Walnut VV-XI Painted Brown

[CDBPDX]

Just cruising Craigslist and found this walnut VV-XI someone painted brown. Weird...

[Jerry B.]

Question... I've heard people refer to walnut elevens but isn't that really a different stain or color of mahogany? Jerry

[Henry]

Yuk! And walnut, even . The horror.

[Retrograde]

Question... I've heard people refer to walnut elevens but isn't that really a different stain or color of mahogany? Jerry

Walnut is not listed as a finish in Look for the Dog, but the picture above of the inside of the lid looks a lot like American walnut. Could be walnut I suppose. Generally though, walnut was not a wood choice that was used on the less expensive models.

<shrug> Who knows, there's certainly a chance for one offs out there.

[welshfield]

I have an XI that sure looks to be walnut to me, much like the insides of the one we are now considering. I posted pix of mine about a year ago on this forum when I found it, and the consensus then was that these did not come in walnut. But now their appears to be two of them.
John

[Jerry B.]

I've owned one myself but suspected it was a brown mahogany finish. Jerry

[CDBPDX]

Well, if anyone wants to go look at it, it is in Gresham, OR and they're only asking $175. You can find it on Craigslist. It is not mine and I know nothing about it except that it might not be walnut.

Cliff

[estott]

I think it is walnut - by the 20's it was more popular that mahogany.

[Phonofreak]

looking at the top pictures, this is walnut. Mahogany, even brown mahogany, has a very straight grain. Plain American walnut has a swirly grain. It's a pity these people painted the outside brown.
Harvey Kravitz

[Phonofolks]

I have an American Walnut VV XI and the veneers are quite nice. I have also seen the VV 90 in American Walnut too. My XI has a higher serial number an carries a no. 2 reproducer.
I wonder if other walnut XI's have high serial numbers.