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rosewood or ebony bridge for ES-175 archtop
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Author:  d1camero [ Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:52 am ]
Post subject:  rosewood or ebony bridge for ES-175 archtop
Hi all, I am just r4eplacing my bridge on my ES175 and I want to put on an all wood bridge. I have a choice between ebony or rosewood. What are the pros and cons of either?

thanks
Author:  Ti-Roux [ Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: rosewood or ebony bridge for ES-175 archtop
From my little experience, I can tell that Ebony is a little bit denser than Rosewood... African Ebony is around 1200kg/m³, and differents species of rosewood are playing between 800 to 1050... approximately. But RWs are almost as stable as ebony, depending of what specie you chose. But I don't it's just gonna be a matter of look for you. If you have a burst that starting black on sides and coming yellow or red in the middle... a dark black ebony bridge would be... sexy! [:Y:]
If not, depending of the color of your finish, you could chose a nice piece of RW...

Francis R.
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