fender newporter

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:22 pm

the newporter has been re-issued. haven't heard much talk about it.

its got a duosonic size neck on it

http://www.keymusic.com/en/product/Fend ... r-Traveler

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:28 pm

DO WANT

Post by **dots** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:49 pm

i like the plastic tipped keys, nice touch.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 4:28 pm

I like the looks of all their acoustics with electric style headstocks, but they just don't sound very good. They also sound overly bright and tinny, and not very responsive.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:33 pm

responsive?

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:02 pm

robroe wrote:responsive?

Like it doesn't respond to how you play it. The sound that comes out of it just is. It's kind of dead sounding. And the overly bright, tinny sound almost makes them sound like ukuleles to me.

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:15 am

That's very well put. I have a late 80s Korean Fender Catalina and although it's nice to play, your description fits the sound exactly.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:50 am

but this is new.

and you using the words "bright" and "dead" in the same description make no fucking sense to me

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:58 am

If you EQ some music so it's all treble, the sound is bright, and it also lacks any deeper tone and thus sounds flat or unmusical. Dead is not the word I would have chosen but it just doesn't sound musical. With new strings my Catalina is almost painfully bright, and with old strings it just sounds flat. No resonance or depth to the sound. "Doesn't respond to how you play it," is also a fair comment.

I haven't played one of these new ones - my response was to a comment about "all their acoustics with electric style headstocks" of which my 80s Catalina is one.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 4:29 am

robroe wrote:but this is new.

and you using the words "bright" and "dead" in the same description make no fucking sense to me

A guitar with a bright sound can still sound dead. And that's how all the newer electric headstock style fender acoustics that I have played have sounded. Play one of these guitars and then go play a better acoustic in the same price range such as an alvarez, takamine, or yamaha and you'll instantly hear what I mean. With these fender acoustics, you're paying for the name on the headstock and because they look cool. Fender has never been known to make good acoustics, and these definitely live up to that statement.

StevePirates · Post by **StevePirates** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 5:29 am

Bright = EQ/Timbre descriptor

Dead = Resonance descriptor