Unboxing 5 Donner Deal Pedals - Delay / Reverb / Distortion / OCTAVE / Compressor -

Donner is well known affordable pedal brand, I unbox 5 pedals that were selected and sent to my by Donner themselves, give my first impressions and then work my favorites into the Afford-A-Board boards.
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[@kirabarsmith9353]

You know you're doing something right in life when effects pedal companies want to send you free pedals.

[@zachary963]

Seriously.

[@tomblaze2]

No doubt

[@MrMd5555]

Start a yt channel & they will send them to anybody. I know a guy that only has like 70 subs & he calls & emails companies asking if they'd like him to review their product & they send him free stuff all the time.

[@TCLego]

Drive 3:25 Compressor 7:10 Harmonic 9:23 Reverb 14:27 Echo/Delay 19:26

[@gwugluud]

We're definitely living in The Golden Age Of Gear. When I was a teen in the 70s, there was nothing remotely like this, and devs weren't making "Squier" versions of axes, or anything. Stompboxes were nowhere near as common and with so many 100s of varieties like now, and no new stompbox was ever under like 150 USD, in SEVENTIES dollars. I like your guitar. A Tele with Gretsch type pups; that's a good "recipe". Cheers

[@g.marion5888]

I'm tellin' ya, we need a mini affordaboard and full size pedal affordaboard. Don't fight me on this Ryan, milk this theme for all its worth!

[@60CycleHumcast]

Glen Marion lol, maybe I’ll do that eventually.

[@ToddtheExploder]

Glen Marion Yeah, I'm with Glen, Ryan! Now that we're all going batshit crazy buying pedals, we need affordable boards so they can have a place to live. Cheap boards! Cheap boards! Cheap boards!!!! 😎 Man, this is THE BEST time in history to be a guitarist! We're SO LUCKY!!! 😎

[@pittuthead]

@@60CycleHumcast yessss Ryan! All genres affordaboards!

[@briancherry8088]

With the way things are going we'll have a pocket-size afford-a-bord very soon.

[@BIGMACDADDYMIX]

I need smaller feet!!

[@tylerleerhuber1755]

These videos keep me sane during quarantine

[@TangoNevada]

Damn, this just reminded me how long ago the quarantine was, while it feels like it was yesterday.

[@ToddtheExploder]

Put that compressor pedal at the beginning of your chain and you will be delighted with the clarity, articulation, and " levelling" of the notes you play. I have never even tried a compressor before and was astounded at how it cleaned up the way every note presented itself. And mind you, I've been playing nearly every day for the past fifty-four years! The way it polishes the notes is just amazing. These Donner pedals kick ASS!

[@markferguson3745]

Fripp and Belew swear by compression; between the two, I'm not going to argue.

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

This Donner compressor is amazing. I’ve used the Boss CS3 on and off for years but always found it a little too “squishy.” I love how the Donner was sounds like your guitar tone but just adds “more” to your tone.

[@Issicra]

Compressors are those pedals you don't think you need until you have one. They're boring, you don't want to spend the money on it, it takes up space on your board, then holy shit... everything sounds so much better when you finally get one.

[@benallmark9671]

I have the compressor and concur.

[@Tabx91]

By beginning thats the first one your guitar plugs into? Or the first one before the amp?

[@grayaj23]

Here's an idea, if you want to take this whole thing further -- put together the best #affordaboard for each brand and have a shootout. Donner affordaboard vs Kmise vs Azur, etc. Which brand can supply the best solution?

[@noname-ng6sj]

What the fuck is the point in that? The point of pedals is that you can mix and match.

[@rwparker1968]

dawangai That would be a cool idea, to compare and contrast as well as assess strengths and weaknesses across brand lines. I suspect many would sound pretty similar (because I suspect most of them use the same circuits, just with different paint jobs), but I’d definitely be interested in QC/build quality differences.

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

I think that’s a great idea.

[@saintcollects8594]

Id watch it.

