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02-15-2011, 12:17 AM
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Hey everyone. I am looking to get a fender jazz bass off of ebay. Most auctions have the weights listed. I was just curious, what is the average weight of lighter basses, and what is the average weight of heavier basses? (I talking about Alder wood) Even just ball-park insight would be helpful.
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02-15-2011, 12:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Colorado Springs, CO | | | Jazz weight
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Originally Posted by Precisionb87  Hey everyone. I am looking to get a fender jazz bass off of ebay. Most auctions have the weights listed. I was just curious, what is the average weight of lighter basses, and what is the average weight of heavier basses? (I talking about Alder wood) Even just ball-park insight would be helpful. | I would say lighter basses are 8-9.5 lbs... Heavier well, 9.5-11 maybe even 12 LOL. The traditional Jazz shape is a big body with lots of wood. It seems pretty rare one would be under 8 lbs. I have seen/heard of some contempoary jazz shapes around 7 lbs, but the bodys are usually shrunkin.. |
02-15-2011, 12:57 AM
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John K Custom Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA | | | IME, the average weight for a jazz bass is 9 to 9 1/2lbs. light ones are from 8 to 8 1/2 and hevy ones are 10 and up to 12 1/2 lbs. |
02-15-2011, 12:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Long Island, NY | | | My '74 Jazz is around 8.5-9lbs. My Highway One Jazz is around 9-9.5lbs. Granted this was all done on a very sophisticated bathroom scale. (Weighed myself with the bass and then without and subtracted).
My modded SX is somewhere from 10-11lbs. It's up there.
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02-15-2011, 01:01 AM
| | | | I have a MIM 5 string Jazz bass. Sucker weighs in at 10.5 lbs! It's like strapping a cinder block around your neck! |
02-15-2011, 01:05 AM
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Endorsing Artist: MLaghus Custom Basses | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Boca Raton - FL | | | 11lbs is pretty common for a 70's jazz...
New ones average at 9lbs. I had a '68 that was a bit under 8#... |
02-15-2011, 05:02 AM
|  | passionate hack | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Malone, NY/ Montreal, Quebec | | | My 08 Am Std J5 is 10 lbs-I think that's routine. 9 lbs would be on the light side.
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02-15-2011, 06:42 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | | My '73 P weighs 7.9lbs and a '77 Jazz I have owned previously weighed over 12lbs.
The '73 is a dream to play and the '77 was a boat anchor.....
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02-15-2011, 06:53 AM
|  | Caesar's palace, morning glory, silly human race. | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Greenfield, WI. | | | My '09 American Standard Jazz Bass was 8 lbs 11 ozs on a very accurate digital shipping scale.
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02-15-2011, 06:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Santiago de Chile | | | I wouldn't say Jazz basses are heavy, they're more like standard weight. |
02-15-2011, 09:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Philadelphia, PA | | | yea, my '66 p is like a feather. But I have no way of accurately measuring it.
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02-15-2011, 10:05 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | my mij jb62 would weigh in at 8.5 (heavy basswood i guess) |
02-15-2011, 10:38 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: TX, USA | | | most jazzes i've played are 9lbs or more |
02-15-2011, 10:47 AM
| | | | I've had several and they've been in the 9 ~10 lb range. Off topic but maybe useful info for the OP. Warmoth sells chambered bodies that are considerably lighter than standard solid bodies without sacrificing any tonal quality. I currently own one and it is my favorite Jazz Bass. |
02-15-2011, 01:21 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Pennsylvania | | My Fender American Deluxe Jazz 4 weighs 8 lbs. 9 oz. (8.56 lbs.) and it feels great. Feels nice and light to me - no back pain all night.  |
02-15-2011, 01:57 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boston, MA | | | I have a '78 Jazz that's over 13lbs. |
02-15-2011, 03:34 PM
|  | Quatre-cordes | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Orleans, LA /El Paso TX | | | my 97 MIA Jazz is 8lbs 4 ounces, it feels very light. It is actually the lightest stock Jazz I've played. |
02-15-2011, 09:06 PM
|  | User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: East Coast | | | Average weight for a MIA Jazz is probably around 9.5 lbs. There are plenty out there over 10lbs.
Lightest one I've owned (MIA 2000, ash body) weighed 8lbs.
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02-15-2011, 09:15 PM
| | | | my 08 american standard jazz is between 9 and 10 lbs. Someone i know has a 65 jazz bass and it is by far the heaviest jazz i have ever played. at least a couple lbs heavier than mine. |
02-15-2011, 09:56 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | Check it out in this spreadsheet...at the last post in this thread. There are 323 basses referenced. Time to tell the truth: how much does your bass weigh?
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