Donner DST-152R Electric Guitar, 39″ Beginner Electric Guitar Kit, HSS Pickup with Coil Split, Guitar Starter Set with Amp, Bag, All Accessories, Metallic Ice Blue

In depth review
This is a review of the Donner DMT-100. I’m not sure why Amazon has it labeled a “DK”, but its the newest “metal” guitar from Donner. For background, I am 43 years old and only started learning to play a year and a half ago. I do it as a hobby, playing for myself and by myself. I have no aspirations of playing in a band and don’t have any musical background or education. That being said, I have learned everything I can about proper guitar setup and things I like and don’t like. This is also not my first Donner guitar. My first was an acoustic. Six months later I bought my first electric, the DST-100. This is the experience and perspective I’m coming from with this review, so if you have much more experience, knowledge, or play professionally, this probably won’t help much. If, on the other hand, you’re like me and just play for fun as a hobby or are just starting out, and you appreciate value without spending a fortune, I think you’ll find this insightful.
The first thing I noticed was how light this guitar is, probably somewhere around 6lbs. I am completely in LOVE with the matte black finish which extends all the way up to the head stock. After peeling off the plastic and tuning up I checked the neck…it was perfect with a slight bit of relief. No buzz on any of the frets. I used a string gauge ruler to check the string heights at the 12th fret. They were right around 1.8mm on the low E and 1.6mm on the high E. Perfect for me; no adjustment needed. Next I checked intonation. All but the low E were dead on perfect, and that E string was so minimally off that I didn’t even bother adjusting it. The tuning pegs on this guitar aren’t exactly high end, but they’re much better than the ones that were on my DST-100. Those were horrible and I eventually replaced them with HipShot locking tuners. I haven’t noticed much slippage with these ones so I think I’ll keep them on. Also, the knobs and control switch feel really solid, no slop. As far as the frets…no sharp edges at all and no sprout. I can run my hand up and down both sides of the fret board and not feel a thing. They were, however, very gritty. I removed the strings and polished the frets to smooth them out, then wiped the board with conditioner (it was pretty dry). Restrung it with Super Slinky’s and its good to go.
Compared to the DST, this guitar required very little setup, at least according to my limited experience. As for sound, well, it sounds great to my limited experience music ears but everyone has their own opinion about sound anyways so I’ll leave that to the pros. But I am so happy with the fit and finish of this guitar. I recommend it without any reservation and appreciate that I’m not paying top dollar simply for a more well known name brand.

todo en perfectas condiciones y de buena calidad, viene con todo lo mencionado y en buen estado, el amplificador suena muy bien, el único detalle fue que venía con una cuerda rota pero nada que no se pueda cambiar, me gusto mucho y llego antes de lo esperado

I bought the DMT-100W metal style guitar and i’m very impressed! Been playing since i was a kid and i’m a 55 years old metal head. i was curious about all the good reviews here and there. I had several guitars from $750 to $1500 of different brands and models. i can say that this Donner guitar has a lot of potential!
The neck/frets job is done way better than some of those jackson and others…. that cost 2-3-4 times the price of the Donner!
Bought mine in the perspective of using the neck and the body to install some better parts that i have for a while. I do my own repairs and setups so not a big deal for me there. But suprisingly, the nut and slots are perfectly cuts and seem to be made (no bone nut) of a similar Graphtech/Tusq material wich is great!
The Hipshot style bridge is really good and stable and the intonation was perfect!
It was just a matter of basic adjustments to give life to that guitar!!! The same kind of basic setup that some higher end guitar requires. I can set the action so low without any buzzing, but incredibly low!!!
The guitar is very resonant, not too heavy, and a very pleasant kind of C shape neck. Different from the ibanez necks, it is still a racing neck for sure! i didn’t try the Donner pickups, it was an instant swap out of the box because i had a pair of Seymour Duncan. That is the only thing i changed on the guitar + a set of ernie ball slinky 10-46 (the stock strings are crap).
It is a good beginner guitar? ABSOLUTELY! With some minor adjustments, that guitar show its true potential!! Impressive guitar!!!
It is a good guitar for advanced players too? I SAY YES! Great guitar that can be turned into a beast with just a pair of good pickups!
Already thinking of buying one in black! And Donner! Please make a 7 strings version of the DMT-100!!!

Los acabados perfectos. El sonido es limpio y muy bueno, no se desafina apenas y tiene los armónicos correctos. Nada que envidiar a una Squier o una fender de baja gama, y además tiene 22 trastes. Con respecto a los extras cumplen sin más. El ampli tiene una distorsión un tanto chufera, pero le paso un pedal behringer TM300 para darle un sonido de ampli tocho y suena espectacular. Recomiendo 100%