Author Topic: Jackson Guitars! Is poplar wood any good? (Read 18966 times)

bubchronic · « **Reply #15 on:** March 28, 2006, 11:40:54 PM »

I have a 1993 Steve Stevens Washburn with a solid poplar body. Great sounding guitar. I think it deserves some BKP Rebel Yells when they are available though.

p.s. Important note. Poplar body and solid poplar are very different. The cheaper Washburn SS sold in Europe did not have solid poplar according to the Washburn website.

dave_mc · « **Reply #16 on:** March 29, 2006, 05:31:08 PM »

^cheers. I'd assume the jackson kvx is solid poplar, since the others in the range have solid alder, and they're a similar price.

Great Avatar, by the way, I love trailer park boys- i used to have that avatar on a different forum, but the avatars were so small that no-one could make out what it was :lol:

Thanks for the input guys. As it is, I think I'm gravitating towards waiting to see what the 2006 pro jacksons are like.

tewboss · « **Reply #17 on:** March 29, 2006, 08:45:53 PM »

I just read in Guitarist mag that Steve Morse's new signature guitar is made from Poplar as well.

dave_mc · « **Reply #18 on:** March 29, 2006, 09:47:11 PM »

yup, tewboss, i have that mag too, lol. I think i heard about it first in the guitar buyer mag from about 6 weeks ago.

:D

EDIT: of course, though, the problem with my assessment that poplar mightn't suck because it's on a dear instrument is probably a fallacy, since being a signature model, it only matters that steve morse likes poplar. Everyone else could hate it, lol.

Dakine · « **Reply #19 on:** March 29, 2006, 09:49:08 PM »

I believe Morse's guitar has always been Poplar, since he has a sig. guitar with Ernie Ball anyway's.

Dakine · « **Reply #20 on:** March 29, 2006, 09:52:10 PM »

looks like EB Sub1 guitar and Silhouette bass also use poplar but no others in that range. Hmmmm.

bubchronic · « **Reply #21 on:** April 07, 2006, 01:22:55 AM »

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Great Avatar, by the way, I love trailer park boys

Cheers,and what a great series it is. Apparently the chap who plays Bubbles is a pro guitarist??

tewboss · « **Reply #22 on:** April 07, 2006, 02:03:24 AM »

you could do with reducing the size of the picture as its pushing the message column further to the right :D I thought all avatars had to be the same size - how did you get round it as I'm sure it resized mine?

dave_mc · « **Reply #23 on:** April 07, 2006, 12:36:47 PM »

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Great Avatar, by the way, I love trailer park boys

Cheers,and what a great series it is. Apparently the chap who plays Bubbles is a pro guitarist??

yeah, i heard that too, he played in some canadian-charting band or something. The episode with rush in it was pretty funny too, bubbles was playing guitar in it, i think...

Cheers!

bubchronic · « **Reply #24 on:** April 07, 2006, 08:10:38 PM »

Alas, my avatar is no more.
I got a message saying it exceeds the size limit. I'll resize it at a later date.

Carrying on with the trailer park boys theme. Check out this info.

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n 1999, Mike Smith ( Bubbles )started composing music for film and television and has worked as a sound mixer on such feature films as The Weight of Water starring Sean Penn and Elizabeth Hurley, and Serendipity starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. While sound mixing on the Trailer Park Boys pilot, Mike met Robb Wells and John Paul Tremblay. Goofing around one day on set, Mike was imitating a character he had been doing for years. Mike Clattenburg decided to write the character into the series and thus the birth of the loveable character Bubbles.

dave_mc · « **Reply #25 on:** April 07, 2006, 08:28:07 PM »

^yeah, i think i read that on the TPB website.

:D