installing tailpiece leather question

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Josh Hegg wrote:

Is the inset on your 300 the tortoise looking plastic or is it wood? They come both ways from Saga.

When I replaced the plastic with wood or replaced the tailpiece with a higher quality one (with wood inset) the strange buzzing and over tones left.

All very interesting....

Hi Josh - apologize for my eyes, as ridiculous as this seems, it's hard for me to tell. At an oblique angle, I see some faint grain, and the insert is a piece of solid black (looks like ebony?). Is this the wood option?