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Old 01-25-2012, 11:29 AM
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lightest solid body bass you've ever played?

hey guys

simple question what is the lightest solid body bass you have ever played?

the lightest bass i personally played was an ibanez sr505 at the local guitar center. the body was paper thin and extremely comfotrable. as for tone and all that fun stuff it was nice but for that price id rather go with something else.
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Old 01-25-2012, 11:32 AM
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My old Yamaha RBX 200RF weighs slightly more than a hatful of goose down.
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Old 01-25-2012, 11:33 AM
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Old 01-25-2012, 06:26 PM
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Hagstrom Hii-B is my lightest at 6.59lbs, and it is also my oldest electric bass (1965).



Even beats out my Kramer Duke (6.75lbs), but it is probably cheating to class these 80s headless basses with the traditional solid bodies.

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A Mustang RI I rebodied with Paulownia and swapped in Gotoh Res-O-Lite 350 tuners. About 5 lbs.
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Old 01-25-2012, 06:31 PM
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I had a Fender P Lyte Deluxe, it was actually too light for me. Something around 6.5-7 lbs.
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Old 01-25-2012, 06:39 PM
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Old 01-25-2012, 06:39 PM
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I had a Japanese Fender Jazz Bass Special. About 7.5lbs.
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Old 01-25-2012, 06:44 PM
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My First bass Sin-i-ster a Yamaha RBX170 it is as light as a feather but, with all the basses I've tried out I may have found lighter basses but, off the top of my head I can't recall them.
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Old 01-25-2012, 07:05 PM
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Old 01-25-2012, 07:07 PM
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Those look like they could break your back
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Old 01-25-2012, 07:10 PM
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my old yamaha bbn4III, after i scratch the painting of and some part of the wood
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Old 01-25-2012, 07:14 PM
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I have a MIK Squier II P bass that's under 8, even with 3 or 4 layers of paint and a ton of stickers, of course the pots are gutted and it's wired straight to jack. I've never really been able to get enough "traction" on anything much lighter.
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Old 01-25-2012, 07:18 PM
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My Fender P is super light at 7.8lbs. Definitely not the lightest out there, but if it were any lighter then I wouldn't be able to play it because it'd bounce around to much while I was moving on stage.
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Old 01-25-2012, 07:19 PM
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Fender Precision Lyte.
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Old 01-25-2012, 07:21 PM
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My Birdsong Cortobass. It has a solid African mahogany body and weighs under 7lbs.
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Old 01-25-2012, 07:37 PM
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An Ibanez SR900, a great instrument that I sold many years ago because it was not for me at the time. But I can tell you what was the heaviest I had, a Godin SD4: solid Canadian maple body, all is said.. Awesome neck, very good sound but heavy as a truck.
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Old 01-25-2012, 07:51 PM
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Ibby SRs.
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Old 01-25-2012, 07:57 PM
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Bently bass. Just over six pounds,



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