Faith Venus Blue Moon Electro Acoustic guitar.
A truly stunning, exotic beauty with a distinctive voice.
The Mercury Blue Moon is a truly individual instrument. One of the beauties of genuinely solid, natural tonewoods is that each piece of solid timber used will vary in its natural colouration and its particular grain patterns. So your Blue Moon will be as unique as you and your music.
Tonally, Mango has an interesting character. It is not as loud and punchy as rosewood nor as straightforwardly mellow as mahogany, yet it bears its own distinctive warmth. With frequency prominence starting a little below that of mahogany and dropping off a little earlier in the mid-range, the overall tone could be described as dark and moody. Much like maple guitars, the reduced level of resonant overtones makes the Mango-bodied Blue Moon a perfect stage guitar: Eminently controllable, balanced and resistant to feedback.
Mango trees grow freely right across the Indonesian archipelago, so the timbers used on Blue Moon guitars are sourced close to our workshops in Java, Indonesia, and as always, from certified timber merchants.
Finished with flamed Maple binding, Macassan Ebony fittings, Fishman Electronics and complete in a hard case, your Faith Mercury Blue Moon is sure to intrigue and delight you at every turn.
A little beauty, this Mercury is a traditional short-scale parlour model. With the neck joining the body at the 12th fret - rather than the 14th - the strings are held at a slightly lower tension than on regular models. Another implication of the 12th fret join is that the bridge is shifted further from the soundhole.
These features result in a guitar that is physically easier to play, sounds much bigger than you would imagine and is also simple to handle and transport.
Fishman Pre-Amp / Pickup
This Faith Guitar is fitted with the refined, low-profile Fishman INK3 preamp system with the Sonicore piezo pickup located under the saddle. The preamp features a chromatic tuner, 3 band EQ and volume control. The output jack is located at the base of the guitar as part of the ingenious, easy-access battery compartment.
Specification
| Top Wood |
Solid Figured Java Mango |
| Back Wood |
Solid Figured Java Mango |
| Side Wood |
Solid Figured Java Mango |
| Binding |
Flamed Maple |
| Bracing Material |
Hand-Scalloped Quarter-Sawn Spruce |
| Bracing Pattern |
Patrick James Eggle X-Brace Design |
| Rosette |
5mm Abalone with Fibre Border |
| Neck |
Mahogany |
| Neck Finish |
Satin |
| Neck Joint |
Patrick James Eggle Bolt-On Design |
| Fingerboard |
Macassan Figured Ebony |
| Fingerboard Radius |
16" |
| Fingerboard Inlays |
Mother of Pearl 'F' at 12th Fret |
| Machine Head |
Grover Rotomatic Chrome |
| Trussrod |
2 Way |
| Nut / Saddle |
TUSQ (PQ-6116)/(PQ-9110) |
| Nut Width |
43mm / String Spacing 55mm |
| Bridge |
Macassan Figured Ebony |
| Bridge Pins |
Macassan Figured Ebony with Abalone Dots |
| Finish Type |
Gloss Top / Gloss Back and Sides |
| Preamp / Pickup |
Fishman INK3 Preamp with undersaddle pickup |
| Hardcase |
Included |
Dimensions
| Upper bout |
240mm |
| Lower bout |
340mm |
| Depth at neck |
96mm |
| Depth at base |
110mm |
| Body Length |
500mm |
| Soundhole Diameter |
100mm |
| Scale Length |
610mm |
| Fingerboard Radius |
16 inch |
