Stingray 5 ...very light!!!!

[Relive]

Hi to all
I just bought an used Stingray 5 from a web customer; it's a honeyburst with rosewood board , mint condition , very beautifull.
Out of the box I immediatly noticed it weight because it' s very light. No other Stingray5 that I 've tried and used was so light. It's weight 4,2 kg ( 9,26 lbs).The bass sound great, with a remarkable B string.
My questions are : is the weight of my Stingray so unusual ???
Can the light weight affect the B string sound in some way ???


Ps: hope you understand;sorry for my non perfect english ...

[bigsnack]

I'd say you got lucky, unless Ernie Ball has been trying to make them lighter more recently. I have an SR5 from 98 and it's a boat anchor. Congrats on the bass!

[Relive]

Thanks Bigsnack !!! Also for your quikly reply ... but , you know if the weight of my SR5 is unusual?

[Webtroll]

Seems unusual, most of the ones I'm familiar with are quite heavy

[jlepre]

I have owned 10 SR5's and they varied from 10 to 11.7 pounds. I would say you got a light one. Lucky you. It won't effect the sound. The lightest EBMM 5 string I've ever owned was a Sterling 5 at 9 pounds! I wish I'd never let that one go.

[Mastermold]

Yeah these tend to be 10+ lbs but a lighter one shouldn't be a bad thing at all.

[Stone Soup]

Mine weighs 9lbs. 15oz. (may as well say 10lbs., I guess...) on my shipping scale. Mine sounds great too! I'm not sure if the weight affects the B string much. I imagine as long as there is enough weight to offset the mass of the vibrating string, there shouldn't be much of an issue. But then I'm no physicist.

[smcd]

I never found SR-5's to be anywhere near heavy. I just sold one that weighed in at 9lbs 9oz.

[awilkie84]

Originally Posted by smcd

I never found SR-5's to be anywhere near heavy. I just sold one that weighed in at 9lbs 9oz.

From a physics standpoint, that's not the best way to weigh a bass. The neck and piece of the body aren't having their entire weight displaced by the point making contact with the weight plate (complicated physics stuff that's hard to explain without writing an equation). Standing it up so that all the weight is centered over the plate would be more accurate.

[Musicman20]

My Ray 5HS and Sterling 5 HS are 9.5 lbs or less.

[lowfreqgeek]

Originally Posted by awilkie84

From a physics standpoint, that's not the best way to weigh a bass. The neck and piece of the body aren't having their entire weight displaced by the point making contact with the weight plate (complicated physics stuff that's hard to explain without writing an equation). Standing it up so that all the weight is centered over the plate would be more accurate.

Uh, what IS the weight displaced by? The air? Where'd the extra weight go?

[Templar]

Originally Posted by awilkie84

From a physics standpoint, that's not the best way to weigh a bass. The neck and piece of the body aren't having their entire weight displaced by the point making contact with the weight plate (complicated physics stuff that's hard to explain without writing an equation). Standing it up so that all the weight is centered over the plate would be more accurate.

I use that exact same scale. It doesn't seem to matter how I position a bass, up, down, front, back...I get the same reading on mine. I suppose it's possible to get a different reading on a lab-quality scale, but for all intents and purposes....

[smcd]

Originally Posted by awilkie84

From a physics standpoint, that's not the best way to weigh a bass. The neck and piece of the body aren't having their entire weight displaced by the point making contact with the weight plate (complicated physics stuff that's hard to explain without writing an equation). Standing it up so that all the weight is centered over the plate would be more accurate.

What the.... are you frikkin' kidding me?? It's balanced on it's centerline. That is the perfect way to weigh a bass.

[Cyborg]

You got an anomaly. I'd say most SR5's are about 10-11 pounds. It's got a big ash body, so it's going to be hard to find a super lightweight one. Every now and then, you'll find one that is sub-9 and some that are 12+. When you find that gem, then you better hold on to it, as "jlepre" and most TBers have found out the hard way.

[Mojo-Man]

I've owned a few. They all weight between 9.5-10 lbs.
My friend had an old one the weight in at just over 8 lbs.
It sounded amazing.
Never seen one that light again.

[smcd]

Originally Posted by Cyborg

You got an anomaly.

Not according to half the people in this thread who owned one.

[frpzxvaa]

I have an SR5 from 98 and it's a boat anchor. Congrats on the bass!

[jlepre]

Trust me 10 pounds is the norm on SR5's.

[Smallmouth_Bass]

I have three: two are right at 10 lbs and one is right at 9 lbs. One gets the most of the playing time. Can you guess which?

[Relive]

Thanks to all for a quicly response !!!
Some pics ...