Been traveling in Greece, Turkey, and Europe for two months with the Hush - I ... after purchase I had it set up, because the action was very high ... played beautifully for a couple of weeks, but after a few flights and different climates, the neck quickly got out of whack, and is basically unplayable without putting a capo on the third fret or higher and -even then, not really a pleasurable experience. Glad to keep my callouses and muscle memory up, but looking forward to my real guitar when I return home!
Oh I'm curious about this! I'm looking for a travel guitar for long term travel too. I want to travel as light as possible but really don't want to go without an instrument for so long. I was leaning towards the Traveler UL but hadn't thought about flights and climates affecting strings...were you able to fix and keep playing it??
I think the Traveler generally has more focus on quality than price - now that I’ve seen more of their products at NAMM this year. They’ve got a broad set of pickups they use across the traveler line of guitars too.
Thank you for this video. Great review and I appreciate the level of detail you went into. I'm now leaning toward the Hush-X for myself after hearing your thoughts
Just purchased aand receive a Traveller. With the Traveller neck dip/drop is an issue for me. Seems like I have to use a strap to keep the neck from dropping. Wonder if you experience that with the Traveler and if the Hush X is different? I'm wondering if the extra weight and top bracket on the Hush X will help stabilize the guitar and keep the neck from dropping. FWIW, I normally play an accoustic.
I think the light weight body definitely changes the overall balance that we’re all familiar with on normal sized guitars - and I don’t think the hush-x is much different. That said, Traveler has a whole line of travel guitars now that have a “mini-Les Paul shape and felt way better to me when I tried them at the NAMM conference last week - several models with different weights and characteristics but all REALLY cool
EXTREMELY useful video, sir. you really helped me out. Thanks! I want a practice guitar I can also have some fun with when visiting friends so I will definitely go for the Hush X. Would you have it with the natural mahogany finish or sunburst?
Glad it was helpful! After more time with the Hush-i I found the frets were a bit low to play well - so the Hush-X is definitely a good choice. The finish is really personal preference and honestly I really like both 😊
Thanks for the well done review! I've been interested in the Donner-X, but have been skeptical of other reviews because so many people got it for free. So you actually buying it gives your review much more weight in my opinion. I work on cargo ships and its in my best interest not to wake up coworkers working shifts in the stateroom next to me. So a guitar like this seems ideal. Have you tried anymore traveling guitars since this review? Is this still your favorite?
Great review! I am sending my new Hush-I back as the string distances E to E at the bridge is too narrow for me at 50cm. I believe the traveller is the same. Does anyone know the distances on the Hush-X?
@@rochefsky Thank you for that. I'm more of an acoustic player and need 55mm (sorry about my mistake). My Tele has 55. Your info was very helpful. thank you.
Hush i is a good deal. I just need to adjust the shape of the neck and height of the string. Perhaps the saddle can still be adjusted to lower the string. I love this guitar that is why i will bring it to someome who can adjust these imperfection for me. I will definitely keep it in my collection and will play it in some of my gigs. :)
Thanks for this, great review. I'm trying to figure out what would be best for me, currently looking at the Hush-X, Blackstar Carry-on, and Vox SDC-1 Mini. Would love to know if you have an opinion. Cheers
Unfortunately I haven’t tried the black star or Vox - will have to soon! But I really like my Hush-X (not as crazy about the Hush-i as i feel the frets are too shallow)
I own accoustic and electric guitar and dont play often, but somehow i believe if i own this one, it could work for me to play more ... :). Thoughts? :)
Assume you mean the Hush-X (they all plug in to an amp but the X has the electric pickups)…. I do think it’s more about accessibility - leaving your guitar right near you to pick up and play more often, rather than size - but if the size makes that more likely due to space to leave your guitar around, yes it likely will help… but honestly, I still enjoy playing a full size much more than a travel size.
I'm surprised by traveler guitar and its thin sound, maybe it can be improved by a thin wooden veneer between bridge and piezo sensor, but donner, both yours and mine, sounds good out of the box.
@@rochefsky oh I wish I had an X, but it hasn't been released when I got my hush-i. Still surprisingly good guitar, let alone for its price! Hush-i pro looks promising, but maybe a bit overcomplicated in the digital doodads department
What happened to piezo pickups. This is the third guitarist I have seen that calls those piieco. I have never heard that before, on several lagugages it is always piezo. I teresting guitars. I did not realise there are several of these
Hmmm not sure how it sounded to you - but I thought I was saying Piezo - (pee-et-zo) and pronouncing it right… but maybe not… or maybe it’s like “Capo” where I say Cape-oh and you say Cap-oh 😆
I’m not sure - but I suspect you’d need some truss rod adjustments to make up for the lower string tension at minimum, and not sure if the pickups will pick up the nylon strings so well
Interesting opinion - I look for something that balances “as close as possible to my favorite guitar” with “easy to travel with”… but agree that people looking for a short scale guitar often find that travel guitars hit their target
@rochefsky I noticed that on the low E string something is off. The open string is in tune but every note past that is about 10 cents sharp. Just on that one string. Sounds pretty awful. I was trying to see if it was a common problem or if I got a fluke.
