Donner Puts an Amp and Detachable Speaker Inside Its New Headless Travel Guitar

Donner’s Hush-I Pro already blurred the line between travel guitar and self-contained practice rig. The new Hush-X Live and Live Pro, introduced at Sound Messe Osaka, push that idea further with a fully detachable speaker module that turns the instrument into a portable amplifier.

Both models pack a 5-watt speaker that clips onto the body and can be removed and placed separately. The onboard system includes multiple amp models and cabinet simulations, plus delay, reverb, modulation, and a noise gate. Tap tempo works on time-based effects. A USB-C rechargeable battery runs up to nine hours, and Bluetooth lets you stream audio directly to the guitar. A headphone output keeps late-night practice silent.

The standard Hush-X Live, priced at $439, offers five amp types. The $599 Live Pro steps up to seven, voiced to the specifications of MIYAVI, the Japanese percussive guitarist who co-designed the higher-end version and serves as Donner’s creative director. His model gets a custom Alnico V humbucker and single-coil set, a 13.7-inch radius HPL fingerboard, a roasted maple neck with maple strips, and a Canadian maple body. The standard edition uses a 15.7-inch radius with a choice of HPL or maple fingerboards and a mahogany neck.

Build details across both guitars include stainless steel frets and a truss rod adjustment wheel at the top of the fingerboard. At a full 25.5-inch scale, the headless shape stays portable enough to ship in a gig bag alongside a tuner, strap, cloth, and picks. Donner says the detachable speaker runs with other guitars too, but for now the module feels most at home right where it was designed—turning one instrument into everything a traveling player needs.