Man, you take pretty good pics
Is that a ebony fretboard?
Yeah ebony on the Burgundy Mist, got it for 850$ at full price at Orange GC in March of 2021, didn't even feel like hagling and that's what they went for new and I felt guilty buying it because it was way better than any
Fender I've played short of an Ultra for the money....... when I read "ebony" board and all the other specs I was sold and paid full price no questions asked ^_^
Honestly its pretty sick and that ebony board is fantastic. I have Daddario NYXL on it still going strong after 2 years plus now. Play good as new still and no indentations under the strings and I play hard on them. I always clean the strings with the Dunlop stuff when I play and it helps for faster play too, it's sort of like cheating.
Anyways it sounded so damn good it kind of put the Pharaohs Gold to shame at first and didn't want to but I figured it was because the Burgundy Mist was in D#/E flat. The Pharaohs Gold in E Standard tuning on its own sounds killer but compared to the Burgundy Mist in D#/Flat it felt stiffer and sluggish, not as tight or as fast attack.
Put slack on the trem claw some, unlocked, retuned, relocked....... anyways the secret here is your never going to get the guitar intonated that great or in the best tuning just doing that..... so after locking I went on to adjust the trem claw with ever so small turn in either direction needed on the screws to further tune and intonate the Pharaohs Gold to D#/Flat..... and yeah the guitar came to life using the handy dandy Turbo-Tuner of course offering only some of the best tuning to get the job done.......
It became tighter, punchier, faster and easier to play and just more dynamic in general IMO like the Burgundy Mist and just had more
"soul" for lack of a better term.
I really wanted one in E Standard and another in E flat/D# but yeah they are both staying in E flat/D#.
I have a Snow White in maple and that sounds good in E Standard but when it comes to rosewood or ebony E flat/D# is where it's at IMO.
Overall feel the Rosewood is a bit warmer and offers more mids. Ebony is more mid cut and has more top end but overall both offer solid attack and tight bass response when tuned the same with plenty of mojo and soul.