A lot of people on amazon have posted that the low E string gets out of tune the moment they fret it. And only the low E. I've watched reviews of the hush guitars and they sound sharp to me whenever they're fretted, esp past the 7th fret. But no one mentions it so I thought I was tripping
This review failed where all others fail. There was no mention of the negative aspects of the Donnner when playing standing up. The neck tends to fall downwards because it is heavier and due to the position of the strap pin the guitar also falls forward. This makes playing uncomfortable because you need to exert some force with your right arm to keep the guitar in the correct position. It would be necessary to move the pin to secure the strap and put some weight back there so the neck wouldn't fall.
Thanks. These were the 3 that I was looking at for a travel guitar and you confirmed my opinion. I appreciate it!
Glad it was helpful!
Been traveling in Greece, Turkey, and Europe for two months with the Hush - I ... after purchase I had it set up, because the action was very high ... played beautifully for a couple of weeks, but after a few flights and different climates, the neck quickly got out of whack, and is basically unplayable without putting a capo on the third fret or higher and -even then, not really a pleasurable experience. Glad to keep my callouses and muscle memory up, but looking forward to my real guitar when I return home!
Oh wow - super interesting and useful info… curious to know if you’ll be able to get it back in shape
You need to adjust truss rod
Oh I'm curious about this! I'm looking for a travel guitar for long term travel too. I want to travel as light as possible but really don't want to go without an instrument for so long. I was leaning towards the Traveler UL but hadn't thought about flights and climates affecting strings...were you able to fix and keep playing it??
Great review
Thanks!
Really good (and comfy) comparison. Thanks for the vid :)
Ha! Thanks 😊
Excellent comparison. Interesting that the traveler had the cleanest sound.
I think the Traveler generally has more focus on quality than price - now that I’ve seen more of their products at NAMM this year. They’ve got a broad set of pickups they use across the traveler line of guitars too.
@ I’ve been eyeing the traveler bass. Bass electrics tend to be on the heavy side and I’m really curious how a super light bass would feel.
Thank you for this video. Great review and I appreciate the level of detail you went into. I'm now leaning toward the Hush-X for myself after hearing your thoughts
I still like the hush-X ! and have found with more playing that the Hush-i for me has frets that are simply too shallow
For future videos please turn down the background music, it's louder than it seems and is hard to focus on what you're saying
Great feedback - it turned out louder than it sounded in the headphones - sry about that 😬
What music ?
Just purchased aand receive a Traveller. With the Traveller neck dip/drop is an issue for me. Seems like I have to use a strap to keep the neck from dropping. Wonder if you experience that with the Traveler and if the Hush X is different? I'm wondering if the extra weight and top bracket on the Hush X will help stabilize the guitar and keep the neck from dropping. FWIW, I normally play an accoustic.
I think the light weight body definitely changes the overall balance that we’re all familiar with on normal sized guitars - and I don’t think the hush-x is much different. That said, Traveler has a whole line of travel guitars now that have a “mini-Les Paul shape and felt way better to me when I tried them at the NAMM conference last week - several models with different weights and characteristics but all REALLY cool
EXTREMELY useful video, sir. you really helped me out. Thanks! I want a practice guitar I can also have some fun with when visiting friends so I will definitely go for the Hush X. Would you have it with the natural mahogany finish or sunburst?
Glad it was helpful! After more time with the Hush-i I found the frets were a bit low to play well - so the Hush-X is definitely a good choice. The finish is really personal preference and honestly I really like both 😊
So helpful great comparison
Glad you found it helpful!
Thanks for the well done review!
I've been interested in the Donner-X, but have been skeptical of other reviews because so many people got it for free. So you actually buying it gives your review much more weight in my opinion.
I work on cargo ships and its in my best interest not to wake up coworkers working shifts in the stateroom next to me. So a guitar like this seems ideal.
Have you tried anymore traveling guitars since this review? Is this still your favorite?
I haven’t tried new ones yet but still like the Hush-X … that said I’ll be trying g the new ones at NAMM next week!
@@rochefskyAwesome, I look forward to hearing what you have to say about it.
Great comparison, thank you!
glad it was helpful!
@@rochefsky Just ordered the Hush X to try, haven't found a travel guitar I like yet but it could be the one..
Nice comparation sir
Thanks 😊
Great review! I am sending my new Hush-I back as the string distances E to E at the bridge is too narrow for me at 50cm. I believe the traveller is the same. Does anyone know the distances on the Hush-X?
