Solid brown basses - not translucent

[Watchootognbout]

Simply not a popular option.
Looks like poo on a car, & looks like poo on a bass too.

It depends on ones state of mind.
To me it looks like Jello chocolate pudding.

 

[Fender_Bender]

Well yes, brown = leather. Styles inevitably shift and go in and out of fashion but different shades/hues of brown (suede and leather) never go completely out of style. This was the cool thing about 70's use of brown (a very pervasive colour then) as it's addition to the contemporary pallette grew out of the hippy "earth-tones" and punctuated it with African awareness (red/black/green) to bring it into super-bad prominence.

And brown and orange together were a big thing back then and I actually believe they go together well. My wallet has a dark brown exterior with an orange interior and I liked it from the moment I saw it.

 

[JIO]

And brown and orange together were a big thing back then and I actually believe they go together well. My wallet has a dark brown exterior with an orange interior and I liked it from the moment I saw it.

exactly - and before the eventual corporatized back-to-nature of LL Bean (that included brown) - in the 70's brown was the urban colour before black took over in the 80's.

 

[Showdown]

What is this? Gorgeous.

G&L SB-2, made in Japan.

 

[superdick2112]

It depends on ones state of mind.
To me it looks like Jello chocolate pudding.

Or just plain chocolate...

 

[Skokiaan]

Hofner currently has a limited edition Dark Brown bass. I own one, but not the one pictured.

 

[stingray69]

Love everything about this instrument, the tone, the color, fantastic instrument!

 

[banikek]

I recently acquired a 1983 MIJ Squier Bullet bass with a brown body. Our singer calls it my “poo” bass. But really I don’t mind the color too much - just wouldn’t be my first (or second…) choice. Maybe I should start a “brown and maple” club . It feels and plays great so why mess?

 

[Abzan_Titan]

My brownie

 

[Reynoldbot]

OP: show me pictures of brown basses that are NOT brown because of wood-staining
Everybody: posts pictures of wood-stained basses

 

[B-Mac]

OP: show me pictures of brown basses that are NOT brown because of wood-staining
Everybody: posts pictures of wood-stained basses

 

[Prodigus Filius]

Not sure I wanna go there with 'brown' + 'stain' he he

 

[mongo2]

The only brown solidbody bass I ever owned had a transparent finish. It was back in the nmid '90s and was a lightly used '81 G&L "Wunkay" with a mahogany body, an ebony fingerboard, black bridgeplate and the early headstock sans point.

It looked OK and sounded incredible but it was very heavy so I several years later I gave it to a student friend of my son's and got a lighter ash bodied Wunkay.

I wonder what ever happened to it?