FVHG3 - HiGloss 3 Venus Electro/Cut - 3-Piece Rosewood SRP: £1,279.00

FVHG3 - HiGloss 3 Venus Electro/Cut - 3-Piece Rosewood
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Model Overview

Faith HiGloss series have always been designed to offer both visual and aural beauty, and with the updating to HiGloss-3, we’re sure you’ll agree these wonderful instruments will continue to inspire musicians for generations to come.

Using a more sustainable 3-piece, solid rosewood back design, we can ensure that these incredibly popular models are available longer-term and yet retain all the tonal and visual punch that HiGloss-series afficianados have come to expect. Using high grade Englemann Spruce for the top and highly-figured, 3-piece Rosewood bound in Flamed Maple for the back and sides, HiGloss-3 models also feature solid Flamed Maple binding on the front and use stripy Indonesian Ebony for the fingerboard, bridge, headplate and heelcap.

Tonally, this combination of wood is generally bright and ‘zingy’, delivering great clarity. Visualising this as a frequency curve, it would be shaped like a smile: high on the bass, dipping down through the middle and rising once again at the top end. Therefore greater string separation and articulation is achieved, lending itself to fingerstyle and solo pieces in particular.

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. All HiGloss series Faith Guitars are complete with a Faith Hardcase.

The Venus is the now iconic shape that brought Faith Guitars to the consciousness of so many players over the years. The combination of a 15" lower bout and a slimmer depth of body looks to classic OM or Auditorium body-shapes for inspiration, and makes the Venus the perfect compromise. In fact, the Naked Venus was voted 'The UK's Best Acoustic Guitar' at the MIA Music Awards in 2013.

It is still big enough to deliver a big acoustic performance, yet remains small enough for the player to jump around on stage with no problem.

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 Engelmann Spruce
Back Wood Solid 3-Piece Rosewood
Side Wood Solid Rosewood
Binding Solid 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 Gold
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 High Gloss Top, Back and Sides
Preamp / Pickup Fishman INK3 Preamp with undersaddle pickup
Hardcase Included

Dimensions


Upper bout290mm
Lower bout385mm
Depth at neck100mm
Depth at base115mm
Body Length490mm
Soundhole Diameter100mm
Scale Length645mm
Fingerboard Radius16 inch

Spares & Accessories

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Where to Buy

UserReviews

99.3%
of owners would recommend their Faith Guitar to a friend or family member **
** Based on 2726 online registrations.
"Exquisite guitar but preamp Is dead. Guitar is practically brand new."
David  
United Kingdom
on 10/11/2023
"Love it"
David  
United Kingdom
on 10/11/2023
"I have over 40 guitars mostly electric solid body and semi-hollowbody also acoustic guitars both Gibson and Martin. The Faith Venus I have just purchased is probably the best guitar under 1000 and compares well to the USA made guitars at 3 times the price. The guitar is very well made, has an evenness of tone over all the strings and has great projection, very loud. It demonstrates that a good guitar doesn't need to cost several thousand pounds. The Faith guitars are fantastic value for money."
Duncan 
United Kingdom
on 30/08/2023
"Absolutely love it! plays beautifully, sounds brilliant and looks stunning!"
Vinay 
United Kingdom
on 05/08/2022
"I played this guitar for the first time today and bought it! It felt, looked and sounded great and I'm really looking forward to getting too know it better. But it's much too soon to write a review that would be useful to anyone else."
Nishok 
United Kingdom
on 21/07/2022
"I played this guitar for the first time today and bought it! It felt, looked and sounded great and I'm really looking forward to getting too know it better. But it's much too soon to write a review that would be useful to anyone else."
Nishok 
United Kingdom
on 21/07/2022
"I already owned the Mercury Parlor FMSB45-BNC but fell in love with the sound of this Venus with Spruce and Rosewood! The 3-piece back is gorgeous! And it is so nice to have a Faith dealer right here in NC! The Music Traders has always stocked some beautiful Faith instruments."
Wendy 
United States of America
on 13/06/2022
"Great quality, sounds and looks amazing, setup is perfect, great size and easy to play!"
Daniel 
United Kingdom
on 31/03/2022
"So far - very nice indeed."
Christopher 
United Kingdom
on 10/03/2022
"It's my second faith guitar, this one plays beautiful and projects my finger style playing , fantastic price for this quality of guitar "
Andy 
United Kingdom
on 21/11/2021
"I came in specifically to see the Faith Guitars and The Music Traders had a half dozen or so in stock but I really liked the look, sound, and playability of the FVHG3! Love it!"
James 
United States of America
on 06/11/2021
"A real treat for me as a beginner guitarist. The sound and handling is so much better than my first guitar. I tried several different guitars in store and this one sounded clear and bright. "
Joegy 
United Kingdom
on 01/11/2021
"I sold a guitar by a very well respected US brand that cost twice the price because I didn't bond with it. After five minutes playing the Faith it was love! The combination of brilliant tone, effortless playability and stunning looks is a winner."
Andy 
United Kingdom
on 06/10/2021
"Absolutely love it - I'm small and the guitar fits my body size perfectly, even better than my Taylor Mini GS. Action is great, tone is amazing, and it's gorgeous looking. Couldn't be more pleased."
Robert 
United States
on 24/09/2021

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