00:00 Intro 02:12 Fender Frontman 10G Guitar Amp ($99!) 02:45 A few things I changed (D'Addario EXL110) 04:30 Guitar Hack (Quick Strings Trick!) 05:40 Adjustments 06:14 Neo Soul Chords ... C-7 Bb-7 AbMaj7 G7(b13) 08:38 Bb Jazz Blues Solo Guitar 09:21 Bb Jazz Blues Walking Bassline 11:36 Donner Morpher (Distortion Pedal) with REAR pickup 13:40 Sparkle by Tatsuro Yamashita (Boss RC-3 Loop Station) 16:50 Typical volume setting problem between clean sound & Distortion sound 17:46 Sparkle with a little louder volume setting 20:40 Front Pickup Tone 21:10 About this guitar spec... & the pickup heights 22:00 Metronome on 2&4 ... Bb Jazz Blues... 25:20 Shuffle Blues Feel... on every beats (108) 27:42 2&4 at 54.. Stuffle Blues Feel 29:43 Improvising! Playing with a metronome!
@@TomoFujitaMusic I tend to enjoy your tone when it is close to clean, the over drive thing is ok but your real soul comes through when closer to a clean tone. Just my opinion. Thanks for all the work you go through posting for us all.
I love it when I top player gets a budget guitar and gives everyone inspiration by showing that you don't need to spend thousands to get that tone. If you practice enough you can get a guitar to sing. Huge respect, Tomo is immense
The terrible truth for expensive guitar makers is that the average guitarist is as well-served by something like this as something that costs several times as much. I have a couple of their guitars and I have NEVER been disappointed.
Came for a cheap guitar review, leaving with new playing techniques, set up tricks, affordable equipment options, validation of my preferred guitar strings, and most of all…renewed inspiration; all for the price of admission. Can’t wait to see what I get when I sign up for your class when I’m done writing; which looks like now. Thanks!
Tomo, thanks for not being a guitar snob, I bought a Donner Thinline Tele w/ two humbuckers, $150 delivered, it is beautiful TSB and the pickups sound better than the Fender full range pups, it seems that all of my inexpensive or beater guitars sound and play nicer than the spendy ones, my favorite is a 1990s Peavey Predator with Jay Turser Jaguar p/ups (!!!!), cost me $80 fifteen years ago. playability and tone are all that matters. I like your emerald city guitars t-shirt from my home town, Seattle. God bless you for all your work and best to you and yours in 2022.
I bought a semi-hollow Telecaster from these guys. I've got to say, the fit and finish are actually immaculate. I'm REALLY happy with it. Fantastic unplugged tone, fretwork is great, intonation is perfect, pickups are fine. I would have paid $300 and had no problem doing so. I plan on upgrading the nut to graphtech and calling it a day. My only complaint is that the fret profile is too small, I prefer more jumbo-style frets. But still, a $130 guitar that plays like a $400 guitar, that you can take on trips, let get banged up and stuff, and heaven forbid it gets stolen or something, you just buy another. Amazing value!
I just bought one of these in black. I am only using this over other bodies because the cavity size and cavity cover size. You can add a fishman universal 9v batteries for active pickups unlike other similar type bodies. I bought a new gloss black neck with matching cream binding, black Schaller import roller bridge and aluminum tailpiece. I ordered hipshot's Schaller style tuners with the UMP kit. Invader style 4c pickups 15/8k in full black with cts pots, tone pot is a cts push pull pot, black switchcraft switch, all black knobs for split shaft pots. cavity shielding paint and Gavitt cloth pot wiring with Gavitt shielded wiring for the jack. I bought all the plates and screws in black from True Custom Shop. The truss rod cover is a black metal no name bell shaped plate. I ordered a black Schaller strap lock, Puretone jack, Graph Tech nut, and black metal no name humbucker rings. Haven't received anything because i just ordered it all today but I'm hoping it all works out and sounds good. I really wanted fishman fluence pickups and add the universal 9v. Hoping to switch them out some time soon. This is my first guitar build. I ordered a laser level to help install the neck. Idk why no one sells blacked out guitars so I'm building my own. I am also fixing a old AXL-750 up in a similar fashion. AXL makes terrible guitars but I'm going to polish that turd to make a good sounding daily beater.
