Thanks for the info and quick reply!
"Friendly wink"
Yes, seeing the grain on the headstock got my attention, never seen that before with the inlaid logo just with the decal.
That's the detail I'm unclear about.
"Back in the day" decals were a "cost-effective" way of logoing guitars that didn't
get faceplates. D25's and 35's come to mind and later D4's.
The faceplate was really just a way of getting the inlays into something easily mountable.
I do recall NH announcing wood faceplates at one time as Chaz mentions (and I actually I really dig the look), but wasn't really paying attention to the details, "I had mine", and there were actually other details about NH's (open tuners, medium gauge strings) that worked against serious ownership interest on my part.
BUT I did do some more looking and saw 2 other '09 NH Bluegrass Jubilees, both with black faceplate and one with tortoise binding which I think was another one of those giveaway details TXbumper mentioned in a recap once.
Th-e-e-e-n...Here's one with a rosewood faceplate and labeled with a "BG", too:
https://www.keymusic.com/item/guild-d40-bluegrass-jubilee-antique-burst/
Clearly a New Hartford label, just don't rememberhow "NM" decodes for model year but that's easy enough.
I'll look at the finish this weekend when I'm over there. So the "Standard" had the satin finish neck?
That one I'm absolutely positive about. it was one of the ways they kept cost down on that line and as mentioned they eventually did full satin bodies with gloss on top only.
But now I think you've got evidence that a "BG" had a rosewood faceplate at one point at least.