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Same bass. Different tone. Just me?

Just wanted to see if others on TB have experienced this. I have a Himalayan blue G&L LB-100 in alder/RW and a G&L cranberry red Detroit Muscle Series LB-100 also alder/RW. Both are strung with Fender M7250 NPS .045-.105 strings. Both setups are identical.

The thing is this... the Detroit Muscle bass has a noticably fatter sound with more lows and low mids. The blue LB-100 has more highs and high mids. Both are very clear sounding. I would have to turn down the tone about 1/4 on my blue bass to get it to sound closer to the Detroit Muscle with the tone up full. Closer but still not the same. Anyone else ever experience something like this? I am happy with this since I have two different sounding basses but it was unexpected.
 

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The differences in wood (every piece of wood is different even from the same tree), pup windings, pot and cap manufacturing tolerances, neck pocket fit, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc

It's not surprising that they sound different. I'd actually be more surprised if they sounded exactly the same.
 
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