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Current bass conklin 7 is clear finish over ash and flamed maple. Past basses include a thumb 5 nt, thumb 5bo, corvette FNA all of which were all raw wood with waxed finish. I had a warwick corvette that was stained black no clear coat, a matte black custom musicman 5 with tortoise shell pickgaurd, and black hardware, black p bass with a pearl white pickgaurd, and a ibanez 5 in transparent red. Never been real picky about The body finish. having no clear coat does make a bass more high maintenance which got old. My picky thing is that I prefer basses to have necks with no finish because I like smooth feel over the "sticky" feel of finished necks.
75 mod JPJ Fender P - tobacco sunburst/red tortoise
77 fretless Ripper - black/black
80 4001 Ricky - red/white
83 Jackson Concert V - white
04 MM Sterling - blue purple/black
Jerry Jones 6 - black
Lake Placid Blue Squier CV 50's P-Bass
Black MIM Classic Series 50's P-Bass
Black Eastwood EUB-1 (fretless semi-hollow...Ampeg look alike)
Honeyburst SBMM Ray 34
Tobacco Sunburst G & L L-2000
My main bass is natural figured walnut. I also have natural bubinga, natural alder, natural black walnut, two basses that are red with black hardware (one sparkly red) and one good old sunburst with a black pickguard.
All black fender power jazz bass special. I'm considering a jazz bass this summer and perhaps out of habit, I'm not looking at anything other than black. The placid blue looks great, but I love my black bass.