I have one of these DMT-100's and for the money is great. The biggest issue with it was the fretboard was extremely dry, and there were a couple frets that had some sprout. After some setup, it plays and sounds great. The satin finish feels amazing.
It's amazing what so little money will get you these days guitar-wise... I couldn't decide between the two so I got them both 🙂🙂 As far as I can see string nuts are polycarbonate which do an okay job reducing friction, not as good as graphite or tusq but still better than cheap soft plastic... Radius is 12" ( at least on my guitars ) and after a full setup and some fret ends smoothed these guitars can give my $1000+ other guitars a run for their money... I might install locking tuners, better pickups, different wirings, etc...on them in the future but as is they are amazing... Thanks for the excellent video 🙂🙂
I've been looking at this guitar. Interesting little axe, and Donner makes really nice budget guitars. And Amazon has it right now for $139 ! Seems like a deal to me. I like your playing, and your easy style, Brother. Liked and subbed!
Thanks, yeah I try to not do what annoys me about YT videos. I stopped doing a channel brand intro. No talking for 3 minutes about a sponsor. No "ask to subscribe" breaks. lol.
@@HankCoffey There seems to be a "formula" that too many follow. I got real sick of the review the free guitar and then sell it guys.. You know they are kissing $@5^#$ to keep the game going. I bought 2 Donner DMT100's and they are sweeet for the $159.00 sale price.
I just ordered one. Good looking straightforward guitar. Light weight. Typical sketchy Chinese specs. Sounds good when you are playing it. But what is your review??? Considering the price did you like it? Did it take much work to get it playing good? (Action, intonation, neck straightness…) Any fret sprout? Are the tuners just as terrible as all the other cheap guitars?
🎄 Merry Christmas Hank 🍺😁 I hope you're okay. Tricia has covid, and I haven't got it yet, just waiting for the inevitable! Coco got a lot of presents including various squeaky toys . We had to take a toy away for a bit which is a rubber Turkey , because it's Squeak is very loud!!! Catch you later 🐊 😁⛄🍺🎁🐕💚🎶🎸🎹🐻🐻🍩
Jaaaaaaan Jaaaaaaaaan!!!!!!!! I am great. I have a new Kiesel on order. I should get it around February or so. Sorry to hear about Covid, I hope she gets well. Covid is old news here. No outbreaks, no masks, like it never happen. I honestly think it was blown way out of proportion. If not, it's not happening around here. It's simple, keep your hands sanitized when touching stuff in public. Mostly door handles. I hope you have a Merry Christmas today JaanJaan! 🎅🏼🐻🎸
@@HankCoffey Tricia probably got it at one the Christmas parties at the university she works at. We have both been vaccinated and she's not too bad. We stopped wearing masks ages ago too. 👍😄
@@HankCoffey she knows I'm talking to you, and she asked if you were ok because I said that your UA-cam and Twitch looked like you hadn't posted anything for a month. I will say you're fine and that you said Merry Christmas ⛄ After Robin Manton finished building my new Guitar he liked it so much that he added it to his Catalogue and called it The Acolyte. I've given him my two oldest guitars that were in a right old state which both needed refretting with a ton of other repairs too. Growing up, we never had much money and my Mum struggled a lot just to pay the bills. I had many part time Jobs when I was a kid so that I could get things and I never asked for anything , including birthdays . Thus included saying that I didn't want anything for Landmark birthdays like my 16th, 18th and 21st. But, I was completely surprised on my 21st birthday by a new guitar! It was Very emotional and I was blown away. I would never get rid of that guitar and it was played extensively. The other guitar that he's also refretting and giving Everything a general overhaul on is my First ever Electric guitar that i got second hand when I was 12. I have never found a guitar that feels the same as this guitar. Robin says that it's very weird with the strangest neck and fretboard measurements and dimensions. It's got a massive radius near the neck which is Very thin like a modern super strat around 21 inches! , but above the 12th fret up to it's 22nd fret it develops into a much smaller radius around 12 inches! The strings are a tiny bit closer together then my Vigier, or a Fender or my Ibanez. The Fretboard is basically flat but has more rounded edges than my Shawn Lane Vigier....in fact it's much like that guitar. For some reason there's no fret inlay markers above the 17th fret!? This gives it a peculiar look at first glance! It's a very light guitar