New Epiphone Newport reissue

[neepheid]

After they put out the Embassy, I wondered how long it would take them to do the Newport.  Well, now they have, short scale lovers.

 

 

Around £350 gets you a pretty decent modern reinterpretation of the pre '63 Newport.  Nice colours too.  There's not even a sniff of them on the Epiphone website yet, but they're in retailers now (picture nicked from Peach Guitars, Guitar Guitar have 'em too, probably others)

[Paul S]

oooh.   

[Cosmo Valdemar]

Now that is nice. The only thing they've got wrong is the tuners but that's an easy fix.

[ezbass]

The Cherry and Pacific Blue (green) ones look tasty.

[neepheid]

Just now, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Now that is nice. The only thing they've got wrong is the tuners but that's an easy fix.

 

I hope they're not the same garbage tuners as found on the Embassy, but I suspect they will be, so even if you like the small buttons you'll want to change 'em.  Very vague and too much play in them.

[grayn]

Nice.  Either Pacific Blue or Sunset Yellow for me.

Tort scratchplates would look better though.

[bertbass]

Cherry for me but I'd want a left handed one so probably not.

[Paul S]

Interesting spread of weight for the individuals.  If I were interested in getting one (which of course I am not.  Not even remotely) I would pop along to Peaches (which Google maps tells me would take 55mins currently due to a crash on the A12) (not that I'm interested) and grab a light one.

 

Hellfire and damnation, the last thing I need is a new bass.  But, well....

[Grahambythesea]

Not a short scale player personally, but I am pleased to see a reissue of this icon. Not sure I’ve ever seen an original outside of books and photos and whilst the Rivoli was every where in the 60’s I don’t think many of these crossed the pond.

[lidl e]

It's amazing the quailty and variety you can get for sub 500 quid nowadays

[Lw.]

I've gone off short scales recently but those do look pretty nice! I have no idea what the originals looked like so I don't know if they're close or not, feels a bit like the tuners would have looked nicer if they were vintage/clover style though? 

[neepheid]

1 minute ago, Lw. said:

I've gone off short scales recently but those do look pretty nice! I have no idea what the originals looked like so I don't know if they're close or not, feels a bit like the tuners would have looked nicer if they were vintage/clover style though? 

 

All the skinny on the OG Newport Deluxe courtesy of Fly Guitars - https://www.flyguitars.com/epiphone/bass/1962EpiphoneNewportDeluxe.php

[Lw.]

32 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

All the skinny on the OG Newport Deluxe courtesy of Fly Guitars - https://www.flyguitars.com/epiphone/bass/1962EpiphoneNewportDeluxe.php

Yes that's the kind of tuner I meant. 

I must have a problem because I don't like them on the Harley Bentons that were released recently either! 

[grayn]

1 hour ago, Lw. said:

 

The original Newport influenced the Serek Midwestern.  Though I don't think Serek will feel too threatened by this re-issue.

[neepheid]

3 minutes ago, grayn said:

The original Newport influenced the Serek Midwestern.  Though I don't think Serek will feel too threatened by this re-issue.

 

Completely different target market and price bracket - they should be able to coexist happily.

[Clarky]

5 minutes ago, grayn said:

The original Newport influenced the Serek Midwestern.  Though I don't think Serek will feel too threatened by this re-issue.

Indeed. Mine (blatant showing off):

[neepheid]

1 minute ago, Clarky said:

Indeed. Mine (blatant showing off):

 

Spooky that Epiphone should issue one with a very similar colour to yours!

[uncle psychosis]

Oh ffffffffs. 

 

I just bought an Embassy a few weeks ago but I would have been all over these 😞

[neepheid]

8 minutes ago, uncle psychosis said:

Oh ffffffffs. 

 

I just bought an Embassy a few weeks ago but I would have been all over these 😞

 

Get both, obviously

[uncle psychosis]

13 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

Get both, obviously

 

Would love to, but the car died at the weekend 😡

[Chienmortbb]

18 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Now that is nice. The only thing they've got wrong is the tuners but that's an easy fix.

Unusual for a bass to have a tuner built in, I can'see the need for more than one. What are the machine heads like?🙃

 

On a serious note, they do look correct for the era of the original. However, I do agree that they probably could be improved upon.

Edited January 25, 2023 by Chienmortbb

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

After buying so many instruments in 2022 that I have run out of places to hide new ones from the missus, I have resolved to buy no new guitars or basses in 2023. That said, now I have seen the cherry newport, I really want one.

[bloke_zero]

Not many mahogany body basses about new like this? I guess CITES: https://cites.org/eng/news/pr/2003/031111_mahogany.shtml
 

Maybe it's not Mahogany but Sapele (often called Mahogany to avoid/promote confusion).

 

[grayn]

Deffo fancy one of these.

[Sibob]

Yeah, styling wise, if you want a budget Serek, these look good. But those tuners are all wrong. Why reissue a 'classic' bass with modern looking tuners?! Put elephant ear tuners on them for goodness sake!

I'll be sticking with my Midwestern  

 

 

Si

Edited January 25, 2023 by Sibob