Faith FG5HCE PJE Legacy Dark Roast Earth Cutaway Electro with Hard Case

This OM Cutaway design is built from Solid African Mahogany all over, but with the top having gone thru a laborious roasting or ‘torrefaction’ process. The Mahogany is air dried before being roasted in a kiln with precise controls over atmospheric and oxygen levels to reduce its moisture content. Then as the wood cools, precise amounts of moisture are re-introduced to the wood. The resulting timber is more stable – always good when used as a topwood - and aurally, it produces a rich, mellow tone with a mature voicing which would take perhaps 20 years of waiting to achieve under normal circumstances. The Legacy ‘Dark Roast’s’ physical colouration is reflected in its tonal palette too with a luxuriously smooth low-end, pronounced, well-balanced mids, and a treble range with remarkable headroom.

The guitar is then finished with Ebony fittings and a beautifully grained Ebony pickguard. Electronics are courtesy of Fishman’s Flex-T system which incorporates an undersaddle piezo with a condenser mic.

They also feature solid Figured Ebony fingerboards, bindings, bridges, and bone nuts, saddles and bridge pins.

Based on Patrick James Eggle’s ‘Linville’ model, the Earth is a true Orchestra Model (OM) shape and is the newest addition to the Faith family. Although sharing many geometric characteristics with our highly acclaimed Venus shape, the Earth has its own set of distinguishing features that make for a unique tonal palette, plus it is truly unique, having been drawn by Patrick’s own hand.

In true OM fashion, its 15” lower bout is flattened at the base, and at 4.45” deep, its shallow body makes for a comfortable mid-sized guitar.

Specifications

• Pickguard Macassan Figured Ebony
• Top Wood Torrefied African Khaya Mahogany
• Back Wood African Khaya Mahogany
• Side Wood African Khaya Mahogany
• Binding Macassan Figured Ebony
• Bracing Material 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 Deluxe Vintage
• Trussrod 2 Way
• Nut / Saddle Natural Bone
• Nut Width 45mm / String Spacing 55mm
• Bridge Macassan Figured Ebony
• Bridge Pins Natural BoneFinish Type PU Lacquer High Gloss all-over
• Preamp / Pickup Fishman Flex T-Blend / Condenser Mic
• Hardcase Faith Premium Hardcase Included

Dimensions

• Upper bout 283mm
• Lower bout 383mm
• Depth at neck 93mm
• Depth at base 112mm
• Body Length 487mm
• Soundhole Diameter 100mm
• Scale Length 650mm
• Fingerboard Radius 16 inch