with a thinner than average solid body which is like the S.L. Vigier thinner body too. But It's headstock is on the thicker side and he has to alter any locking tuners that are put on. The pickups are possibly hand wound and big and chunky which he says are maybe worth £100, or about $130 each, because of the big demand for vintage pick ups like them . He told me what the design was called but I forget. I looked online and found old ones that looked Very similar. It's got a Trem system like an old strat which is Going to be blocked off because I don't use trems ...but it's got a Tune O Matic style Bridge which needs replacing too. It needs to be higher than average because of the flat body. It never had a name on the headstock and Robin says it's similar to some other weird guitars he has fixed that hail from the 1960s and early 1970s. It played and sounds so good compared to the dozens and dozens of other cheaper second hand guitars that I played in second hand shops, and friends guitars from that time! One of the bands I played in when I was 15 , the singer Had a black Les Paul he used to pose with....it was not a cheap one either, maybe a deluxe or custom. I don't know much about the difference between those Gibsons , but I remember that it was very expensive. It was a horrible sounding guitar with a horrible feel and felt nearly as heavy as a bass guitar. ..I much preferred the feel, weight and sound of my guitar from the second hand shop. The costs of refretting guitars with stainless steel has rocketed since we Left the EU and the problems of the World also contribute. But Robin said he would fit them at Cost as I had already have a spent a lot with him , and he says that refretting is his favourite repair! He was much more reasonable with the cost of refretting than others I have asked, and that was before the discount!. It works out as just about half price of the other quotes I got. 🎸 I will end up with:- 1 ~ The Acolyte By Manton. 2 ~ The Shawn Lane Vigier(worth about 35% more then I paid for it in 2017, maybe as Patrice Vigier retired earlier this year) 3 ~ 21st birthday present. 4 ~ Oldest guitar From age 12. 5 ~ Headless Travel guitar. 6 ~ Fender Jazz Bass copy. 7 ~ Black Ibanez RG which is now used as a slide guitar. It's frets are worn out and it's Trem system is Crap and it's tuning stability is not great....BUT I do love the feel of it's weird flat neck which is flatter along the full length in the centre.. Flatter than an Ibanez Wizard . It was an odd run that only lasted 2008 - 2009 if I remember correctly. My new guitar by Robin Manton is intentionally a sort of mixture of this neck and the Vigier neck, and is my perfect shape. When I took up playing guitar again in 2015(25 years after stopping in 1990)the only guitars I had were the two that Robin is now refretting...and I needed something to play.....I bought the Black Ibanez RG second hand knowing nothing about Ibanez or modern guitars generally. And.. The Blue Ibanez RG with knackered frets was taken apart and parts sold. I might sell the Bass and travel guitar which I'm not so keen on. I would probably use my oldest guitar as a travel guitar because it's so scratched then new scratches won't be noticed! And it's very light...the Vigier is just over 6 pounds, and this old one is just under 5 pounds .... plus i forgot to mention it's much shorter scale length of only 24 inches which also contributes to it's unusual feel , and tone I really like! Everyone used to like the tones i managed to get out of it, nearly as good as yours 😁 maybe! Cheers Hank 🍻 🎸🎸🎶😁🐕💚🍩🐻
@@The1stMrJohn That's cool JaanJaan, I have 7 electrics right now. The Kiesel will make 8. I want to sell about 3 or 4 of them. But I haven't listed any of them yet. I paid an extra $100 for Kiesel to pick me a real light piece of ash. I am also doing a thin Raw Tone natural finish. Similar to tung oil. To remove the finish weight. Tone control and truss cover delete. Any weight I can remove. So I am hoping the guitar is at least under 7lbs. Floyd Rose adds weight. So it's hard to get those under 7. I chose EXTRA Jumbo stainless with Luminlay markers. If this Kiesel is under 7lbs it will be my main guitar. There is a shop here that specializes in jumbo stainless refrets. $350. I have been making content and streaming on my gaming channels. www.youtube.com/@HankyPooh www.twitch.tv/hankypoohtv No companies have been sending me review stuff lately. And I don't have time to make good guitar tracks lately. I feel like I suck if I do guitar streams without backing. That's why I haven't been doing guitar content. Maybe I can pick a day of the week like Marshall does. I should be free in 2023 for guitar streams. When is the best time? Weekends?