[@zrkn1]

With the right frame of mind and talent, one could really create something wonderful with just those 5 pedals.

[@WalkerGibson]

Dude, I really appreciate this video. One of my students was asking me for advice on cheap pedals, and I'm basically clueless. These videos are helping me help him build a budget board. Thanks man.

[@guitarjaymz]

I have 4 donners so far. Thought i didnt need more. Going to amazon right now. One of the best review I've seen keep up !

[@kdc300z]

I am amazed at that you can't remember everything is turned down. EVER.

[@hambuiltstudios]

Just bought the Harmonic Square a few days ago, and it's amazing.

[@Zwidawurzn]

Donner Yellow Fall was my first Delay after playing for years with a noise gate only. And i really enjoyed it, Donner makes proper stuff for the affordable price range.

[@sirnatanielson]

I keep my Yellow Fall as my always on pedal. It's a slick little thing that does what it's supposed to and does it nicely.

[@mindfall82]

I have the Donner Eternal Bind. It's a little more expensive than these, I think about $60 but it has every delay you need plus a built in looper and occilation for days! I shut everything down and came back 20min later and the thing was clicking and had been shut off for 20min! Not sure what kind of circuit but is crazy!

[@ToddtheExploder]

13:45 Great early seventies fuzz tone, a la Master of Reality. These funky little pedals actually kick some serious ass, and for the money, you just can not beat them!

[@ralex3697]

I thought the exact same thing Master of Reality

[@mark5150ty]

I'm a big fan of Donner. I have their flanger, tremolo, and their volume / wah pedal. And I also have one of their power supplies it is very quiet.

[@johnnygreenway3579]

Which Donner power supply do you have? I have their daisy chain. I've heard both would be good if you only have a few pedals. To spend $200 or more on a power supply is hard for me to do. I know their very good(Vodoo, 1Spot,etc). I would like to know what people recommend on here.

[@mark5150ty]

@@johnnygreenway3579 the Donner power supply that I have is a direct copy of the one spot. I'm not sure if they still make it. Last time I looked at there website it was nothing like it was a few years ago, they used to have thousands of pedals to choose from now they barely have anything. It seems that when they decided to start making instruments they stopped making pedals. The pedals are what made them popular in the first place, in my opinion that was a bad choice.

[@ravenslaves]

Went and had your own Donner Party, did we? With much better results.

[@jimm8594]

ravenslaves Well done

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

Boom 😂🤣

[@mindfall82]

I love the affordaboard series! I don't gig so I don't need solid metal housing, even though a lot of these pedals have, and don't wanna spend $300 on pedals these are just as good imo for home recording or just messing around! Keep up the great videos!

[@davegreeley]

Donner also has a board to place the pedals.

[@JR-dd4ec]

I personally love this series of videos and it never gets old to me

[@grrggrrg4805]

0:00 the smile of a man who knows he's about to make me broke

[@yaguitar]

The Donners are great, tried a few now. Love this series Ryan, hope you get more from donner to review. You will like the Stylish Fuzz and Blues Drive.

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

I have a bunch of these affordable mini pedals from Donner, Kmise, Mosky, Mooer and Azor. All the pedals have been good and do what they’re advertised to do. The only 1 pedal I have been a little disappointed in is the Kmise tremolo. There’s a boost when it’s turned on so it makes the guitar louder.

[@runlarryrun77]

Same here. I've bought so many I've lost count. Only 4 have been bad. Behringer reverb started making a weird tinny noise when activated. Also Behringer Harmonist/ Pitch Shifter went mad all of a sudden. Eno octave pedal hisses noticeably when in bypass & Donner Tutti Chorus can be a bit poppy sometimes. Still a lovely chorus pedal tho. All the rest work just great.

