Description
Faith’s Eclipse Venus Cutaway Electro is the sort of guitar that steps straight onto a stage and owns the lights. Beneath the deep onyx gloss lies a book-matched top of solid Engelmann spruce joined to solid Indonesian mahogany back and sides. Spruce provides the initial sparkle and headroom, while mahogany’s warm core fills out the mids so every chord blooms with confident presence. The gloss lacquer slightly tames the raw resonance, tightening the low end and helping the amplified voice remain focused when the band gets loud.
A distinctive figured-maple arm contour sweeps across the bass-side edge, softening the player’s contact point and adding a flash of flame that gleams against the dark finish. The maple theme continues around the rims and rosette, replacing the traditional abalone with a sustainable, animal-free option that still delivers plenty of visual lift. Hand-scalloped quarter-sawn spruce braces sit just beneath the top in Patrick James Eggle’s forward-X pattern, allowing the soundboard to move freely when you dig in yet stay articulate for delicate picking.
The familiar Venus body keeps a fifteen-inch lower bout but trims the depth, so the instrument feels closer to an OM in the lap while still moving enough air for a full acoustic voice. A shallow Venetian cutaway partners with Eggle’s bolt-on neck joint to leave the heel slim, making seventeenth-fret lines feel remarkably accessible. The mahogany neck carries a Macassan ebony fingerboard with a flat sixteen-inch radius over a lively 645-millimetre scale, offering fluid bends without choking and more than enough snap for articulate single-note runs.
On board, a Fishman Ink Body preamp blends an undersaddle Sonicore element with a discreet bridge-plate sensor, letting you dial in a touch of woody thump alongside the piezo clarity. A body-blend control, three-band EQ, phase reverse and bright tuner sit flush to the rim, giving ample tonal command without spoiling the guitar’s clean lines. Gold Grover Rotomatic tuners capped with ebony buttons, a Graphtech TUSQ nut and saddle and an ebony bridge complete the energy path, all set up in the factory for light-gauge strings and brisk playability. A deluxe wood-shell case ships as standard, so the Eclipse Venus arrives ready for the next night’s spotlight.
