I Wasn’t Ready for This Donner Headless Guitar… (HLX-500 | NAMM 2026)
Thinking About Guitar hits the Donner booth at NAMM 2026 with product manager Liam to explore the latest HUSH travel guitars and a stack of new 2026 electrics. Highlights include the headphones-ready HUSH I EVO2 silent acoustic-electric, the HUSH X PRO multi-effects travel electric (including Midnight Glow/gradient black options), the HUSH C nylon travel model, the metal-leaning DMT-200, and the ergonomic HLX-500 headless guitar with a progressive asymmetrical neck.
It’s NAMM 2026 and Thinking About Guitar is at the Donner booth with Liam (Donner Guitar’s Product Manager) to check out the newest HUSH travel guitars and and whole batch of fresh 2026 electrics — plus some quick solo demo to boot!
In this video we cover what’s new for 2026: updated silent/travel-friendly designs for practice, sessions, and content creation (headphones-ready), a sleek new look + hardware tweaks, and some seriously cool modern electrics — including a metal-focused model and an ergonomic headless build with a “progressive asymmetrical” neck.
New Models featured / discussed: • Donner HUSH I EVO2 (travel/silent acoustic-electric) • Donner HUSH X PRO (multi-effects travel electric) – incl. Midnight Glow / “gradient” black options • Donner HUSH C (nylon/classical travel guitar) • Donner DMT-200 (modern metal electric – premium step up from DMT-100) • Donner HLX-500 / NHL-500 (headless electric guitar)
See all of Thinking About Guitar’s NAMM 2026 coverage right here.