[@gwugluud]

Pitch pedals can get crazy, lol, I love them. I have octavers and pitchers, and those make me get experimental. You can't even assign a genre to some severe settings, it's just straight up Dadaism and reminds me of the way late 60s bands were, before everything got all standardized. Back then, rock and roll was for "weirdos" and eccentrics, there was a "rock and roll strangeness" imbuing many albums then. Led Zeppelin are a good example. They're thought of as a hard rock band by most ppl, which they were, but much of their stuff was some of the most "alternative" (in an actual true sense) and unusual material that's ever been made, except for the really overtly extreme stuff, like Captain Beefheart or The Red Crayola, which I love, lol. I miss the weirdness and uniqueness rock used to have before it turned into 'normal" music, lol. I miss getting looked at funny for looking the part, lol, made me feel rebellious, or something.

[@aaronaragon7838]

Yeah...everybody stopped experimenting and standardized. Rock is dead.

[@Chris-Ian]

Glad to see you still have the Te-90FLT. I bought the same after watching your and other peoples review on it.

[@grilledspaghetti]

I sold mine only because I have too many guitars, but it was a really good guitar. Mine was only like 5.5 pounds.

[@jimm8594]

I noticed it hasn’t gone out of tune as often as his other guitars.

[@Chris-Ian]

@@jimm8594 I put JinHo Locking tuners on mine and I rarely tune it. The stocks were solid tho, so I can imagine it stays in tune pretty well :)

[@ericwixom7898]

That ringing, metallic sound on the trails for the reverb might track to those trons-type pickups.

[@jpizzleforizzle]

Killin it with these affordaboards! That pitch pedal is definitely a keeper. I have the Morpher, it's not my fav cranked but a good pedal for mid gain.

[@blairmichaelhogan4502]

I’m a big fan of this comp. Had it for about a year and it’s held up great. I’ve been using an Empress compressor for years on my main rig and this thing totally holds up for the mini board. I think I even like it a bit more than my Mooer Yellow Comp, which is also fantastic. And the Donner Boost Killer is a legitimately great pedal at any price!

[@picksalot1]

All the Donner pedal pedals were OK. I liked to the Octave and Delay best too. My test is if a pedal "inspires" then it is worth considering. I think putting the Snake Bite on the Ambient Affordaboard is a good choice. Thanks

[@mikevega7740]

Glad dinner makes affordable pedals and sound good. Have a compressor, reverb, booster, noise killer. Nice

[@davidjameschamberlain]

I got their Wah Volume pedal for $2.50 at my local shop because for whatever reason it was super noisy in the store, but I got it home and it worked fine

[@runlarryrun77]

Probably the power circuit in the store. If it had A/C or particularly fluro light bulbs that's gonna make noise. I have the Hotone wah. If I run it off the mains it makes a noise like being on a hill on a really windy day. Use an isolated power unit or battery & it's fine.

[@cylexxxicago]

I got the same pedal a few years ago and love it! great screaming wah effects for days!!

[@DolemiteSammich]

That delay sounds awesome! Thanks for the vid

[@markferguson3745]

All compressors are not the same; you have to find the one that works for you.The Orange Kongpressor, the Xotic SP and the Keeley (with the dry blend) are all cool, but very different.Try before AND after drives,- again, a personal choice.The EHX Tone Corset is inexpensive, and a great "first" introduction; the more complex circuits are a little harder to learn and employ well. I generally only use them on clean sounds; good for evening out the wound and plain strings, especially if you down tune or use heavier strings.I think a lot of people try them, but give up before they really understand what they can do.

[@GRBAquatics]

Cool Demo/Review, Thankyou. I have the Echo Square and The Tutti Love and am amazed at all the sounds that can be achieved from these little tanks of pedals. Nice Work Donner. Cheers

[@ironmantran]

LOVE your show. I watched virtually all of them. . .

[@tomblaze2]

Affords boards 4 Life

[@darrellwestrick2110]

I've had 3 of those (Morpher, Hsquare and Esquare). Good luck with all of them. Still use the Echo Square. Their build quality is sound.