This guitar is available here!
Donner DMT-100 Metal Electric Guitar
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I've seen that one-step lacquer and paint in a spray can.
Like #138
Would you recommend this over the Jackson JS22?
I've never played a JS22. I guess it depends on if you want a tremolo or fixed bridge. Inline tuners vs 3x3. It's really up to you.
Greatly appreciated!!
Some tasty playing there Hank. Subbed.
Thank you John, you rock
I have one of these DMT-100's and for the money is great. The biggest issue with it was the fretboard was extremely dry, and there were a couple frets that had some sprout. After some setup, it plays and sounds great. The satin finish feels amazing.
Ordered I'll let you know when it arrives 🤷🏽♂👍👍
Awesome Trigo, I hope you like it!
R240 would refer to 240 mm radius Which is something like 9/5". It does look flatter than that.
Really dig the format man!!!!
Thanks man, I gotta work on lighting. Looks rough.
@@HankCoffey lighting is rough here too. Using only regular lamps
It's amazing what so little money will get you these days guitar-wise...
I couldn't decide between the two so I got them both 🙂🙂
As far as I can see string nuts are polycarbonate which do an okay job reducing friction, not as good as graphite or tusq but still better than cheap soft plastic...
Radius is 12" ( at least on my guitars ) and after a full setup and some fret ends smoothed these guitars can give my $1000+ other guitars a run for their money...
I might install locking tuners, better pickups, different wirings, etc...on them in the future but as is they are amazing...
Thanks for the excellent video 🙂🙂
Thanks Jerome! Budget guitars are definitely better than they used to be.
I agree with removing the truss-rod cover. While it does make it easier to adjust, I just think it looks better without.
I rarely comment on UA-cam videos.but I wanted to thank uuu for being so consistent with your products. I watch u every day
You are very welcome Virgil. Thank you!
I wanna learn to play the guitar
Do it Darrell!
That’s a really nice sounding guitar…
I've been looking at this guitar. Interesting little axe, and Donner makes really nice budget guitars. And Amazon has it right now for $139 ! Seems like a deal to me. I like your playing, and your easy style, Brother. Liked and subbed!
Thank you Jimmy. This guitar is a steal at $139. All I did was lower the strings and pickups down.
Are you playing this through that little cyclops amp right there? That sounds amazing. Great vid brother 👍
No, I'm playing through a plugin. I can't remember exactly. I think it was STL ToneHub. I tried it and didn't like it. Thin and treble-y.
Im not 100% sure on r240 but 240mm = about 9.5 inch
Yep, I think it's supposed to be 9.5 inches.
You should teach Guitar review classes. Some guys don't have your knack for getting what matters across fast and easy.
Thanks, yeah I try to not do what annoys me about YT videos. I stopped doing a channel brand intro. No talking for 3 minutes about a sponsor. No "ask to subscribe" breaks. lol.
@@HankCoffey There seems to be a "formula" that too many follow. I got real sick of the review the free guitar and then sell it guys.. You know they are kissing $@5^#$ to keep the game going. I bought 2 Donner DMT100's and they are sweeet for the $159.00 sale price.
@@websurfer5150 I really like this one. I lowered the pickups and strings way down. Set it up. It shreds man.
Big fan. Subscriber. Liked the video first thing. Going to click the link
Thank you David, I'm honored. Glad you are here.
Is the donner worth it im a beginner for electric but play acoustic
This guitar is awesome for the price. 24 frets. Hot pickups. Made for Rock and Metal.
