Essential Information About the Fender Newporter Player Guitar
- "Newporter" auditorium-style body with cutaway: comfortable playability and versatility on stage and at home.
- Solid Sitka spruce top, sapelli back and sides for a clear and warm balance.
- Nato neck with a Slim C profile, "six-in-line" tilted headstock for smooth playability and enhanced sustain.
- Discreet Fishman Flex preamp (piezo under the saddle) with volume, tone, and phase inversion controls.
California, Fender Heritage Updated
Part of the California series, the Newporter Player modernizes a Fender silhouette from the 1960s. Its "tilt-back" headstock inspired by electrics, neat binding, and glossy finish give it an immediately recognizable identity while maintaining contemporary craftsmanship designed for reliability, intonation, and comfort.
For Which Musician and Styles?
Accessible and inspiring, this electro-acoustic is suitable for dedicated beginners, intermediate guitarists, and singer-songwriters. The auditorium format and cutaway favor folk, pop, rock, indie, and vocal accompaniment, both fingerpicking and flatpicking, with clear definition in arpeggios and enough reserve for strumming.
Sound
The solid spruce top, supported by a sculpted X bracing, delivers precise attack, effective projection, and wide dynamics. The sapelli back and sides provide singing mids and controlled lows, ideal for blending in a mix. The 25.6" / 650 mm scale length slightly tensions the strings for more definition and sustain, accentuated by the angled tilted headstock above the nut. Plugged in, the Fishman Flex electronics reproduce a natural tone; the phase inversion helps control feedback, and the tone control allows instant adjustment of brightness.
Recommended Compatible Accessories
Choose 80/20 bronze acoustic strings with gauge .012-.052 (e.g., Fender Dura-Tone), a cutaway auditorium-style gig bag or case, an acoustic strap (standard strap buttons), and a capo suited to the 400 mm / 15.75" radius.
Technical Specifications
Body
- Format: "Newporter" (auditorium) with cutaway
- Top: Solid Sitka spruce
- Back and sides: Sapelli (laminated)
- Bracing: Sculpted X
- Finish: Gloss polyurethane
- Body binding: Aged white
- Rosette: Double black/white/black rings
- Pickguard: 3-ply gold color
Neck
- Wood: Nato
- Profile: Slim "C"
- Headstock: Stratocaster-style tilt-back, six inline tuners
- Finish: Satin urethane
- Fingerboard: Walnut
- Radius: 15.75" / 400 mm
- Inlays: White dots
- Number of frets: 20
- Fret size: 2.4 mm / 0.094"
- Scale length: 25.6" / 650 mm
- Truss rod: Modern heel adjustment (4 mm hex key)
- Nut: Graph Tech NuBone - width 43 mm / 1.69"
Hardware
- Bridge: Modern "Viking" (walnut)
- Saddle: Graph Tech NuBone
- Tuners: Vintage-style, nickel finish
Electronics
- System: Fishman Flex with piezo under the saddle
- Controls: Volume, tone, phase push button
Miscellaneous
- Original strings: Fender Dura-Tone 880L 80/20 .012-.052
- Series: California