that, move it left or right,

03:50 depending which way you're going.

03:52 Just follow suit, makes it easier.

03:54 You can use the actual headless gears and move it back and forth.

03:59 Only thing is, there's not enough grip.

04:01 So that's why you probably need a little bit more of this tuning key to get a quicker travel.

04:07 What's really surprising is how full and balanced the tone

04:10 is coming from the headless design guitar.

04:12 [MUSIC]

04:16 The Hush One silent guitar is a fantastic guitar because it appeals to all players.

04:21 If you're a beginner, it's great if you use a headphone and aux inputs to quietly

04:25 practice and immerse yourself in its sound.

04:28 Or if you're a more casual and advanced player, it has a really comfortable neck

04:33 profile that allows you to freely move all across the neck

04:37 without any stress to your wrist.

04:39 And if you want to take it out live, the onboard two-band EQ

04:42 is tailor-made to take this guitar on stage.

04:44 [MUSIC]

04:53 With a truly plug-and-play pickup system and the ability to play anytime and

04:57 anywhere in the utmost comfort, the Hush One silent guitar is truly

05:01 the ultimate portable, travel, and gig-ready guitar.

05:05 Definitely check it out.

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