I have so many happy subscribers at my Guitar Wisdom and its so important to understand many different price range of gears. This is a great learning process for me. Thank you!
You’ll usually get decent tone out of a cheap guitar especially if the rest of your gear is good. They save the money on the build quality and they just won’t age in the same way as a properly priced one. Budget guitars with a good setup and a little play time and care to soften the neck and frets will suit most players’ needs.
Thank you! This time I use this amp, Fender Frontman 10G ($99) and a cheap pedal ($40) And this guitar is $159. This neck, pickups are so good! The back of the neck, the frets... pretty good! Not typical cheap guitar.
I watched this video with my 14yo daughter, whom I got a Squier Tele (Affinity) for Xmas. This was a great video to show her (and anyone) the sounds you can get out of a "cheap" guitar rig. She was also pretty impressed that an instructor from a respected music college would play a guitar rig that's on par with hers. Tomo, do you (or anyone reading this) know an alternate tuning that would be easy for her to use, as she only has real use of 3 fingers? She has camptodactyly and her pinky fingers are permanently curled, and another issue with her index finger being significantly shorter than her middle, making some chords harder. She's trying, though! Happy New Year, everyone!
Thank you so much for watching. So many ways to play guitar in so many styes! Please get her Ukulele too. 4 strings fun! Simple open tuning.. you can look up... Good job!!
@@TomoFujitaMusic I know uke doesn't appeal to her, as she's said in no uncertain terms. lol I might have to make it a bass. She wants to play rock (loves AC/DC). Thank you for your suggestion and time.
I'm thinking she would need to experiment with different tunings to find what works best for her, although Django Reinhardt used a standard tuning, he played jazz. Sorry not much help
@@Michael_Dirks It's all good, thanks. I've been trying to get her into thinking about slide. So far AC/DC & The Dead Daisies (John Corabi) are beating the **** outta Larkin Poe & Duane Alman. 😆
I have been contemplating on purchasing this Donner for months. I keep going back to reviews and finally today after seeing your vid, I ordered one. Hope it lives up to the hype
Tomo, You could make a Daisy Rock played through a transistor radio sound great. Excellent presentation. I just bought one to take the neck off and throw it in checked luggage for an inexpensive travel guitar. Thank You
It's not that these guitars are cheap. It's that the "big names" are vastly overpriced. When the two main big names started out (you know which two big names I mean) they were giving their guitars away free to anyone who got on the TV or radio because they knew people would want a guitar with the same brand name on the headstock as their hero and buy that. These are NOT worth many hundreds or thousands of pounds at all. People are paying for the branding. These Donner guitars, I notice, are excellent and there's absolutely nothing inferior either in sound or looks with that beautiful Donner LP type.
''Demo a Donner'' lol. For 159 bucks and a Fender Frontman it almost sounds too good to be true your playing is definitely contributing to the good tone but it really does sound legit. Not a bad looker either I like the simpleness the uncovered pickups are a nice touch for this one. For 159$ it's cool. Those Neo Soul chords are really where it's at though thanks for providing those definitely my flavor. Thanks Tomo!
This video, I added a few lesson contents. Neo Soul Chords, How to use a metronome, Sparkle, Bb Jazz Blues solo, walking bass line... This guitar is pretty good! I love this neck! So smooth! You're welcome!
Sounds great Tomo! I know in the unboxing video for that one it took a while to get that thing tuned up, but looks like you got it staying in tune pretty good 👍🏼. You should check out les paul copies made by Firefly guitars. I think you’d like them. I got one from China for $200 and it’s a beautiful guitar for the price. I’m very happy with mine. Check them out! Thanks Tomo! 🙏🏼 🎸 🎶
Thank you! That was simply how they put the strings and not so many beginners needed to stretch the stings like I do! Now it's so good! This guitar is pretty good! This video I played with typical cheap amp (Fender Frontman 10G) Awesome!
