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fender newporter
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:22 pm
by robroe
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
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:28 pm
by robroe
DO WANT
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:49 pm
by dots
i like the plastic tipped keys, nice touch.
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 4:28 pm
by Billy3000
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.
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:33 pm
by robroe
responsive?
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:02 pm
by Billy3000
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.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:15 am
by MattK
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.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:50 am
by robroe
but this is new.
and you using the words "bright" and "dead" in the same description make no fucking sense to me
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:58 am
by MattK
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.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 4:29 am
by Billy3000
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.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 5:29 am
by StevePirates
Bright = EQ/Timbre descriptor
Dead = Resonance descriptor