Detail 01
Fishman Flex preamp
Provides onboard electronics for connecting the guitar to an amplifier.
Product detailSKU #1500000397439
FenderCalifornia Newporter Player Acoustic-Electric Guitar Sunburst
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Independent shopping perspective
The Korena take
Finished in Sunburst, the Newporter Player is a right-handed six-string acoustic-electric with Fender’s mid-sized Newporter body and a solid spruce top. The 25.6-inch scale, slim-taper C nato neck, and walnut fingerboard define its stated playing layout. Fishman Flex electronics allow the guitar’s natural sound to be reproduced through an amplifier, so it can cover acoustic playing before moving into an amplified signal path. The source describes its voice as balanced, articulate, and powerful.
Strong match
Who this is for
- Acoustic-electric playing that moves from unplugged parts into an amplified signal path.
- Players wanting a mid-sized Newporter body and the described balanced, articulate voice.
Consider the trade-offs
When to look elsewhere
- Left-handed players; this version is specified right-handed.
What matters in use
The specifications, translated
Catalog numbers tell only part of the story. These are the details most likely to change how this product feels, sounds, or fits into a setup.
Detail 02
25.6-inch scale length
This is the scale length specified for the Newporter Player.
Detail 03
Gloss Sunburst finish
This version is specified with a gloss Sunburst finish.
Final check
Know before you order
- 01Check that the 1.69-inch nut width fits your preferred playing layout.
Product questions
Before you decide
Straight answers to the questions shoppers most often ask about this product.
01Does this Newporter Player have onboard electronics?
Yes. It uses a Fishman Flex preamp.
02What is the body type?
It is specified with a Newporter body.
Reference
Full specifications
The complete catalog record, organized around the decisions musicians make when comparing gear.
1 detailsPickups & controls
- Pickup/preamp
- Fishman Flex
7 detailsPlayability
- Saddle & nut
- Synthetic Bone
- Orientation
- Right-handed
- Number of strings
- 6 String
- Number of frets
- 20
- Number of Frets
- 20
- Number of Strings
- 6 String
- Scale Length
- 25.6"
10 detailsBody & build
- Back & sides
- Sapele
- Color
- Brown
- Top Material
- Solid Spruce
- Body Type
- Newporter
- Neck finish
- Satin
- Neck Wood
- Nato
- Neck wood
- Nato
- Fingerboard Material
- Walnut Neck wood: Nato Scale length: 25.6" Number of frets: 20 Neck finish: Satin Bridge: Modern Viking Saddle & nut: Synthetic Bone Electronics Pickup/preamp: Fishman Flex Other Tuning machines: Vintage-style Orientation: Right-handed Number of strings: 6 String
- Top wood
- Solid Spruce
- Body finish
- Gloss
2 detailsSize & weight
- Scale length
- 25.6"
- Nut width
- 1.69"
12 detailsOther
- Neck shape
- C
- Bracing pattern
- Scalloped X
- Tier
- new
- Category Source
- detail
- Fingerboard
- Walnut
- Korena Special
- false
- Tuning machines
- Vintage-style
- Orientation
- Right-handed
- Body type
- Newporter
- Source Id
- site51500000397439
- Prop65
- WARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
- Bridge
- Modern Viking
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