Olive green bass - yay, or nay?

[fourstringbliss]

What do you think of the color of this bass?

 

[Killing Floor]

Yay!

 

[Chaser1]

I bought a USA music man SUB a number of years back and reshaped the body to add the contours and refinished it in olive green. Love that bass and love the colour. So my vote is 100% yes.

 

[ADHD librarian]

I think it is the new trend for paint colours...
Hank Green has a bit of discussion about the new paint aesthetic as it applies to cars.

 

[Shenron]

LOL it's really close to the color of my Ibanez except that mine is less shiny and has no pickguard

 

[Minimalist]

What do you think of the color of this bass?

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That really dexpends on the color of your shirt, or underwear, or sock! Whatever you are wearing on stage.

 

[rockdoc11]

I'm finding this color scheme on cars pretty blah. And basses aren't faring much better.

 

[fourstringbliss]

I think it is the new trend for paint colours...
Hank Green has a bit of discussion about the new paint aesthetic as it applies to cars.

Ironic that his name is Hank Green...

 

[krfoss]

Gold pick guard!

 

[5StringBlues]

I came into this thread expecting to say no, but that looks great!

 

[Johnny Fingers]

Looks better than avocado.

 

[Snert]

What do you think of the color of this bass?

Speaking simply of the aesthetics, I like it with the maple board. But it has my EBMM pet hate of PGs and control plates. Maybe if the CP was absent...

 

[ximun]

I think it is the new trend for paint colours...
Hank Green has a bit of discussion about the new paint aesthetic as it applies to cars.

I didn't know that I needed this video so much, thanks !

I don't like the military vibe of the olive green basses I have to admit.

 

[Rojd]

What do you think of the color of this bass?

I like it. I think it looks great.

 

[smo]

Olive is good. Wasn't Chris Cornells' sig guitar Olive Green?

Candy Green (brighter varieties) layered over Metallic Blue = sexy AF.
e.g.

Candy Green over a silver or gold metallic is beautiful too. My next bass refinish is gonna something green candy I reckon.

 

[ADHD librarian]

I didn't know that I needed this video so much, thanks !

I don't like the military vibe of the olive green basses I have to admit.

Yeah,
the algorithm gave it to me yesterday and the algorithm was right for once.

I think the interesting thing is that those of us who don't like these colours will soon find we do. Because that's how society messes with your mind.

 

[MattZilla]

I’ve become a firm believer in the laziness of just color coordinating based off of one’s iris color(s).

My eyes are dark hazel, so I definitely could rock olive green instruments just as easily as dark orange or purple, but I usually save the olive for clothing and contrast off of that with my favorite paint for guitars & bass guitars- aged/antique/olympic white.

I have always loved olive drab though… I’m not now nor was I ever into the actual military or the guns & blowin stuff up aspects, the not-flamed, not candy apple red, not pimp fur interior, not over-chromed military Jeeps (and in particular this one Ed Barris looking mutated flat windshield thing on drag tires but with the only chrome being a tube frame, a-arms, and the lug nuts) were the big thing for tiny-me walking with dad around car shows in the 80s-90s, so a WWII/Korea/Vietnam battle prepped Precision, EB3, or 4003 would probably by default look unbearably awesome to me. Olive green matte is the only way a Bongo looks better than tolerable to me.

 

[cnltb]

looking at that colour it reminds me of something other than olives, so I'll pass.

 

[MotorCityMinion]

Gotta see it with tort to make that call.

 

[Thom Fioriglio]

I think it is the new trend for paint colours...
Hank Green has a bit of discussion about the new paint aesthetic as it applies to cars.

OMG! Thank you for this link!!