Got Faith.

We all have to live by rules, and the rule the wife made for me , was one guitar in, one guitar out.
 Selected the nylon string guitar to go due to it been a little on the quite side,  it had a thin body, but it had built in electronics, think it would be ideal for giging with amp.
 When I was in the very small Guitar shop today, I tried a nice classical guitar, it was a lot louder, but didn't like the wide nut width and the flat fingerboard. 😀

TonyKgull ,

Thanks for the nice comments,
I've come to the conclusion that most good make guitars, have there good points and not so good points, don't think there is a guitar in my price range that has all the good points, so l think I will keep to the guitar selection that I have now. (Untill the next time).
I get through more guitars than socks.
Yes the Faith Guitars are all solid wood construction, the model I have is,  Englemann Spruce  top with Indonesian Mahogany  back and sides,  they  are a light weight construction, but very well built, and they are very responsive, with a large dynamic range, great guitar for fingerpicking, not tried the strumming yet.

Derick , I had not heard about Faith guitars until I read your post. I did a little looking, and I'm quite curious about how your new guitar grows on you. Please give us updates.....

Greg Ballantyne,

Faith Guitars have been around for about ten years, I think.
 Always heard good things about them, they only make all solid wood guitars, won a lot of awards for best guitar of the year etc. But after saying that never actually seen or played one myself, untill I bought this guitar, this week.
 Anyway the very small Guitar shop, that was only about 12 miles away, that I didn't know existed, had a few Faith Guitars in and not much else.
 First impression was, a light weight, very simple and not bad looking, finish is a very light satin, almost looks and feels like no finish at all, It's my favourite size (at present), sort of O.M size with cutout.
 Never take to much notice of the guitar sound or tone when playing in the shop, due to the strings been about two years old, that's when the guitar was manufactured, according to the serial number, but it sounded not bad at all.
 When I got it home, strings off, good cleaning, polished the frets, Lem oil on the fret board and bridge, and a new set of Elixir 12 g PB strings.
 Now this is the first time I really heard it, and very impressed, good volume, very responsive, very dynamic range, and definitely not lacking in sustain.
 Due to the sound it has inspired me to play (try to play), some songs l have never played before, l have a case of really sore fingers, that is the real indication of how much I like this guitar.
 Strange thing this Guitar could really grow on me, and become the best guitar I have had, but if the shop had got a large range of guitars to choose from, I may never have picked up this guitar in the first place, may have learned something there. 😀

Greg Ballantyne,

Yes thanks for the kind words.
Here is another video, showing two very similar Faith Guitars, mine is the cheapest one, minimalistic finish, but hey it's good enough for me, and very happy with it.

Ya, who knows what makes a heavy overbuilt guitar and what doesn't.  lol.

I remember looking over my Seagull hog deluxe with a microscope trying to figure out why the thing was so darn heavy.  I had just concluded that it must have been the mahogany.  But now that I've held  Martin, Taylor and Alvarez all hog guitars and they were each so much lighter, I have no clue as to what they're doing to "over build" them.  lol.

I just know I like a lighter guitar.  Seems to indicate a better sounding, more responsive guitar, at least from the ones I've tried so far.  Doesn't hurt at all that a lighter guitar is so much more comfortable to play for longer periods of time either.