[@senterpoint]

Ryan did light settings! Very Tasty. When you first started this series I bought a Donner Alpha FX. It has reverb, modulation and delay. Took some tweaking to get what I wanted (I think single pedals may have been easier) and now it's on my afford a board. Thanks Ryan!

[@5TR4N63R]

Love my cheap Donner pedals, Strat and Les Paul clones, and electronic drums. The Yellow Fall is my favorite. The green Verb Square was moved to my keyboard and midi controller rig. The blue Mod square and the blue compression also work well for me as well as the Noise Killer. The purple auto wah is the only Donner pedal I'm not that fond of so far.

[@mikeg.9238]

Iv'e got 3 donner pedals and a power supply and have had no problems what so ever. You cannot beat these pedals for the price and they seem to be well made.

[@ifax1245]

Looks like King Crimson has a new member...

[@teknomanning]

Nigel Montford my favorite band of all time

[@Rossimac_]

Man, love the vid! I needed an octave pedal for an upcoming gig (aka worship set but “gig” sounded cooler). I don’t use octave much at all… so I opted for Donner over $240 pog… I feel like I entered the contra cheat code at life buying the harmonic square.

[@acadianflatpicker]

The Mod setting from the Echo Square is better than shown here. Awesome on my Acoustic Board. My Secrete Sauce!!!!

[@timwoodruff]

The Echo Square and Mod Square are pretty amazing little pedals. Try using the lofi delay setting with the shortest time and a low level on a clean tone for a cool glitchy overdrive sound.

[@voiceofexperience]

The Morpher is a li'l hand-grenade. I love it. All these Donner pedals seem to be very high quality for the money. You could do worse than having an entire afford-a-board consisting of these pedals.

[@TheMorphicResident]

I have a Donner Jet Convolution Flanger in that form factor and it is pretty decent. Nice analog tone for a lot less $$$ than the Mooer.

[@benallmark9671]

I just got that compressor and think it’s good enough to be the one I’m gonna stick with it unless one of you guys talk me out of it and into something different. My ears open lol.

[@voiceofexperience]

Nope. It's fine 🙂

[@JoshBattershell]

I have a morpher and love it. Got recommended it after i saw and artist i really like use it live and talked to them after the show. It’s a copy of a suhr riot. I’ve never used the real pedal but from what i can tell it’s pretty damn close to sounding the same.

[@feathers1583]

Going to scoop the Reverb from this vid and they have a nice mini fuzz pedal too. Thanks for these videos!

[@adamgs82]

Welp... Let Donner know that this series is working. I just ordered the Distortion and Octave from Amazon. Now... to wait until they can ship them in these weird times. Great vid and thanks for these; I probably would have passed these up if it were't for these nice demos!

[@jessiesratrods1210]

You have to try the Demon Tube Screamer. It's a dual function TS9/808 clone and is the best $30 I've ever spent on a pedal hands down.

[@noahrobinson1913]

ive got the donner boost killer and the tutti love chorus in the new case and i love em.

[@DarkAvatar1313]

Geez every time a video comes out like this the pedal prices double. I checked the Donner pitch shifter and it was more than double the price now.

[@davidlane2069]

I found a surprise use for the compressor, my bass amp. I like/build and use short scale basses and the compressor really makes them slap lol

[@carlfrei2419]

I like the Donner Pedals . I have several.

[@jorgepvenegas]

Man this is such a great video for people getting started with pedals! (aka, me)

[@jamesmarcin4787]

The Morpher is supposed to be a Shure Riot clone. I have the Morpher, pretty good distortion.

[@matrixstar2767]

You've influenced me in the affordable pedals, already have 4 donner pedals. Reverb, Chorus, Yellow Fall, Tuner.

[@guitarfan01]

I just bought an El Capistan, Ryan! Why are you making me buy *another* delay, just for that reverse and lo-fi sound!

[@daccrowell4776]

Dammit, Ryan...you're gonna make me spend more money! ;-) Actually, that Donner comp pedal is pretty sweet sounding and I really like how it seems to be behaving. Might be useful for various bowing techniques on my Dual 8...