Hush-X E to E at the bridge looks like 51-52 mm (I think you meant MilliMeters not cm) and my fender strat is 53 - so not a huge difference
@@rochefsky Thank you for that. I'm more of an acoustic player and need 55mm (sorry about my mistake). My Tele has 55. Your info was very helpful. thank you.
You should make a video comparing the hush I pro
Agreed! Was waiting for it to be available
Hush i is a good deal. I just need to adjust the shape of the neck and height of the string. Perhaps the saddle can still be adjusted to lower the string. I love this guitar that is why i will bring it to someome who can adjust these imperfection for me. I will definitely keep it in my collection and will play it in some of my gigs. :)
For me I’ve found the frets are too shallow - but the Hush X doesn’t have that same issue…
@rochefsky i just dont about the hush i pro if these are corrected already.
Thanks for this, great review. I'm trying to figure out what would be best for me, currently looking at the Hush-X, Blackstar Carry-on, and Vox SDC-1 Mini. Would love to know if you have an opinion. Cheers
Unfortunately I haven’t tried the black star or Vox - will have to soon! But I really like my Hush-X (not as crazy about the Hush-i as i feel the frets are too shallow)
I own accoustic and electric guitar and dont play often, but somehow i believe if i own this one, it could work for me to play more ... :). Thoughts? :)
Assume you mean the Hush-X (they all plug in to an amp but the X has the electric pickups)…. I do think it’s more about accessibility - leaving your guitar right near you to pick up and play more often, rather than size - but if the size makes that more likely due to space to leave your guitar around, yes it likely will help… but honestly, I still enjoy playing a full size much more than a travel size.
I'm surprised by traveler guitar and its thin sound, maybe it can be improved by a thin wooden veneer between bridge and piezo sensor, but donner, both yours and mine, sounds good out of the box.
Yes the HushX has been quite good - and I do like it more than my Traveler. Good suggestions for a potential fix
@@rochefsky oh I wish I had an X, but it hasn't been released when I got my hush-i. Still surprisingly good guitar, let alone for its price! Hush-i pro looks promising, but maybe a bit overcomplicated in the digital doodads department
What about the scale length? Please say it in Gibson Fender PRS…😃
yes - it matches my gibson, PRS and fender fretboards
Ok, so i looked for myself: Donner uses the Gibson scale: 628mm☺️
What happened to piezo pickups. This is the third guitarist I have seen that calls those piieco. I have never heard that before, on several lagugages it is always piezo.
I teresting guitars. I did not realise there are several of these
Hmmm not sure how it sounded to you - but I thought I was saying Piezo - (pee-et-zo) and pronouncing it right… but maybe not… or maybe it’s like “Capo” where I say Cape-oh and you say Cap-oh 😆
Bit unfair comparing piazo against humbucker--one is standard acoustic the other electric. Nonetheless a really good review. Thank you.
yeah, it's really more about which one might be right for you, rather than just comparing as if they were meant to be at the same level... thanks!
I wish you compared hush-x with steinberger
Me too. Maybe I’ll get my hands on one soon.
I will wait for Hush X latest version
Yes I’ll have to try that one again (played it at NAMM)
@@rochefsky Do you know when it releases? I decide to buy Hush X but the price is high.
can I put nylon strings on the hush guitars you think?
I’m not sure - but I suspect you’d need some truss rod adjustments to make up for the lower string tension at minimum, and not sure if the pickups will pick up the nylon strings so well
There's a video about that, so yes and it even sounds good
Here’s a clue for you, most people choose travel guitars, because what they are truly looking for, is short scale guitars.
Interesting opinion - I look for something that balances “as close as possible to my favorite guitar” with “easy to travel with”… but agree that people looking for a short scale guitar often find that travel guitars hit their target
Did you notice any intonation issues on thr hush?
Not specifically but I honestly didn’t take a scientific approach to reviewing the inatuments
@rochefsky I noticed that on the low E string something is off. The open string is in tune but every note past that is about 10 cents sharp. Just on that one string. Sounds pretty awful.
I was trying to see if it was a common problem or if I got a fluke.
yikes - I'll have to do more testing on mine... perhaps some setup tweaks you can do, but I'm def no expert in that area
A lot of people on amazon have posted that the low E string gets out of tune the moment they fret it. And only the low E.
I've watched reviews of the hush guitars and they sound sharp to me whenever they're fretted, esp past the 7th fret. But no one mentions it so I thought I was tripping
@Arunnn241 that's a no go.
This review failed where all others fail. There was no mention of the negative aspects of the Donnner when playing standing up. The neck tends to fall downwards because it is heavier and due to the position of the strap pin the guitar also falls forward.
This makes playing uncomfortable because you need to exert some force with your right arm to keep the guitar in the correct position. It would be necessary to move the pin to secure the strap and put some weight back there so the neck wouldn't fall.
Well then thank you for adding your perspective
OK what about the rest of the wordl measures in centimeters?
Fair - Google can do those conversions quicker than me 😆