Happy Holiday to You Tomo and Family. Thank you so much for your channel and teaching. Wonderful to have a Great person as you to view. Amazing how a Great Musician can make a affordable guitar can be.
Even a cheap guitar, when set up correctly, will sound good, if you use a decent amp. Plus, just cut the darn strings! It's far more professional, imo. I see SO many demos, that are demo-ing guitars, and "demo" some variation of the crunch/distortion tones. THAT, is totally dependent on the amp, and pedals in use. The ONLY way to demo a guitar's tone, is by using a good amp, and on the clean channel. But of course, this is my own opinion, and experience.
@@TomoFujitaMusic I know! You are a true professional! I just see so many leave the strings without doing anything to them, and it gives me the willies. LOL! I have been playing, for 59 years, and teaching for over 45. I've seen it all. Maybe it's my years of music, or the time I grew up, but some things, (like sloppy string maintenance), just drives me batty. I'm not some "purest" by any means, but there are some things, that just rub me the wrong way. That's why I enjoy YOUR channel. No crap, just the facts, as well as fantastic playing tips. You, Tomo- San, are a treasure for all of the music world. imo
what do you think of cheap guitars like this one? in my opinion, i think cheap guitars are just built differently nowadays. a little setup and maybe a little upgrades will make them dramatically astounding.
Funny you broke into Michael Schenker Group "Armed and Ready".. Michael has probably been my over all biggest influenced next to Michael Landau and Steve Lukather.. I have a Monoprice LP that same color. Your Donner version sounds pretty nice...
The Donner guitars seem an incredible value to me...very playable and "Good Enough" as I say. I do have pro guitars but not a Tele or a Les Paul. I have their Tele coming, and will order this as well. Why not? My favorite guitar is a Fiesta Red Fender Strat Jimmie Vaughan custom, I live on the trem bar...got it a bit a go and love it. It's the player, not the guitar as long as the guitar is "good enough" and this one is.
Thanks for the nice demonstration today. Makes me want to practice. Love your shirt! Jay and the gang at Emerald City Guitars are really nice. We're snowed in here in Seattle this morning. Fired up for some Guitar Wisdom workouts!
whole guitar looks right, headstock shape simple and looks fine, only donner logo not very cool, i think donner need to thinking about the logo design, if just use normal letter D,it looks better than that music symbol logo.
Dirt cheap guitar and amplifier - why does it sound so good ? Oh , I forgot that a master artist is in the room !! I love your style [s ] = fantastic !
Love that the guitar review can morph into a lesson/mini concert/helpful tips! LOL Great video Tomo, and I am glad that you used the fender lower end amp with that guitar because more than likely the person who buys this guitar will grab that level of amp as well to start off with.
Most people overlook the importance of a good amp. Cheap guitars sound cheap through a cheap starter amp, as they are designed for practice only. Cheap guitars sound way, way better through a decent amp. Always Invest in a good amp.
I got one to mod and experiment with! I'll need to sand some of the thickness off the neck, and I'm looking for a cheap but nice but cheap p90 set for it. Any suggestions?
Great video as usual Mr. Fujita. Can you please explain why you want to your intonation slightly flat at the 12th fret? I have never been Informed or even heard of doing that. Thank you kind sir.
That is great advice. I used to tune my guitar a little flat sometimes if I was going to play lead only for the entire gig. Never thought of doing that to the intonation. Thank you kind sir. Blessings
@@monstroguitars4550 You're welcome! I was in this R&B ...Blues band. Other guitar player & bass player they tunes their guitars right before the gig.... I kept tuning up with the pedal tuner during the gig. Toward end of that gig... I am a lighter higher than these guys and I sounded like out of tune!!
@@TomoFujitaMusic That would be awesome, thank you for reply. I have the basses, but I want to start learning guitar and I'm thinking about staying with the brand.
@@TomoFujitaMusic I'm sorry if this comes as rude, but I tipped Sire about your channel. Would be dream come true if you and Kyle Kim would have chat on your channel about gear and music. I have nothing to do with them, I just see two great things that respectfully needs to be connect. If possible ofc. Take care Tomo.
00:00 Intro
02:12 Fender Frontman 10G Guitar Amp ($99!)
