About Fender weight...

[supremo]

What's the weight of the American Vintage Jazz Bass '62?

[kosmicwizard]

Each bass varies from one to another. Find one that feels and sounds good to you and then weight it to know what weight feels good on your shoulder. Cheers.

[ZH_Driver]

Really depends on the wood. My '76 feels like it weighs double what my other basses weigh. But I've held both light and heavy P-basses from the era. I think there were 3 different body woods used, someone correct me if wrong, but I think they were ash, swamp ash and alder. One is considerably heavier than the rest it would seem! (now someone can correct to finer points in my wood history)

[johnk_10]

the AV RI '62 jazz has always been (and still is) made of alder. they can vary from 8 1/4lbs (the very lightest ones) to about 9 3/4lbs. most of them that i've played weighed 9 -9 1/2 lbs.