Solid color or wood grain?

Depends on the wood. If you've got some kind of $$$$ wood top, show that baby off. Otherwise cover it up. Boring wood grain is boring (imo).


joe

 

I like both

 

Bingo.

 

I like to show my wood every chance I get.

 

Good grain cannot be beat!

I agree.....nice grain or a cool top needs to come through!

I personally like grain and translucent tops more (although I do love some solid colors and own a couple of solid color basses)

 

Grain.

 

Wood. The more figured the better.

 

I definitely prefer to see the wood grain, even if it's plain old alder. All the more so if it's figured maple or another exotic.

 

Paint

 

The only reason for paint is to hide a bad piece of wood!


...and yet two of the three basses I have owned were painted. Hmmm...

 

If the grain is deluxe.... show it off

If the grain is plain... bursts are nice










My baby

 

Grain... most definitely...

Unless we're talking Sonic Blue... cause that's my favourite guitar colour.

 

Grain.

 

Grain all the way. Olympic white is the one exception I have for colored basses though.

 

As long as tone and playability are there, doesn't matter to me.

 

Although my bass is midnight wine, I prefer natural wood. I saw a beautiful Fender Jazz bass at Guitarcenter, with the best woodgrain ever! But I wanted a P bass.

 

I'm partial to a nice wood grain.

 

I like both

 

Without hesitation, wood grain!