California Cool Meets Solid-Top Value
Some guitars play it safe — neutral finish, traditional shape, easy to overlook in a lineup. The Fender Newporter Player is not that guitar. It shows up in a gloss Surf Green finish with a matching painted headstock and a gold pickguard, and it makes zero apologies about turning heads before you've played a single note. This is the kind of guitar you actually want to pull off the wall and play.
But it's not all style. At its core, the Newporter Player is a genuinely solid instrument — literally. The solid spruce top sits over sapele back and sides in a comfortable cutaway auditorium body, and the result is a voice that's clear and responsive without feeling thin. Whether you're strumming through chord progressions or fingerpicking a melody, it holds its own acoustically and plugs in without drama.
If you've been eyeing an acoustic-electric that brings a little personality to the table without requiring a second mortgage, the Newporter Player is worth a long, serious look.
A Solid Top That Earns Its Keep
The solid spruce top is X-braced and gives the Newporter Player a noticeably livelier acoustic response than you'd get from a fully laminate instrument. Solid tops resonate more freely, meaning the longer you play it, the more it opens up over time. Spruce is a workhorse tonewood — clear articulation, good dynamic range, and tonal versatility that handles both quiet fingerpicking and aggressive strumming without losing character.
The back and sides are sapele, a wood with a warm, slightly complex character that blends nicely with spruce's brightness. The result is a balanced, full-sounding voice — articulate up top, with enough warmth in the mids and lows to keep things interesting. The cutaway auditorium body keeps the overall feel approachable and comfortable, particularly for players who want upper-fret access without wrestling a large-bodied acoustic.
A Neck Built for Playing
The nato neck on the Newporter Player wears a slim-taper "C"-shaped profile — if you've ever played a Fender electric, that profile will feel immediately familiar. At 1.69" at the nut and a 25.5" scale length, it sits in a comfortable middle ground that works for a wide range of hand sizes and playing styles. The walnut fingerboard has a 15.75" radius and 20 frets with white dot inlays, keeping things clean and easy to navigate.
The tilt-back 6-in-line headstock is one of those details that reminds you where this guitar comes from — it's an acoustic that's clearly informed by Fender's electric heritage, and that lineage shows up in how naturally it plays. Vintage-style sealed nickel tuning machines keep things in tune reliably, and a GraphTech NuBone nut and saddle help the guitar stay in tune and sustain well across the strings.
Plug In When You're Ready
The onboard Fishman Flex preamp system handles amplified duties with a straightforward, player-friendly control layout. Volume, bass, and treble controls let you dial in your amplified tone, and a phase switch helps you combat feedback in louder stage situations. When you do plug in, the pickup system does a solid job of conveying the guitar's natural acoustic voice rather than replacing it with something synthetic.
The controls are integrated cleanly into the body without looking like an afterthought — a detail that matters when a guitar is this visually distinctive. Whether you're running into a PA at an open mic or into a small acoustic amp at a house show, the Fishman system gives you a functional, reliable tool to work with.
Product Features:
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Top: Solid spruce, X-braced
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Back & Sides: Sapele
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Body Shape: Newporter cutaway auditorium
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Neck: Nato, slim-taper "C" profile, satin urethane finish
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Fingerboard: Walnut, 15.75" radius, white dot inlays, 20 frets
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Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
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Nut: GraphTech NuBone, 1.69" (43 mm)
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Saddle: GraphTech NuBone
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Tuning Machines: Vintage-style sealed nickel
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Electronics: Fishman Flex preamp — volume, bass, treble, phase control
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Finish: Gloss polyurethane, Surf Green with matching painted headstock
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Pickguard: 3-ply gold
Brand: Fender
Model: Newporter Player
SKU: 0970743557
Condition: New
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