My 1st USA Jackson...

[Torgreen]

That is some awesome looking metal axes, great Eerie Dess Swirl finish!!

That pink/purple color part in the Eerie Dess Swirl finish reminds me of an old Dan Seagrave cover from the good old Death Metal days...

Congrats!

[Confuse-a-Cat]

Nice Rhoads!

Don't totally rule out alder. As far as I know it's very tonally similar to poplar, thought I haven't compared them myself, and just about all the current Jackson USA series are alder apart from the one or two mahogany ones. It is a good wood!

Oh, and nice Rhoads!

[<-Mitch->]

Thanks guys!! It's a wonderful thing to own.

HEY MITCH.

Steve: That month was pretty tough. I went for 2 weeks on about £12 in the end, haha!! I dunno where the rest of it went...

And yes, I love Bodom. I've got a few covers on YouTube using this guitar and it's nice seeing that all the other fanboys are jealous, hehe.

[Brooke]

Nice Rhoads!

Don't totally rule out alder. As far as I know it's very tonally similar to poplar, thought I haven't compared them myself, and just about all the current Jackson USA series are alder apart from the one or two mahogany ones. It is a good wood!

Oh, and nice Rhoads!

I've had both, and a few of both. The poplar ones are heavier.

[<-Mitch->]

I've had both, and a few of both. The poplar ones are heavier.

And what is your opinion on the raw tone of both?

Maybe it's just the difference between the passive J-50BC and the active(?) EMG81 that's convincing me that poplar is better than alder. Once I've installed a J-50BC into the poplar guitar, I can really make a fair judgement.

[Nazgul]

I've had 3 alder RRs and 5 or so poplar RRs. I can tell that the poplar has a little more 'dry' tone to my ears. I like it better. It is THE Jackson tone to me. It is also heavier than alder.

[Phantom Hawk]

Well after seeing that, methinks I'm gonna have to pester Chris to sell me his EDS WR1 again..

Good luck on that

EDS finish kicks ass, man. Nice RR !

[guitarsjb]

Nice!! Congrats. I like em both.

[<-Mitch->]

Cheers guys!

And yes, Nazgul, I agree, even though I only own one of each but the USA RR sounded drier and more crisp and clear when I first playing it through the MP-1. I always noticed the Stars RR sounded muddy when I was playing rhythm, regardless of the settings.