From looking at images of old Double Bass instruments it appears the older ones where darker, brownish, reddish in color. At what point in time did makers start producing a light finished "Blonde" Double Bass?
Kay produced some blonde basses in the mid-50's but I'm not sure about other makers, specifically carved basses.
There wasn't a ton of those old Kay basses that were blonde either. Many of them available now, were once dark basses that have been refinished at some point.
Model S-8. A 1947 catalog says the S-8 is the same as the S-1 and S-9 except it offers a different color. S-1 is brown toned; S-9 is blonde and the S-8 was advertised as "honey colored".
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