Tone is really only affected in “acoustic” type instruments. This includes anything that gets its done from hollow areas in the instrument body.
A solid body bass or guitar depend more on strings, pickups and playing style. There are actually a lot of youtube videos demonstrating this with A/B comparisons.
Pine isn’t used much in instruments but this may be an issue in other woods. Luthiers use what works best. In the cheap instruments it’s pretty irrelevant, though.
Some of the most sought after Telecasters from the early ‘50’s have pine bodies. Since the bridge and sometimes the pickups are mounted to the wood guitar body, the wood does affect the tone. If played unamplified, you might not hear it. Play it through a decent amp and you’ll hear it. Crank it up and get the tubes sweating and you’ll really hear it.