1986 FENDER NEWPORTER ACOUSTIC GUITAR WITH FISHMAN PREAMP/TUNER & HSC

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VINTAGE 1986 FENDER ACOUSTIC GUITAR, NEWPORTER MODEL, MAHOGANY LAMINATED TOP, SIDES, AND BACK. MADE IN KOREA (FROM WHAT I FOUND)THE GUITAR WAS IN ROUGH SHAPE WHEN I PURCHASED IT IN 2023, FINDING INFO ON THE GUITAR WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, THE ORIGINAL FENDER COMPANY SOLD TO CBS IN 1964/65, AND LATER PURCHASE BY AN INVESTMENT GROUP AND RENAMED COMPANY FENDER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION (FMIC), THUS INFO IS VERY HARD TO FIND. THIS GUITAR SHOWS SIGNS OF BEING WELL PLAYED, THERE ARE A FEW NICKS AND MARKS ON THE BODY AND HEAD STOCK AREA.

IN 2024 I TOOK THE GUITAR TO A LOCAL LUTHIER, HE WASN’T TOO KEEN ON FIXING IT AT FIRST BUT…ONCE PLAYING IT HE FELT THIS GUITAR HAD A GOOD VOICE AND HE AGREED TO TAKE ON THE WORK. THE NECK NEEDED WORK, AND THERE WAS FINGER VALLEYS BETWEEN FRETS.  9 FRETS WERE REPLACED THE NECK WOOD WAS WORKED ON, THE BRIDGE WAS RESET AND GLUED, BONE NUT AND SADDLE WAS INSTALLED , AS WELL AS SOME BRACES NEED ATTENTION.  THEN OF COURSE A COMPLETE SET UP. THE NECK IS STAIGHT AND STABLE. THE DAMAGE AT THE NECK JOINT WAS DONE YEARS AGO AND HAS BEEN REPAIRED AND IS NOT A CONCERN.

THIS IS NOT A PIECE OF JUNK, SHE MAY LOOK A LITTLE ROUGH BUT I ASSURE YOU IT’S VERY VERY PLAYABLE.  INSTALLED A FISHMAN PRESYS+ PREAMP/TUNER. HARDSHELL CASE INCLUDED

CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS A 40 YEAR OLD GUITAR WITH LAMINATED BODY, THE SOUND/VOICE IS BETTER THAN YOU WOULD EXPECT.

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Key Specifications & Origins

Manufacturing: 1986 was the first year production moved to Korea (after being made in Japan from 1982–1985).

Body Build: Typically constructed with a laminated mahogany top, back, and sides.

Neck: Features a rosewood fingerboard and often follows the "strat-style" 6-in-line headstock design that is iconic to the Newporter line