02:45 A few things I changed (D'Addario EXL110)
04:30 Guitar Hack (Quick Strings Trick!)
05:40 Adjustments
06:14 Neo Soul Chords ... C-7 Bb-7 AbMaj7 G7(b13)
08:38 Bb Jazz Blues Solo Guitar
09:21 Bb Jazz Blues Walking Bassline
11:36 Donner Morpher (Distortion Pedal) with REAR pickup
13:40 Sparkle by Tatsuro Yamashita (Boss RC-3 Loop Station)
16:50 Typical volume setting problem between clean sound & Distortion sound
17:46 Sparkle with a little louder volume setting
20:40 Front Pickup Tone
21:10 About this guitar spec... & the pickup heights
22:00 Metronome on 2&4 ... Bb Jazz Blues...
25:20 Shuffle Blues Feel... on every beats (108)
27:42 2&4 at 54.. Stuffle Blues Feel
29:43 Improvising! Playing with a metronome!
@Sabse Chriso Thank you!
@@TomoFujitaMusic I tend to enjoy your tone when it is close to clean, the over drive thing is ok but your real soul comes through when closer to a clean tone. Just my opinion. Thanks for all the work you go through posting for us all.
@@REX-ks1os Thanks for sharing! You're welcome!
You can make anything sound good
Thank you! This guitar is pretty good!
I love it when I top player gets a budget guitar and gives everyone inspiration by showing that you don't need to spend thousands to get that tone. If you practice enough you can get a guitar to sing. Huge respect, Tomo is immense
Thank you!
The terrible truth for expensive guitar makers is that the average guitarist is as well-served by something like this as something that costs several times as much. I have a couple of their guitars and I have NEVER been disappointed.
Thanks for sharing
Came for a cheap guitar review, leaving with new playing techniques, set up tricks, affordable equipment options, validation of my preferred guitar strings, and most of all…renewed inspiration; all for the price of admission. Can’t wait to see what I get when I sign up for your class when I’m done writing; which looks like now. Thanks!
So great to hear that! I always people to bring home extra so more fun! Thank you! Please join my Guitar Wisdom.
@@TomoFujitaMusic you’re welcome. I love your positive energy! Just singed up for your Guitar Wisdom. Can’t wait to delve in!
Nice Tomo, Donner should also supply string cutters.
Thank you!
Tomo, thanks for not being a guitar snob, I bought a Donner Thinline Tele w/ two humbuckers, $150 delivered, it is beautiful TSB and the pickups sound better than the Fender full range pups, it seems that all of my inexpensive or beater guitars sound and play nicer than the spendy ones, my favorite is a 1990s Peavey Predator with Jay Turser Jaguar p/ups (!!!!), cost me $80 fifteen years ago. playability and tone are all that matters. I like your emerald city guitars t-shirt from my home town, Seattle. God bless you for all your work and best to you and yours in 2022.
Thanks for sharing your own experience. Pretty amazing that they can do with free shipping! EC Guitars! Great People! Thank you so much!
Always subscribed to the belief that "It's the craftsman. Not the tools".
😎👍❤🖖
Thank you!
Yes, so a good craftsman needs to make guitar first.
I bought a semi-hollow Telecaster from these guys. I've got to say, the fit and finish are actually immaculate. I'm REALLY happy with it. Fantastic unplugged tone, fretwork is great, intonation is perfect, pickups are fine. I would have paid $300 and had no problem doing so. I plan on upgrading the nut to graphtech and calling it a day. My only complaint is that the fret profile is too small, I prefer more jumbo-style frets.
But still, a $130 guitar that plays like a $400 guitar, that you can take on trips, let get banged up and stuff, and heaven forbid it gets stolen or something, you just buy another. Amazing value!
So great to hear that. Donner people are very nice folks too! Awesome!