@@HankCoffey would it be good for xxxtentacion and nirvana songs
@@PrettyUglyR6 Yeah, anything with distortion for sure.
@@PrettyUglyR6 any guitar is good for anything as long as it plays good and you have a decent amp or decent fx pedal
Jackson like.
It plays good, I like it.
Clicked like. Cool video. Going to check it out
Awesome, thank you Joe.
I just ordered one. Good looking straightforward guitar. Light weight. Typical sketchy Chinese specs. Sounds good when you are playing it. But what is your review???
Considering the price did you like it? Did it take much work to get it playing good? (Action, intonation, neck straightness…)
Any fret sprout? Are the tuners just as terrible as all the other cheap guitars?
The pickups and saddles had to come down a bit. I did a full setup. No sharp frets. I am keeping it, so I like it.
Watching now bro.
Nice video! How much does this guitar weigh?
@5:14
🎄 Merry Christmas Hank 🍺😁
I hope you're okay. Tricia has covid, and I haven't got it yet, just waiting for the inevitable! Coco got a lot of presents including various squeaky toys . We had to take a toy away for a bit which is a rubber Turkey , because it's Squeak is very loud!!!
Catch you later 🐊
😁⛄🍺🎁🐕💚🎶🎸🎹🐻🐻🍩
Jaaaaaaan Jaaaaaaaaan!!!!!!!! I am great. I have a new Kiesel on order. I should get it around February or so. Sorry to hear about Covid, I hope she gets well. Covid is old news here. No outbreaks, no masks, like it never happen. I honestly think it was blown way out of proportion. If not, it's not happening around here. It's simple, keep your hands sanitized when touching stuff in public. Mostly door handles. I hope you have a Merry Christmas today JaanJaan! 🎅🏼🐻🎸
@@HankCoffey Tricia probably got it at one the Christmas parties at the university she works at. We have both been vaccinated and she's not too bad. We stopped wearing masks ages ago too. 👍😄
@@The1stMrJohn Good, tell her I said Merry Christmas 🎅
@@HankCoffey she knows I'm talking to you, and she asked if you were ok because I said that your UA-cam and Twitch looked like you hadn't posted anything for a month. I will say you're fine and that you said Merry Christmas ⛄ After Robin Manton finished building my new Guitar he liked it so much that he added it to his Catalogue and called it The Acolyte. I've given him my two oldest guitars that were in a right old state which both needed refretting with a ton of other repairs too. Growing up, we never had much money and my Mum struggled a lot just to pay the bills. I had many part time Jobs when I was a kid so that I could get things and I never asked for anything , including birthdays . Thus included saying that I didn't want anything for Landmark birthdays like my 16th, 18th and 21st. But, I was completely surprised on my 21st birthday by a new guitar! It was Very emotional and I was blown away. I would never get rid of that guitar and it was played extensively. The other guitar that he's also refretting and giving Everything a general overhaul on is my First ever Electric guitar that i got second hand when I was 12. I have never found a guitar that feels the same as this guitar. Robin says that it's very weird with the strangest neck and fretboard measurements and dimensions.
It's got a massive radius near the neck which is Very thin like a modern super strat around 21 inches!
, but above the 12th fret up to it's 22nd fret it develops into a much smaller radius around 12 inches! The strings are a tiny bit closer together then my Vigier, or a Fender or my Ibanez.
The Fretboard is basically flat but has more rounded edges than my Shawn Lane Vigier....in fact it's much like that guitar. For some reason there's no fret inlay markers above the 17th fret!? This gives it a peculiar look at first glance! It's a very light guitar with a thinner than average solid body which is like the S.L. Vigier thinner body too. But It's headstock is on the thicker side and he has to alter any locking tuners that are put on. The pickups are possibly hand wound and big and chunky which he says are maybe worth £100, or about $130 each, because of the big demand for vintage pick ups like them . He told me what the design was called but I forget. I looked online and found old ones that looked Very similar. It's got a Trem system like an old strat which is Going to be blocked off because I don't use trems ...but
it's got a Tune O Matic style Bridge which needs replacing too. It needs to be higher than average because of the flat body. It never had a name on the headstock and Robin says it's similar to some other weird guitars he has fixed that hail from the 1960s and early 1970s. It played and sounds so good compared to the dozens and dozens of other cheaper second hand guitars that I played in second hand shops, and friends guitars from that time! One of the bands I played in when I was 15 , the singer Had a black Les Paul he used to pose with....it was not a cheap one either, maybe a deluxe or custom. I don't know much about the difference between those Gibsons , but I remember that it was very expensive. It was a horrible sounding guitar with a horrible feel and felt nearly as heavy as a bass guitar.
