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I'm having a brainstorm, but first I need to know if anyone has ever used a translucent dye on Poplar before?

You mean like this?
That's an Ibanez S2075 btw

The main reason you don't see translucent finish's on popluar is because it has very little or unapeeling grain. It also has a greenish hue to it that
could alter the intended color.

ditto. It's one of the 'soft' hardwoods, easy to work with, but a good poly finish may be needed to keep it from getting dinged easily.


I don't have it in my hands yet, but I'm not seeing any green hue to it, if there is, there are ways to bleach it out I believe?

Yours doesn't have the burl like the Ibanez does, but it still looks good to me - better than your average piece of alder. The only thing that bothers me is the way the different pieces of wood stand out so obviously.

Baseball, that Ibanez looks like it has a veneer top. In all my years (and my old mans) of woodworking, I've never seen poplar burl like that. 9, I think it'll work out. You will be able to see the seperations in the wood very easily, so I'm gonna recommend a veneer. JohnJohn (who hasnt been on the forum, or MSN in awhile) sent me some alder veneer for a strat project I was doing, turned out great. I chose a 2 peice, and was lucky enough to find another 2 piece in the same batch he sent me, so I veneered the basswood body I was doing. With the right touch, you can make it look as if there was no veneer on the body on the elbow contour and belly cut.

Yes, it is a veneer (it might actually be a top, but whatever). Regardless, Ibanez claims that's poplar you're seeing.

I'm gonna claim it's a burled maple top/veneer with a poplar body.

Nope. Burl poplar top on a mahagony body.

Or so they say.

Edit: from : localhost/www.ibanez.com/guitars/guitar.asp?model=S2075FW

Well, I guess you learn something new every day. My old man still dont believe it. It's kinda hard for me too as well, since I have NEVER seen poplar burl like that.