My New...port!

[Samuello]

I'm a happy man!

Damn I love that fat vintage neck profile and the low weight and the resonating spruce top and... Only thing that bothers me is the volume control which darkens tone quite a bit when turned down... but I guess it's an easy fix?

http://www.students.tut.fi/~teini/newp18.jpg

http://www.students.tut.fi/~teini/newp1.jpg

Dave is da Man, he even helped me to get my Supporter status!

-Samuel

[Submariner85]

That is a sweet looking guitar. Nice.

[tomteriffic]

Samuello, welcome to the "Axis Of Owners Of Former Badger Dave Newports" I've got the Goldtop. It's a marvelous guitar and, despite a move to new digs, has hardly seen its case since I got it. No doubt about it, the man has exquisite taste in fretted instruments.

Edited because I can spell but I can't tyep.

[straightblues]

Don't be so quick to change the volume thing. You may grow to like it. I have the Phat Cats and it help a lot for getting different tones. I looovvveee my Newport. It is my forever guitar!!!!

[Kurt L]

I love my Newport Pro. Glad you're enjoying yours!

[JohnnyB]

Only thing that bothers me is the volume control which darkens tone quite a bit when turned down... but I guess it's an easy fix?

The upside of that is that the tone control is usable all the way down to 0 or 1. I often have the tone control at 4, which would bury the treble on most other guitars I have.

And yes -- that neck profile, the weight and balance (mine has Bigsby), and that singing spruce have pretty much spoiled me for anything else.

I trotted out my Newport Thursday after a hiatus, and it's still my #1 by far. What an axe!

Congrats on your black cherry burst Pro -- quite a looker.

[BTMN]

That's nice. I'm discovering the differance between Hamer's solidbody guitars and the semi-hollowbodies like the Newport and the Artist. The interaction of the Tone and Volume knobs is very much part of the magic.

Ok, maybe not quite magic from my fingertips but I'm working on it.

Edited to note: Fat necks RULE!!! Almost as much as Sustain Blocks. Almost.

[Samuello]

Don't be so quick to change the volume thing.  You may grow to like it.  I have the Phat Cats and it help a lot for getting different tones.  I looovvveee my Newport.  It is my forever guitar!!!!

Yes, I won't hurry with this! This same thing happens with my Daytona but after many years of use I have grown to like it!

With Newport it's different however: lowering volume knob eats hi-end but doesn't affect the volume much (no linear decrease). I would like to have the same hi-end when turning vol down and use tone knob for controlling the hi-end.

The tone pot itself is the best I've ever tried (usable range 0-10) But it only works properly when the volume is full!

[Brooks]

used my newport for 2 full band gigs over the last 2 weeks.

it sounds great, but i think i slightly prefer my duotone

for playability, and funk or rawk tones (newport has the best jazz tone).

[JohnnyB]

...my newport ...sounds great, but i think i slightly prefer my duotone for playability, and funk or rawk tones (newport has the best jazz tone).

+1 for the Newport on jazz tones -- unbelievably airy and dimensional, and has that midrange clarity, dynamic subtlety, and overall smoothness that jazz demands.

You must have a helluva Duotone with a great setup, because the playability on my Newport astounds me every time, and I think its potential with funk is extraordinary (but I've only played one Duotone (in a store) and its setup and calibration weren't dialed in at all).

[HAMERMAN]

Theres something about a trombone being played by a guy wearing an Iron Maiden shirt that strikes me as funny. :-)

[Samuello]

Thank you all for your input!

It seems we have many Newport fans here which doesn't surprise at all

My Newport is the best guitar for blues I've ever tried! Very expressive guitar you could say... Well, back to playing my darling -->

-Samuel

[JohnnyB]

My Newport is the best guitar for blues I've ever tried! Very expressive guitar you could say...

YES! That's exactly what I think -- that the Newport is the ultimate blues guitar. Since the blues is all about expression, the ultradynamic Newport is perfect, and the big plus is how you can get it to change tones just by altering your pick attack, producing multiple voices in a series of notes if desired.

And with either the Lovers or the Phat Cats, you can get a cutting clarity that's missing in so many guitars, yet if you want to overdrive it, the tones are very sweet and yet raucous.

[Nuclear Wessel]

That's gotta be my old Newport! I traded it to Badger Dave for a flame Cali!

If you don't get on well with the tone control, let me know, I'll take it off your hands!

The tone control on that one was the Hamer tone control, which sounds like it fattens up the mids while mellowing the high end. I like it better than typical tone controls that just muffle your guitar's tone when you turn them down.

[straightblues]

Theres something about a trombone being played by a guy wearing an Iron Maiden shirt that strikes me as funny. :-)

LOL you beat me to it. I think that is hilarious!!!!!

[belgian]

Congrats Samuello, play the Blues, man !!!!

There are some great scandinavian bluesbands, these days....

[Submariner85]

Theres something about a trombone being played by a guy wearing an Iron Maiden shirt that strikes me as funny. :-)

Did Iron Maiden have a horn section?

[Brooks]

You must have a helluva Duotone with a great setup, because the playability on my Newport astounds me every time, and I think its potential with funk is extraordinary

true, nothing wrong w/ my newport, but my duotone plays awesome (i like thin necks). both sound good for funk, but the more solid duo has more snap.

>Theres something about a trombone being played by a guy wearing an Iron Maiden shirt that strikes me as funny. :-)

yep. brian has a phd in music, and maiden is his fave band.