I just bought one of these in black. I am only using this over other bodies because the cavity size and cavity cover size. You can add a fishman universal 9v batteries for active pickups unlike other similar type bodies. I bought a new gloss black neck with matching cream binding, black Schaller import roller bridge and aluminum tailpiece. I ordered hipshot's Schaller style tuners with the UMP kit. Invader style 4c pickups 15/8k in full black with cts pots, tone pot is a cts push pull pot, black switchcraft switch, all black knobs for split shaft pots. cavity shielding paint and Gavitt cloth pot wiring with Gavitt shielded wiring for the jack. I bought all the plates and screws in black from True Custom Shop. The truss rod cover is a black metal no name bell shaped plate. I ordered a black Schaller strap lock, Puretone jack, Graph Tech nut, and black metal no name humbucker rings. Haven't received anything because i just ordered it all today but I'm hoping it all works out and sounds good. I really wanted fishman fluence pickups and add the universal 9v. Hoping to switch them out some time soon. This is my first guitar build. I ordered a laser level to help install the neck. Idk why no one sells blacked out guitars so I'm building my own. I am also fixing a old AXL-750 up in a similar fashion. AXL makes terrible guitars but I'm going to polish that turd to make a good sounding daily beater.
Thank you for sharing!
I think this is getting to much as a channel advertisement for guitar companies
Thanks for sharing!
I have so many happy subscribers at my Guitar Wisdom and its so important to understand many different price range of gears. This is a great learning process for me. Thank you!
Tomo’s demos show us the tone is always 90% on the hands, dynamics and the touches of strings and taste.
Thank you! This one is pretty good!
Tomo, You make that distortion sound like a good jazz horn (Cornet?) player! I love it. Thank you for for all your great insight.
Thank you!
It sounds playable. Didn't hear any buzzes or intonation problems. So important in my experience.
Thank you!
You’ll usually get decent tone out of a cheap guitar especially if the rest of your gear is good. They save the money on the build quality and they just won’t age in the same way as a properly priced one. Budget guitars with a good setup and a little play time and care to soften the neck and frets will suit most players’ needs.
Thank you! This time I use this amp, Fender Frontman 10G ($99) and a cheap pedal ($40) And this guitar is $159. This neck, pickups are so good! The back of the neck, the frets... pretty good! Not typical cheap guitar.
Completely false assumption. Btw he’s getting compensated for this video.
I recently bought a Donner Tele and it's very nice.
So awesome!
Everything sounds good with reverb. Even the police pulling you over.
Thank you!
I watched this video with my 14yo daughter, whom I got a Squier Tele (Affinity) for Xmas. This was a great video to show her (and anyone) the sounds you can get out of a "cheap" guitar rig. She was also pretty impressed that an instructor from a respected music college would play a guitar rig that's on par with hers.
Tomo, do you (or anyone reading this) know an alternate tuning that would be easy for her to use, as she only has real use of 3 fingers? She has camptodactyly and her pinky fingers are permanently curled, and another issue with her index finger being significantly shorter than her middle, making some chords harder. She's trying, though!
Happy New Year, everyone!
Thank you so much for watching. So many ways to play guitar in so many styes! Please get her Ukulele too. 4 strings fun! Simple open tuning.. you can look up... Good job!!
@@TomoFujitaMusic I know uke doesn't appeal to her, as she's said in no uncertain terms. lol
I might have to make it a bass. She wants to play rock (loves AC/DC).
Thank you for your suggestion and time.
I'm thinking she would need to experiment with different tunings to find what works best for her, although Django Reinhardt used a standard tuning, he played jazz. Sorry not much help
Look for Billy gibbons guitar technique, he’s known for using simplified chords that sounds awesome !
@@Michael_Dirks It's all good, thanks. I've been trying to get her into thinking about slide. So far AC/DC & The Dead Daisies (John Corabi) are beating the **** outta Larkin Poe & Duane Alman. 😆
that neck is insanely good
So good!
$200 worth of gear and it sounds great. Tomo is the master for a reason. 🎸
Thank you!
He is a humble, talented musician who loves to share what he knows, and he know alot. Right on Copper.
Why do you want the 12th fret intonation to be slightly flat ? To compensate for added pressure?
Very very subtle! Another word... no sharp at 12th frets! Secret!
Almost right on... but very very slightly so this takes long time to adjust right.
