dwasifar
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Good to know. I have never seen it happen before.that is typical and ive seen the tops of the pins turn red from a red lined hard case interior
I have other guitars with ebony bridges and I have not seen this happen. But now that I think of it, the Taylor has a Micarta saddle and ebony pins, and the Larrivee has a bone saddle and ebony pins. So I'd certainly never see it on the pins, but I might on the saddle, at least on the Larry.Bone is porous, right? I'm not surprised its picking up stain (if the bridge is stained), or is being stained by the natural oils in the ebony.
I have not oiled the bridge, but maybe Guild did when they built it and went a little overboard.Or maybe oiling the bridge is resulting in stain being transferred to the bone pieces?
I have also not seen that before, but I don't change strings as often as you do . . .
Actually no. It is visible when the pins are installed. You can see it on the saddle too.To be honest, all my (older) ebony bridges are just as black as can be. That looks like rosewood that's been stained black or something. Only striped ebony would have that much grain pattern. Not sure what's up with that. When the pins are in holding the strings, you can't see it, though, right?
Actually I said "newish," not "newer." I felt like that conveyed it was recent manufacture, but not freshly out of the box. Sorry if that was misleading. Sometimes I feel like giving too much detail about an instrument feels a little like boasting about it. Geoguy is right, it's a '21 model.A "newer" Guild, what does that mean? What year is that D-55 from? Is it an Oxnard made one? Well, sounds like and the saddle looks like.
I have to agree to what Tom said, that wood looks not like the typical ebony bridge on first look. But nowadays a lot of different looking ebony is used, so it is possible they stained it.
Ralf
To be honest, all my (older) ebony bridges are just as black as can be. That looks like rosewood that's been stained black or something. Only striped ebony would have that much grain pattern. Not sure what's up with that. When the pins are in holding the strings, you can't see it, though, right?
Oh, no, no problem at all, I'm German, so obviously sometimes I misunderstand such differences.Actually I said "newish," not "newer." I felt like that conveyed it was recent manufacture, but not freshly out of the box. Sorry if that was misleading.
HEH!! Ralf's misunderstanding is my wealth of knowledge, comparatively!! LOL!!Oh, no, no problem at all, I'm German, so obviously sometimes I misunderstand such differences.
Ralf