[@brendenhampton718]

I ordered a harmonic square pedal a week ago on Amazon and it still hasn't come in the mail. I hope It arrives soon.

[@chadm78]

You should try the yellow fall analog delay. It sounds great!

[@therealpalo001]

I like the Reverb pedals close to surfy sound ,with a jaguar equipped with flat wounds and some palm muting it’s acceptable.

[@JK_35]

Bought The Donner, Jet Convolution used on a whim, and I love it one bass. it doesn't have the head room for the active pick ups so it distorts in a musical way and I love it. haven't found a flanger that even comes close. you do loose a bit of low end with it though

[@SBanas]

As always great stuff! If you want a cheaper version of donner pedals try Rowin. Sonically the same. I like both, although donner is made a little better (mainly better knobs, and details on the housing). For Univibe you could try Moen "shaky jimi", and try to contact company that's called Hotone- they make small cute pedals that sound amazing. Also Josh from JHS made a demo of Donner Metal Head from the nano series. I've got it and it's simply great especially for 25$ new.

[@Monkeyshaman]

This whole series is like a M&M tunderdome of music gear.

[@kronus513]

that reverb w the Filtertron pickups is tasty!

[@HiOctane62]

I have 4 Donner pedals

[@kellypeterson2625]

Just bought an ecto square. Amazing pedal for the $

[@thebagsnow]

my therapist's name was mr. donner haha i wonder if these are his pedals

[@brCharlieNagy]

nice playing, man :-) Did you experience any latency or wierd sounds ? Thanks

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

I have that reverb and after a while it ended up being plate and remains so. 😎🎙🎸✅

[@andreapasillas8478]

II bought the Donner reverb pedal about 4 weeks ago I too keep it on the plate setting.

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

@@andreapasillas8478 it's far and away the best 😎

[@DKprojects9]

LOVE this series of videos!

[@turtleboxguitars3796]

That group could almost be it's own board! Almost.

[@Gainn]

The comp and echo sound great and are hard (impossible) to pass up at these prices.. 😎

[@Briansgate]

I have the Square. It's fun to play with.

[@JamesBritemusic]

I bought the distortion pedal with the dead fish decal and it was dead never worked i was disappointed.

[@billgrabbe9992]

I saw the reverb on sale at MusicGoRound and decided to try it out today. SO glad I did - I'm a keyboardist and wanted a boring room sound with a nice clean tail. Playing a big chord with some loud high notes, I got some nasty, prominent digital artifacts. I liked everything about it except for that - what a disappointment! It may be fine with a guitar, but give it a good, hard workout before the exchange period expires.

[@nick16754]

Any clues as to what the Donner Ultimate Comp pedal is a copy of?

[@TheRWE12]

I enjoy your videos, but you could do the Harmonic Square justice with it's own video. Extremely usable pedal for $45. Can duplicate a bass, baritone, detune up and down, tons more. Highly recommend and already getting hard to find. Cheers.

[@robguitarwizard]

When I started playing in the 80s you only had a choice really between Boss and Ibanez pedals in the shops and you'd have to save for a year to buy one pedal, or wait for Christmas. Now we are spoiled for choice - as it should be. In reality the components of all pedals are the same and cost next to nothing. It's just name brand hype!

[@albertplaysguitar]

I like my Donner noise killer pedal. I'd be interested in checking out their modulation, reverb, delay stuff. I don't think I could trust them for base tone drive pedals, maybe for different flavored dirt. But even then, I've found a happy place with a few MXR pedals bought used.