I recently Got this and this sounds great. Amazing tone and fingerboard feels so nice
Awesome! Glad to hear that!
I have been contemplating on purchasing this Donner for months. I keep going back to reviews and finally today after seeing your vid, I ordered one. Hope it lives up to the hype
Great for this price point. Thank you for sharing!
Tomo, You could make a Daisy Rock played through a transistor radio sound great. Excellent presentation. I just bought one to take the neck off and throw it in checked luggage for an inexpensive travel guitar. Thank You
Thank you for sharing! Awesome!
So yummy brother, I was getting lost in your lines, I could listen for hours ....guitar sounds great.
Thanks for listening!
Nice review Tomo! I reviewed the same model in black earlier this year. Pretty good guitar.
Thank you! Awesome!
Hi just purchase same guitar from Amazon it’s nice too
Awesome!!
santana!! :)
Super!
Slightly flat is that general all in intonation? Sometimes I get trouble but never tried slightly flat....
Try everything!
It's not that these guitars are cheap. It's that the "big names" are vastly overpriced. When the two main big names started out (you know which two big names I mean) they were giving their guitars away free to anyone who got on the TV or radio because they knew people would want a guitar with the same brand name on the headstock as their hero and buy that. These are NOT worth many hundreds or thousands of pounds at all. People are paying for the branding. These Donner guitars, I notice, are excellent and there's absolutely nothing inferior either in sound or looks with that beautiful Donner LP type.
Thanks for sharing!
Tomo could make chewed up gum stretched between two sticks sound good
Thank you!
you make everything sound great when you play. It’s the player.
Thank you!
when distortion is on , it s looks like yamaha SG tone ...!?!
There is some compressor ?
Donner Distortion.
www.donnerdeal.com/collections/over-drive-distortion-201908/products/donner-morpher-distortion-guitar-effect-pedal-mooer-solo-clone-true-bypass
Can you make a video where you play bass for sparkle?
Thank you!
''Demo a Donner'' lol. For 159 bucks and a Fender Frontman it almost sounds too good to be true your playing is definitely contributing to the good tone but it really does sound legit. Not a bad looker either I like the simpleness the uncovered pickups are a nice touch for this one. For 159$ it's cool. Those Neo Soul chords are really where it's at though thanks for providing those definitely my flavor. Thanks Tomo!
This video, I added a few lesson contents. Neo Soul Chords, How to use a metronome, Sparkle, Bb Jazz Blues solo, walking bass line... This guitar is pretty good! I love this neck! So smooth! You're welcome!
Sounds great Tomo! I know in the unboxing video for that one it took a while to get that thing tuned up, but looks like you got it staying in tune pretty good 👍🏼. You should check out les paul copies made by Firefly guitars. I think you’d like them. I got one from China for $200 and it’s a beautiful guitar for the price. I’m very happy with mine. Check them out! Thanks Tomo! 🙏🏼 🎸 🎶
Thank you! That was simply how they put the strings and not so many beginners needed to stretch the stings like I do! Now it's so good! This guitar is pretty good! This video I played with typical cheap amp (Fender Frontman 10G) Awesome!
@@TomoFujitaMusic yes, I agree, you always have to stretch those strings!
Happy Holiday to You Tomo and Family. Thank you so much for your channel and teaching. Wonderful to have a Great person as you to view. Amazing how a Great Musician can make a affordable guitar can be.
Same to you! Thank you so much! So great to hear that!
Little bit flat. I started doing that. It helps
Thank you for sharing!
It's not the arrow but the indian
Ha!
My ears say yes to this guitar...ordered one today
Awesome!
Even a cheap guitar, when set up correctly, will sound good, if you use a decent amp. Plus, just cut the darn strings! It's far more professional, imo. I see SO many demos, that are demo-ing guitars, and "demo" some variation of the crunch/distortion tones. THAT, is totally dependent on the amp, and pedals in use. The ONLY way to demo a guitar's tone, is by using a good amp, and on the clean channel. But of course, this is my own opinion, and experience.
Thanks for the tips!
I cut the strings but this was just showing "idea" Thank you!
