I just read an article stating that poplar is the best generic wood for fender products. Its better then alder and ash. Fender guitars were orignially in poplar but the furnture boom in the '60's made poplar to scarce and so fender switched to alder. Does anyone agree with this? I wonder why the standard mexicans came in poplar and why they discontinued them....

It might be benefital to just change the next on my mexican, since my pick ups have been change to get a quality fender if poplar is superior in tonal qualities and sustain.

The only drawback with poplar is its greenish tint so it cannot be used in non opaque colour guitars.