Faith Venus Percussive Cutaway Electro Acoustic, Hi Gloss Natural

Full Description

Solid Engelmann Spruce & Solid Rosewood Construction

The Faith Venus Percussive Cutaway features an entire solid wood construction for a superior tone and an incredible dynamic response. Its solid engelmann spruce top yields crisp articulation and slightly richer mid-range than sitka spruce. The solid top's smooth tone provides a versatile soundboard that is able to accommodate numerous genres and techniques with equal ease, from various picking styles to heavier strumming patterns. Furthermore, the solid engelmann spruce top is paired with solid rosewood back and sides that produce a powerful, warm, deep bass response. Its solid rosewood back and sides also produce an incredibly rich tonality with a throaty growl while its treble notes sparkle with plenty of crystal clear clarity. Lastly, with rosewood's iconic tone and spruce's versatile nature the Faith Venus is ideal for a wide variety of genres and playing styles as well as numerous percussive techniques.

Mahogany Neck & Macassan Figured Ebony Fingerboard

With a neck constructed from mahogany, the Venus offers a quick and dynamic response with plenty of warmth and resonance. Mahogany's nature allows it to respond superbly to numerous playing styles and techniques with ease, perfect for getting creative and unleashing true potential. Furthermore, the neck is topped with an Macassan figured ebony fingerboard that adds ringing sustain, plenty of bite and a bright sizzle to the guitar's overall tone. For added aesthetic appeal, the fingerboard also features Faith's majestic 'F' logo placed on the 12th fret and inlaid in mother of pearl for an elegant look.

Faith's Venus Body

Faith took their inspiration for the Venus from auditorium sized guitars and created their own iconic Venus shape that provides the player with comfortably-easy playability and a versatile sonic performance. Additionally, the Venus shape is also an idyllic all-purpose guitar that offers a balanced and articulate response with great volume and projection, equally-suited to both fingerpicking and strumming. Furthermore, to add to the comfortable playability, the Faith Venus also has a venetian cutaway profile which offers easy access to upper frets, allowing the player to perform more technical skills without being restricted higher up the fingerboard.

Fishman INK BODY

The Venus Percussive Cutaway features Fishman's INK BODY preamp system with an undersaddle pickup and bridge plate body sensor, providing the modern percussive player with incredibly responsive electronics for optimum amplified performance. In addition, with the guitar world expanding and the modern player advancing to slapping and tapping their instrument, Faith have released a model specifically tailored to meet the needs of the performing percussive player. This innovative design features an undersaddle piezo pickup and a bridge plate body sensor, and with its Fishman INK BODY preamp, the player is able to blend both the pickup and sensor for a whole new level of expressive performance. Additionally, the Fishman INK BODY preamp system combines the clarity of the piezo with the body sensor's rich tonality, resulting in superb note expression when picking and projecting each stunning nuance when slapping and tapping different parts of the body. Lastly, the preamp also features a 3-band EQ, notch control for preventing undesirable feedback, brilliance for an enhanced tone, and an on-board tuner that provides precise and easy on-the-go.

Features

• Faith hardcase included
• Superb all-purpose guitar
• Perfect for the percussive player
• all-solid wood construction for a rich sonic performance
• Patrick James Eggle bracing for a richer, louder acoustic sound
• Grover rotomatic machineheads keeps tuning and intonation precise and stable
• Built-in electronics voiced and fitted specifically for percussive techniques
• Cutaway profile offers easier playability with quick and smooth access to upper frets
• Solid rosewood back offers a visually striking appearance, adding further aesthetic appeal
• High gloss finish complemented by gold hardware and abalone rosette while a MOP 'F' inlay graces the 12th fret
• Carefully lacquered with HiGloss to ensure that no tonal properties from its solid wood construction are lost when finished

Specifications

Body & Bridge

• Top Material: Solid Engelmann Spruce
• Body Material: Solid Rosewood
• Body Type: Venus - Auditorium Cutaway
• Binding: Solid Flamed Maple
• Bridge Material: Macassan Figured Ebony
• Bridge Pins: Macassan Figured Ebony w/ Abalone Dots
• Bracing Pattern: Patrick James Eggle X-Brace Design
• Bracing Material: Quarter-Sawn Spruce
• Rosette: 5 mm Abalone w/ Fibre Boarder
• Colour: Natural
• Finish Type: High Gloss

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck Material: Mahogany
• Neck Finish: Satin
• Neck Joint: Patrick James Eggle Bolt-On Design (12th Fret Join)
• Fingerboard Material: Macassan Figured Ebony
• Fingerboard Radius: 16''
• Fingerboard Inlay: Mother of Pearl 'F' at 12th Fret
• Nut Material: TUSQ
• Nut Width: 43 mm
• Truss Rod: 2 Way
• Scale Length: 645 mm

Hardware & Electronics

• Hardware Colour: Gold
• Tuners: Grover Rotomatic
• Pickup: Piezo & Bridge Plate Body Sensor
• Preamp: Fishman INK BODY
• Preamp Controls: Volume/Tuner/BODY/Bass/Middle/Treble/Notch/Brilliance
• Case: Faith Hardcase Included