Sarah on your question about the rosewood, usually older guitars used Indian rosewood, but because of environmental reasons (protecting the species from distinction) most companies started using rosewood from South America countries. The first time I saw this wood used regularly was in the 1990's, but I'm sure guitar companies have used South American Rosewood for several years.
Generally there not a difference in the wood, except the south American stuff is usually lighter in color with more strapping. The fret board wood used on Ricos is typically Bubinga. If you study the wood grain you will see it doesn’t look anything like rosewood. To my knowledge this wood wasn’t used on Mosrites, but never say never when it comes to the Mosrite guitar.