@@TomoFujitaMusic I know! You are a true professional! I just see so many leave the strings without doing anything to them, and it gives me the willies. LOL! I have been playing, for 59 years, and teaching for over 45. I've seen it all. Maybe it's my years of music, or the time I grew up, but some things, (like sloppy string maintenance), just drives me batty. I'm not some "purest" by any means, but there are some things, that just rub me the wrong way. That's why I enjoy YOUR channel. No crap, just the facts, as well as fantastic playing tips. You, Tomo- San, are a treasure for all of the music world. imo
Hi order me a black Donner from Walmart on line
Awesome!
Holy crap, the figure on the neck is amazing. You got lucky with that one.
I love it! Awesome! I will keep this guy for fun!
what do you think of cheap guitars like this one? in my opinion, i think cheap guitars are just built differently nowadays. a little setup and maybe a little upgrades will make them dramatically astounding.
Many many years ago... cheap guitar was made cheap way! Nowdays... coping technologies are much better! All about good set up!!
Is it really good?
What did you think it from this video?
It’s sounds great! I really enjoy to watch you playing guitar even I don’t know how to play it😌
Glad you enjoy it! Thank you so much!
耳と感性でギターが弾ける本買いました！
こう使うみたいな本の使い方はありますか？
ありがとうございます。
全て詳しく書いてありますので、できたら３回読みましょう！
my favorite reviewer!
Thank you!
O, IT'S VERY C ☮️ ☮️ L
Thank you!
You are cool man.
Thank you!
My GuitarGods 👑... your're picking/strumming technique and rhythm/feel is... 💎✨👌
Thank you so much!
I love how mixes playing tips with guitar info...I be learning!!!
Thanks so much!
☝️ minute in and Tomo already dropping Jems !! Excellent work Tomo everything you do is with respect !!
Thank you!
Cool guitar, great video
Thank you!
Funny you broke into Michael Schenker Group "Armed and Ready".. Michael has probably been my over all biggest influenced next to Michael Landau and Steve Lukather.. I have a Monoprice LP that same color. Your Donner version sounds pretty nice...
Awesome! Thank you!
Your a Legend man, thanks for the review, was thinking about getting one and you totally answered all my questions. Your a Rockstar brother 🍻
Thank you!
ALL Guitars Bow to the Master. You sir are approaching total enlightenment .
Thank you!
Hey,Tomo.Honestly,I don't like this guitar.Not only because it's cheap,but also the quality is not good as other cheap one.
Thanks for sharing!
The Donner guitars seem an incredible value to me...very playable and "Good Enough" as I say. I do have pro guitars but not a Tele or a Les Paul. I have their Tele coming, and will order this as well. Why not? My favorite guitar is a Fiesta Red Fender Strat Jimmie Vaughan custom, I live on the trem bar...got it a bit a go and love it. It's the player, not the guitar as long as the guitar is "good enough" and this one is.
Thanks for sharing! Thank you!
Sounds like $159.00 worth of fun❗🎸💯🤟
Yes! So good!
Thank you, Tomo, for proving once again that the MOST important part on ANY guitar is... the person holding it. 😉
My pleasure! Thank you!
:)
：）
To-mo wants to
Sparkle all the time,
Sparkle all the time,
Sparkle all the t-i-i-me.
Thank you!
Thanks for the nice demonstration today. Makes me want to practice. Love your shirt! Jay and the gang at Emerald City Guitars are really nice. We're snowed in here in Seattle this morning. Fired up for some Guitar Wisdom workouts!
Awesome! Thank you!
Right on my brother!
Thank you!
@@TomoFujitaMusic You're very welcome!
whole guitar looks right, headstock shape simple and looks fine, only donner logo not very cool, i think donner need to thinking about the logo design, if just use normal letter D,it looks better than that music symbol logo.
Great input!
Always enjoy you tips and the side of subtle humor 👍🤙✌🖖
Glad to hear it! Thank you!
Greeting Mr Tomo great class have a nice day.🙂👍
Thank you! Have a nice day!
Dirt cheap guitar and amplifier - why does it sound so good ? Oh , I forgot that a master artist is in the room !! I love your style [s ] = fantastic !
