Pre-owned in very good condition, this Faith FKM Naked mercury features a solid Spruce top and solid Mahogany back & sides. A great little parlour guitar with a comfortable 24" scale length.
There are some small dings and dents on the top of this guitar as pictured which form the majority of wear. The frets are in great condition with minimal wear.
A great sounding Parlour acoustic guitar at an excellent price. Comes with original hardshell case.
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.
The Spruce top and Mahogany body of each of the Faith Naked instruments is 100% solid tonewood – in keeping with all other Faith series. However, the cosmetics and non-essential dressing has been stripped away, leaving the guitars in their natural, Naked state. Satin finished all over, the tonewood is almost entirely unrestricted in its resonant movement, so the tone delivered is far beyond what is normally expected at this price level.
All Naked guitars are now supplied with a padded Faith Gigbag
Top Wood | Solid Engelmann Spruce (2 Stage Satin) |
Back Wood | Solid Indonesian Mahogany (2 Stage Satin) |
Side Wood | Solid Indonesian Mahogany (2 Stage Satin) |
Binding | N/A |
Bracing Material | Hand-Scalloped Quarter-Sawn Spruce |
Bracing Pattern | Patrick James Eggle X-Brace Design |
Rosette | 2mm Abalone |
Neck | Mahogany |
Neck Finish | Satin |
Neck Joint | Patrick James Eggle Bolt-On Design |
Fingerboard | Indonesian Ebony (2017 models onwards - until Dec 2016, Solid Rosewood) |
Fingerboard Radius | 16" |
Fingerboard Inlays | Mother of Pearl 'F' at 12th Fret |
Machine Head | Faith Precision Chrome |
Trussrod | 2 Way |
Nut / Saddle | NuBone (LC6116)/(LC9110) |
Nut Width | Nut 43mm / String Spacing 55mm |
Bridge | Indonesian Ebony |
Bridge Pins | Ebony with Ablone Dots |
Finish Type | 2 Stage Satin all over |
Hardcase | Gigbag Included |
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 |