Epiphone Newport Electric Bass Guitar - Pacific Blue Reviews
Epiphone is throwing it back in time with the Newport Bass Guitar — back to 1961 to be exact. After all, that’s when the first all-original Newports hit the shelves. This marvelous modern model pays tribute to the rare vintage model that started it all. Its unique body shape sends out waves of vintage appeal while also making for a comfortable playing experience. This rockin’ Newport sports a body and neck constructed from mahogany that’s full of warmth and sustain. The electronics situated on the Newport comprise two humbuckers that output plenty of rich tones and a set of knobs to control volume, tone, and blend. The musical bottom line? You’ll turn heads with an Epiphone Newport bass.
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Great bass, great customer support.
I bought this Newport the same time I purchased the cherry Newport. This is the only one I received that did not have the pulled anchor. However, I did inspect the pick-up cavity and determined that although it was not an issue at that point in time, it would more than likely be later. With that said, I just did the anchor fix as I did on the cherry Newport and called it a day.
Unfortunately, this poor guy got damaged in shipping. It had gotten dropped at some point and the strap button on the end of the body sheared off and took a bit of paint with it . I called Sweetwater and spoke with my tech. I told them I wanted to keep the bass ( playability was not affected in any way). I sent photos of the damage and they agreed that what damage occurred would not affect the actual integrity of the instrument. They offered me a discount and that was good enough for me.
Although I have all four colors, each Newport has its own personality. And, again, as stated in my cherry Newport review, it works very well in a recording studio environment.
Remember folks, just because an instrument is inexpensive, that "Does Not Necessarily Mean It's Cheap". These Newport Basses are overall a very solid build and quite honestly, a downright joy to play!
Two in one: Embassy vs Newport
I'm a long time Gibson and Epiphone Bass user. I've recently purchased an Epiphone Embassy Bass and was impressed with the Play ability and Quality of the bass. The Newport is equally impressive. Sound wise,
The Embassy has punch with an understated grit. The controls work as they should with the tone control having more of an audio taper. The Newport is tonally different. The Gibson looking pickup is far from its Mudbucking Father yet imparts a mellow warmth. The bridge pickup is identical to the Embassy and is the more dominant of the two.The placement is further away from the bridge than on the Embassy and changes the sound giving it a somewhat boxy woody sound.The tone control is a linear taper(either full on or off).Both basses have a lot of tonal variation on offer. Guitar Players and those looking for a compact bass the Newport should be considered. The reason for only four stars:The tuners are not the best. I've replaced mine with Hipshot mini Clovers 3/8 size.The stock ones work but if your looking for improvement look no further than the aforementioned. Still scatching your head on the price performance ratio? The tuners and the perfectly fine Indian Laurel Fingerboard is where they cut price corners.One last point,as of this writing,no hard shell case is available for the Newport but the Embassy case fits perfectly.Both basses are so close in pricing and identical in overall performance and quality that I thought a comparison would be the most beneficial.
Could have been better
Nice feel, light weight, neck feels good.
I put flats on it and tweaked the truss rod a bit.
Blend control is a great idea but not well executed.
Scratchy sounds when adjusting the blend and it doesn't affect the blend smoothly - there's an abrupt jump in and out of the center detent. Also when you turn it clockwise (toward the bridge pickup), it selects the neck pickup. Counter-intuitive but easy to get used to. I may change it to a second volume control.
Neither pickup sounds all that great on its own. With no bridge pickup it would have been worse! It's an inexpensive bass so none of this is shocking. Could have been a lot better.
