Actually, my Corona F-412 had a rosewood bridge and I think the earliest F-412s (late '60s to early 70s) did as well. I've spoken to several luthiers (high end guitars) that actually prefer rosewood to ebony for bridges on certain models that they build. It's a thing!I see from pictures of an F-412 in Tacoma that they used rosewood there too.
That's really odd, because my Corona made JF30-12 had an ebony bridge! Go figure...Actually, my Corona F-412 had a rosewood bridge and I think the earliest F-412s (late '60s to early 70s) did as well. I've spoken to several luthiers (high end guitars) that actually prefer rosewood to ebony for bridges on certain models that they build. It's a thing!
It did, but ostensibly, the JF30-12 is lower in the product range than the F412. You would think (but hey. this is Guild we're talking about) that the lower priced model wouldn't have a more expensive bridge than the higher priced model.Sandy, probably the JF30-12 had different "specs."
Well, traditionally ebony is used for top tier guitars in the range. Note the difference with the Guild D40 and D50, and (excluding recent versions) the Martin D18 and D28. both the D40 and D18 had rosewood fretboards, as opposed to the D50/D28's ebony.I'm not sure that ebony vs. rosewood bridge maps that way, Sandy, but hey... Indeed, this is Guild we're talking about.
I forgot to add that I also will play the guitar plugged in when the strings are dead. I can EQ some "zing" back into the sound. Either I'm clever or just too lazy to change the strings.Have you used the LR Baggs electronics?
I think @Cougar's is ebony as well.It did, but ostensibly, the JF30-12 is lower in the product range than the F412. You would think (but hey. this is Guild we're talking about) that the lower priced model wouldn't have a more expensive bridge than the higher priced model.