Donner Hush guitar as electric dobro

K Maul · Post by **K Maul** » 11 Jul 2023 5:13 am

I just bought this very light weight and compact unit for about $250. It has a piezo bridge pickup. I run it through either a Fishman JD Aura or Danelectro Fish n Chips EQ into an amp or DI. It gets close enough to a dobro sound for electric “non-Bluegrass” gigs. The pickup responds well to an overdrive pedal, too.

C. Eric Banister · Post by **C. Eric Banister** » 11 Jul 2023 6:06 am

This is interesting! Did you raise the nut? What tuning are you using on it?

K Maul · Post by **K Maul** » 11 Jul 2023 7:00 am

Yes I used the old metal “perfect nut” raiser that’s still available. I use straight dobro G tuning. I use .052,042,034,024,016,014 gauge strings.

Tom Wolverton · Post by **Tom Wolverton** » 11 Jul 2023 7:56 am

Note: they are on sale on Amazon Prime today and tomorrow.

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 11 Jul 2023 6:52 pm

https://www.amazon.com/Donner-Silent-Gu ... 1689130422

Thanks for the heads up!

K Maul · Post by **K Maul** » 11 Jul 2023 9:21 pm

Mine was from eBay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/354699859642

Tom Wolverton · Post by **Tom Wolverton** » 20 Jul 2023 1:47 am

Kevin. Thanks for this suggestion. I got one and it works really well with my Tom Bradshaw reso pedal. Better than my old cat-can lap steel.