Faith Venus Cutaway Electro Acoustic Left Handed

Full Description

Solid Engelmann Spruce Top & Solid Mahogany Body

The Faith Venus features an entire solid wood construction for a superior tone and 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 fingerpicking styles to heavier strumming patterns. Furthermore, the solid engelmann spruce top is paired with solid mahogany back and sides that add warmth, resonance and plenty of emphasis to the bass and trebles, providing the player with a rich, complex, and full-bodied sound that is more well-known as the 'classic' acoustic voice.

Mahogany Neck & Macassan Figured Ebony Fingerboard

With a neck constructed from mahogany, the Faith 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 a 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.

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 easy, comfortable playability and 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.

Shadow Performer Preamp & Shadow Nanoflex Pickup

The Faith Venus Cutaway Left Handed comes equipped with quality electronics that enable the player to take this stunning left handed guitar to the stage or studio. In addition, the Faith Venus is fitted with a Shadow Nanoflex pickup that will replicate each string played purely and clearly, enabling the player to hear each stunning nuance this solid wood construction produces. Furthermore, the Venus also features a side mounted Shadow Performer preamp with built-in EQ that includes volume, bass, and treble, allowing the player to tweak their amplified sound to personal preference. Lastly, the preamp comes with a built-in tuner which can be used whether playing acoustically or amplified.

Patrick James Eggle Bracing

The Patrick James Eggle X-brace design and is made from quarter-sawn spruce, offering reinforced structure with enhanced tone and volume. Bracing serves two purposes, to stop the guitar from collapsing under string tension, and to shape the guitar's sound. The Patrick James Eggle X-brace design forms an X shape that intersects just behind the sound hole, giving support and stability to your guitar, and a rich, beautifully balanced tone with superb volume, projection.

Patrick James Eggle & Faith

Patrick James Eggle had a major input to the design of many of the Faith family and built his first guitar at the age of fifteen as a school project. By the time he had completed it, he was already completely dissatisfied by the outcome of his project, and decided to pull it apart and start again from scratch. This started a life long obsession which lead him to fame and has now gained an incredible reputation among collectors and players for his uncompromising quality and amazing eye for a tasteful design. His commitment to producing guitars of the highest quality tone, finish, and playability is extremely popular. Faith was created in 2002 by an exclusive group of veteran guitar specialists, led by the legend himself Patrick James Eggle. He has trained each new staff member in hand-building and hand-finishing techniques that have characterised Patrick James Eggle guitars for decades.

Ethical Company

With workshops located in West Java, Indonesia, Faith have dedicated their working lives to both sustainable and ethical manufacturing processes, and are extremely conscious of environmental and human resource concerns. Each Faith model is produced in accordance with this vision and radiates the elegance of craftsmanship and superior tonal sounds for which Patrick James Eggle's designs are so well known.

Features

• Perfect for the left handed gigging/recording guitarist and singer/songwriter
• Equally suited to picking and strumming techniques with easy access to upper frets
• Venus shape provides incredibly comfortable playability, perfect for enduring gigs and studio sessions
• Patrick James Eggle bracing for a richer, louder acoustic voice
• Grover rotomatic machineheads for precise and stable tuning
• Solid rosewood binding for added clarity and aesthetic appeal
• Abalone rosette and mother of pearl F inlay for added aesthetic appeal
• Hardcase included

Specifications

Body & Bridge

• Dexterity: Left Handed
• Top Material: Solid Engelmann Spruce
• Body Material: Solid Mahogany
• Body Type: Venus - Auditorium
• Bridge Type: Macassan Figured Ebony
• Bridge Pins: Macassan Figured Ebony w/ Abalone Dot
• Binding: Solid Rosewood
• Bracing Material: Quarter-Sawn Spruce
• Bracing Pattern: Patrick James Eggle X-Brace Design
• Top Finish: Gloss
• Back/Sides Finish: Satin
• Colour: Natural
• Rosette: 5 mm Abalone w/ Fibre Border

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck Material: Mahogany
• Neck Finish: Satin
• Neck Joint: Patrick James Eggle Bolt-On Design
• Fingerboard Material: Macassan Figured Ebony
• Fingerboard Radius: 16''
• Fingerboard Inlay: 'F' Logo 12th Fret
• Nut Material: TUSQ
• Nut Width: 43 mm

Hardware & Electronics

• Hardware Colour: Gold
• Tuning Machines: Grover Rotomatic
• Pickup: Shadow Nanoflex
• Preamp: Shadow Performer
• Preamp Controls: Volume/Tuner/Bass/Treble
• Case: Hardcase Included