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Donner DLP-124 Les Paul copy set up

In this video I'm setting up Iain's Donner DLP-124 , a fairly inexpensive slab-bodied 'Les Paul' style guitar listed on Amazon at £139. This guitar is comparable in build and equipment and price to the Harley Benton SC200. The two follow a simple pattern: bolt-on neck, basic chrome hardware, 2 humbuckers, tech-wood fingerboard, flat poplar body (not basswood as I mentioned in the video!), simple 3 way switch with volume and tone mini pots. So the Donner isn't a rock-bottom price; it occupies the first run on the guitar ladder with Harley Benton and a few others (Fazely being another brand in this space). Guitar snobs will turn their noses up a these guitars for all kinds of reasons: brand, price, thin 'non-tonewood' bodies, no sculpted tops, cheap electrics, creaky tuners and of course, because they're bolt-on rather than set necks. Here's what I found: the neck feels nice to play (very nice grain with satin poly over the top) and the pickups sound pretty nice to my ears. With a set up this guitar plays and stays in tune and has a lovely low playing action. It's unfussy and you wouldn't be precious about it if you took it out gigging somewhere. Does it need a set up to make it play well? Yes - if you want buzz and choke free low action and reliable tuning stability. But then again, so do guitars costing 10 times as much. Does the Donner need any more work than the big brand names for all its cheapness? No - exactly the same work is required regardless of the price point. Judging by the fit of the nut on this guitar, it appears that they use NuBone at the Donner factory. Despite this being a better material - and despite someone having taken time to shape the nut and cut down the slots - it still wasn't keeping the guitar in tune, which is why I upgraded to the adjustable Tusq nut. This investment is far more likely to make Iain want to reach for this guitar off the peg because it will more than likely be in tune and if it isn't it will tune up quickly and easily. This is actually a rare thing in guitars and for me a #1 priority. Overall, no more or less work required than an equivalent Harley Benton or even Epiphone Special VE and as much fun as either of those two. The HB is glossier and tackier to the touch while the Epiphone has a bit better build quality for its higher price. In the end, the things that set these guitars apart from each other are the things that are hardest to assess just by looking at pictures i.e. the feel of the neck and the sound of the pickups.