Faith FG1RE PJE Legacy Mars Electro Acoustic Khaya Mahogany

The Faith FG1RE PJE Legacy Mars is an Electro Acoustic guitar with solid torrefied Spruce top and solid Khaya Mahogany back and sides. The kiln-aged top provides rich acoustic tone and a vintage look, allowing it to take full advantage of the premium solid wood back and sides. This top of the range model has premium appointments across the board, from the bone nut, saddle and bridge pins, to the high end Fishman FLEX-BLEND preamp system. It is supplied in Faith’s Premium Hard Case.

The Faith FG1RE PJE Legacy Mars Electro Acoustic Khaya Mahogany is now available from Merchant City Music, online and in our Glasgow store. Every guitar we sell receives a full professional setup. We ship fast to the UK, Europe and Worldwide.

Faith FG1RE PJE Legacy Mars Electro Acoustic Khaya Mahogany

Focusing solely on Patrick James Eggle’s historic acoustic body shapes, the PJE Legacy Series guitars set a new bar for professional excellence. Based on the Patrick James Eggle 'Kanuga' model, the Mars is a classic drop-shoulder dreadnought design. Tonally a great all-rounder, the Mars attracts the player with an eye and ear for tradition.

The Sitka Spruce top of the PJE Legacy Mars has been kiln-aged through a process of torrefication. The Spruce 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. Treating Spruce this way has its benefits on the way it looks too with it taking on a golden-caramel colouring that sees this series radiate an authentic, grown-up vibe.

The Faith FG1RE PJE Legacy Mars also features solid high-figure, Flamed Maple binding, Figured Ebony fingerboard and bridge, and a bone nut, saddle and bridge pins. Also, for the first time in Faith’s history, each guitar has a solid Figured Ebony pickguard.

Fishman Pre-Amp / Pickup

The Faith FG1RE PJE Legacy Mars Electro Acoustic Khaya Mahogany is fitted with Fishman's latest FLEX-BLEND preamp system. Featuring an undersaddle piezo pickup and condensor microphone, greater sound balance is achieved, plus percussive techniques can be fully explored. The preamp features 3 ultra-discreet knobs, a built in tuner, EQ contour control, blend control (Piezo/Mic), and phase control (push to activate). The battery is stored in a special bag located inside the guitar fixed to the neck block, and the jack output is combined with the strap button at the base.