[@dukesworld4111]

Great demo! I actually have several Donner pedals, and haven't had any issues with them so far. I love the Harmonic Square, and have way too much fun with that one. I think the sharp mode is a bit harsh sounding for my ears, but the flat mode set at the octave is just epic! Especially with an overdrive or fuzz. The Blues Drive is great, and is exactly what you would expect. (Blues Driver type tone) They have a 2 button Tap Delay pedal that is pretty good. It's a larger bodied pedal, and a little more expensive (About $65 when I bought mine last year). It has a mode switch for digital, analog, and reverse delay. But it does have the tap tempo button, so is really useful. One of my favorites is their Dark Mouse pedal. It's black with a picture of a rodent on it, so you can guess what it's going for. It's a beast of an overdrive/distortion. I use it all the time. My absolute favorite so far is the Alpha Force. It's a triple effect pedal, and costs about the same as the Tap Delay. It has a hi gain distortion, a chorus, and a delay all in one housing. The distortion can get pretty insane on it, but with the drive dialed back it gets a really good overdrive sound. I've used that pedal with just a wah and a tuner as a simple board setup a few times.

[@Jenisonc]

26:02 You became Kenny G. I was AFK and I swore you put a sax on.

[@darrellwestrick2110]

I have the Morpher and the Harmonic Square, the Yellow Fall the Nano Chorus and Looper. Might have to get The Echo Square.

[@DMSProduktions]

You got that tiny little knob down there to mess with! That's what SHE said! ;oP Rockin' sounds Ryan! \m/

[@Aengus42]

At 01:18... "Nice box, Magnet Flaps!" Yeah! Wasn't it? How'd you meet my ex, man? I just heard you give her a shout out 😆

[@pttrent123]

Thanks for doing this!

[@brunomuniz5776]

I love that guitar... oh my!

[@leonthompson8988]

The morpher is a riot clone. A couple of years ago they were 40 bucks .

[@voiceofexperience]

I have a Suhr Riot. Then I got a Morpher. The Suhr is somewhere in my wardrobe now...

[@darrellm3410]

You should do like some other you Tube channels.... a I CANT AFFORD-A-BOARD... no pedal cheaper than $250.00 on it.

[@60CycleHumcast]

Darrell M I do expensive pedals too. I like all kinds of gear. But I have a soft spot for the cheap stuff for sure

[@darrellm3410]

@@60CycleHumcast I love your channel. I learned to really like Surf music and have a new appreciation for Spring Reverb and Tremolo.

[@djay6651]

@@darrellm3410 Nothing like a little reverb and delay to fill out a dry signal.

[@darrellm3410]

@@djay6651 you are correct sir....I love it now. That and my TS9 are my always on sound. The Fuzz and Tremolo are the ones I switch on and off

[@stephenksiazek812]

Are you talking to me? 😎

[@PurpleLightning6was9]

Why do these pedals double their prices? They immediately lose their value to me if I can buy a joyo for the same price.

[@TheElectricfishmusic]

I love the Morpher.

[@alanredversangel]

I use the Morpher for high gain stuff with my covers band. I think you need to use a bridge humbucker to get the best effect though.

[@petersage5157]

"Studio reverb"? Sounds more like the reverb in a sparsely furnished studio apartment...which isn't necessarily a bad thing; I understand Les Paul used the acoustics in his house for reverb on a few albums.

[@ToddtheExploder]

Donner, quick, before he puts that Snake Bite back, send him some more pedals!

[@jermainelong1843]

😁Something tells me you like drive pedals.

[@DannyLavaHead]

Ryan, have you ever come across a budget reverse reverb pedal? Not reverse delay or nothing. My DigiTech Digiverb broke, and it's not fixable vs the price of buying a new one. I was wondering if you or anyone else has ever come across a cheap reverse reverb, given that it's one of the most useful things for shoegaze.

[@60CycleHumcast]

Dan McDonald not so far

[@tigmil8116]

Valeton

[@tigmil8116]

"Cool music" which is sometimes under different brands also makes a reverb pedal with reverse.

[@dreamyrhodes]

Just a general question: Shouldnt the compressor go after all of the effects, unless you want to sustain the distortion?

[@rsktulu]

Thanks for this video. I bought the Donner Morpher distortion, but I get a lot of noise from it as soon as I press it on. Almost like interference fuzz noise. Any recommendations?