Thank you!
This instrument is no risk. If you want to sound like this you’ll need to practice. You can see the instrument needs a set up.
I need to practice like everyone!
@@TomoFujitaMusic the requirement for practice is a difficult concept for some.
@@gotruut9145 A lot of people mixed up with Practicing & performing. Just like ... dreaming or planning? Or Learning & entertaining
Love that the guitar review can morph into a lesson/mini concert/helpful tips! LOL Great video Tomo, and I am glad that you used the fender lower end amp with that guitar because more than likely the person who buys this guitar will grab that level of amp as well to start off with.
So great to hear that. This way my Guitar Wisdom subscribers are also can enjoy reviewing lessons! Thank you!
Love Emerald City Guitars (t-shirt)! I go there every so often to buy a slide or tuner and marvel at the guitars they have :)
You're very lucky!!
The distortion tone on Sparkle was great! As others have pointed out, a slight 70s Santana feel.
Thank you!!
What kind of metronome do you use? I like the way it sounds
Thank you! Vintage Frantz Metronome
That coin trick is a life hack .. Tomo Sensei
Thank you!
12:35 it seems a bit of surreal to hear the distortion and that kind of riffs from tomo sensei😂
Thank you so much! So great to hear that!
Brilliant! Oh, the guitar is nice too
Thank you!
Most people overlook the importance of a good amp. Cheap guitars sound cheap through a cheap starter amp, as they are designed for practice only. Cheap guitars sound way, way better through a decent amp. Always Invest in a good amp.
+ Most people overlook the importance of a good guitarist :-)
Thanks for sharing! Yes.Having a great amp... very important if you want to improve your guitar playing!
What...no Pignose?
I have one!
I got one to mod and experiment with! I'll need to sand some of the thickness off the neck, and I'm looking for a cheap but nice but cheap p90 set for it. Any suggestions?
This next is so great! These pickups are great! Did you try different pickup height? Huge different in TONE!
@@TomoFujitaMusic Thanks, I'll try that.
Really cool ...enjoyed it !
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice I did want to hear it in a cheaper amp
Great!
2:00 do you cover this blues jam in a lesson?
5:12 the coin trick is sweet!! A man full of guitar wisdom!
I have so many video lessons! You can search here! Thank you!
That's "R&B E Blues Funk Groove"
Nice tone
Thank you!
Hiii!!!
Thank you!
とても気に入りました。 彼の外見は彼の声と同じくらい美しい。 ギブソンケースギターはいつも私のお気に入りです。
ありがとうございます！
@@TomoFujitaMusic そのような優れたギターの巨匠が演奏する限り、ギターの音が悪くなることはありません。
Great video as usual Mr. Fujita. Can you please explain why you want to your intonation slightly flat at the 12th fret? I have never been Informed or even heard of doing that.
Thank you kind sir.
That's my secret! Most people push the frets a little hard so this way it sounds much better! You're welcome!
That is great advice. I used to tune my guitar a little flat sometimes if I was going to play lead only for the entire gig. Never thought of doing that to the intonation.
Thank you kind sir.
Blessings
@@monstroguitars4550 You're welcome! I was in this R&B ...Blues band. Other guitar player & bass player they tunes their guitars right before the gig.... I kept tuning up with the pedal tuner during the gig. Toward end of that gig... I am a lighter higher than these guys and I sounded like out of tune!!
@@TomoFujitaMusic OH NO! Wow thats a lesson you learn on the road. Thanks for the tip.
Can you take a look at Sire guitars and basses? Merry Christmas from Norway.
Merry Christmas! If I have one.. possible.
@@TomoFujitaMusic That would be awesome, thank you for reply. I have the basses, but I want to start learning guitar and I'm thinking about staying with the brand.
@@Heivang You're welcome! Great!
@@TomoFujitaMusic I'm sorry if this comes as rude, but I tipped Sire about your channel. Would be dream come true if you and Kyle Kim would have chat on your channel about gear and music. I have nothing to do with them, I just see two great things that respectfully needs to be connect. If possible ofc. Take care Tomo.
@@Heivang Thanks so much! It's all good!