..I much preferred the feel, weight and sound of my guitar from the second hand shop.
The costs of refretting guitars with stainless steel has rocketed since we Left the EU and the problems of the World also contribute. But Robin said he would fit them at Cost as I had already have a spent a lot with him , and he says that refretting is his favourite repair! He was much more reasonable with the cost of refretting than others I have asked, and that was before the discount!. It works out as just about half price of the other quotes I got.
🎸 I will end up with:-
1 ~ The Acolyte By Manton.
2 ~ The Shawn Lane Vigier(worth about 35% more then I paid for it in 2017, maybe as Patrice Vigier retired earlier this year)
3 ~ 21st birthday present.
4 ~ Oldest guitar From age 12.
5 ~ Headless Travel guitar.
6 ~ Fender Jazz Bass copy.
7 ~ Black Ibanez RG which is now used as a slide guitar. It's frets are worn out and it's Trem system is Crap and it's tuning stability is not great....BUT I do love the feel of it's weird flat neck which is flatter along the full length in the centre..
Flatter than an Ibanez Wizard . It was an odd run that only lasted 2008 - 2009 if I remember correctly. My new guitar by Robin Manton is intentionally a sort of mixture of this neck and the Vigier neck, and is my perfect shape. When I took up playing guitar again in 2015(25 years after stopping in 1990)the only guitars I had were the two that Robin is now refretting...and I needed something to play.....I bought the Black Ibanez RG second hand knowing nothing about Ibanez or modern guitars generally.
And..
The Blue Ibanez RG with knackered frets was taken apart and parts sold. I might sell the Bass and travel guitar which I'm not so keen on. I would probably use my oldest guitar as a travel guitar because it's so scratched then new scratches won't be noticed! And it's very light...the Vigier is just over 6 pounds, and this old one is just under 5 pounds .... plus i forgot to mention it's much shorter scale length of only 24 inches which also contributes to it's unusual feel , and tone I really like! Everyone used to like the tones i managed to get out of it, nearly as good as yours 😁 maybe!
Cheers Hank 🍻
🎸🎸🎶😁🐕💚🍩🐻
@@The1stMrJohn That's cool JaanJaan, I have 7 electrics right now. The Kiesel will make 8. I want to sell about 3 or 4 of them. But I haven't listed any of them yet. I paid an extra $100 for Kiesel to pick me a real light piece of ash. I am also doing a thin Raw Tone natural finish. Similar to tung oil. To remove the finish weight. Tone control and truss cover delete. Any weight I can remove. So I am hoping the guitar is at least under 7lbs. Floyd Rose adds weight. So it's hard to get those under 7. I chose EXTRA Jumbo stainless with Luminlay markers. If this Kiesel is under 7lbs it will be my main guitar. There is a shop here that specializes in jumbo stainless refrets. $350.
I have been making content and streaming on my gaming channels.
www.youtube.com/@HankyPooh
www.twitch.tv/hankypoohtv
No companies have been sending me review stuff lately. And I don't have time to make good guitar tracks lately. I feel like I suck if I do guitar streams without backing. That's why I haven't been doing guitar content. Maybe I can pick a day of the week like Marshall does. I should be free in 2023 for guitar streams. When is the best time? Weekends?
Lol i usually leave the cover off on 1 guitar and the back plate
If companies insist on putting them covers on, they should make them magnetic.
@@HankCoffey yeah or the ones that swivel like some of the ibaanez