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EC30 Blues King Electro- Why no back bracing?


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I have a '97 EC30 Blues King Electro and a '92 EAS Standard, both of these guitars don't have any back braces.

 

Does anyone know why not?

 

Are the backs molded plywood?

 

Otherwise what wood give them their rounded shape?

 

I saw a new J185EC at Guitar Center. This looks very similar to my EC30 but it has back braces.

 

Anyone?

 

Thanks

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These guitars utilized a pressed back made of laminated woods. I was told by the Bozeman staff that the backs for the were actually pressed in the Nashville plant, back when ES-335s were made there. Then the backs were shipped to Bozeman for use on the EC-30 model.

 

I don't believe that is still the case, as the successor to the EC-30, the J-185EC, is made with solid maple backs.

 

Fred

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These guitars utilized a pressed back made of laminated woods. I was told by the Bozeman staff that the backs for the were actually pressed in the Nashville plant' date=' back when ES-335s were made there. Then the backs were shipped to Bozeman for use on the EC-30 model.

 

I don't believe that is still the case, as the successor to the EC-30, the J-185EC, is made with solid maple backs.

 

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