Guitar bridge piece

To take a break from the craze was of my current situation. I made a new bridge piece for a friend of mine, the bridge piece on his Gretch was cracked. The bridge piece is made from African black wood. Sanded to 400 grit and finished with some bees wax to seal it. 

 

The original looks like it may have been a type of rose wood, it was lite weight. And roughly finished, not what you would expect if you're paying R12 000 for a guitar. I'm sure they have good reason for using this specific type of wood but I know the African black wood will be plenty strong enough, if not better sounding.