Fender Vintera III Sunburst - why no wood grain?

[vlad_drac]

If no wood grain was good enough for Entwistle, then it's good enough for me.

 

[Gopherbassist]

I kinda like it.

 

[dfp]

I’m noticing the Vintera III sunbursts have a very narrow band of black at the edges. I think it’s to leave more room for a substantial red band to give more of a “clown burst” aka “target burst” effect. Debatable whether they have succeeded at this imho… looks a little neither here nor there to me. As in, I don’t like how it looks AND I don’t think it looks like the burst finishes of the eras they are emulating. There’s some variance, so some look better than others for sure. But I definitely wouldn’t order one sight unseen.

 

[Hurricane Jimmie]

The King is a benevolent king and grants your wish!

Actually, I was hoping they'd toss in the bass player along with his Antigua bass.
I'd like to watch.
You don't see something like that every day, and besides....I can always get another friend someday.

 

[Pier_]

it's how they looked in most of the 60's, and if you go back to the American Vintage '58 and '63 P basses and '64 Jazz basses, they all have the covering sunburst.