just not into brown guitars, dark brown bursts; it's more amber, and if I use purple stain over it, it's likely to turn more brown; red stain would likely look orange...
just concerned it will turn an even uglier shade of brown. I suppose if that happens, I can stain it black
The fretboard is nice; one light spot, but it's dark brown with fine black wood grain lines. the light part on the body top is actually more amber than brown in person, I like the amber, it's growing on me; and I don't mind the dark brown edges or back.
You could always just scuff it, maybe shoot some primer, and then paint it purple. You're gonna have to mask it off anyways. Just spend hte dough and get some high quality 3-M vinyl automotive detailing tape. The blue stuff. Take your time and follow the lines and it would probably come out acceptable as long as you don't build too thick of coats.just concerned it will turn an even uglier shade of brown. I suppose if that happens, I can stain it black
I'm a gloss guy myself. The staining to get purple sounds like a crapshoot. Might be real tricky but it is kind of a shit brown burst. I don't think it's bad, you think it's ugly so how bad can you make it? If it doesn't come out it'll just still be an ugly bass, lol. How she plays is what counts!!!
It's still a good looking guitar even if you don't like the color. I started playing bass on a tobacco burst Washburn bass many moons ago so the color if not as revolting to me as it is you.