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Bass Weight Clarity
- Thread starter steve f
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Place bass on a accurate scale without the starp and balance carefully without affecting the weight. I think vertically on the platform is the most accurate method.
steve f said:
I've never weighed my basses (in fact I don't think I've ever owned a scale) but this doesn't seem like a difficult topic...
I guess as long as all measurements are done on Earth we should all be on the same planet, er, page. I suppose altitude would have some effect - has anyone ever weighed a bass on Mt Everest?
This is the kind of anal question that I would come up with (no disrespect intended, as I am associating myself with it) 
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it would depend on the scale ... on a bath type scale with a single digit to the right of the decimal, it would be tenths ...
on a butchers type scale I have, with two digits to the right of the decimal, it would be actual ounces, to allow for 0-15 (8 1/4 would be 8.04 for 8 lbs 4 oz), although I have seen scales where the two digits to the right also will decimal to two positions (8 1/4 would be 8.25, etc ...
I have both types of scales, but generally just use the bath scale as it is quicker and easier .. however, the bath scale by its nature is most inaccurate < 10 lbs., so I always pre-load the scale (usually with me), and take 2 or 3 readings, with bass, without bass ...
... it would depend on the scale ... on a bath type scale with a single digit to the right of the decimal, it would be tenths ...
on a butchers type scale I have, with two digits to the right of the decimal, it would be actual ounces, to allow for 0-15 (8 1/4 would be 8.04 for 8 lbs 4 oz), although I have seen scales where the two digits to the right also will decimal to two positions (8 1/4 would be 8.25, etc ...
I have both types of scales, but generally just use the bath scale as it is quicker and easier .. however, the bath scale by its nature is most inaccurate < 10 lbs., so I always pre-load the scale (usually with me), and take 2 or 3 readings, with bass, without bass ...
Digital scales are metric. America, locked in the Middle Ages, declined to convert to metrics for some unknown reason. Do your best. Real question is, how many stone does your bass weigh?
For all intents and purposes (here at least), 9.8 is going to mean 9lbs, 8oz.
OTOH, it seems 9.5 could easily mean 9 1/2 lbs.
BTW, my digi scale reads metric or Imperial (or whatever it's called)
Templar said:
Oh? I guess I was wrong, that is really confusing. I would have guessed 9.8 anything would be 9 and 8/10ths.
Digital scales are metric. America, locked in the Middle Ages, declined to convert to metrics for some unknown reason. Do your best. Real question is, how many stone does your bass weigh?
LOL!!!
Digital scales are metric. America, locked in the Middle Ages, declined to convert to metrics for some unknown reason. Do your best. Real question is, how many stone does your bass weigh?
0.7 Stone
+1.
Apparently some of you need to relearn your elementary mathematics.
If there is a decimal point, it means you are dealing with a system of tenths, not ounces.
Not talking about "anything", talking about bass guitar weights here.
Describing a bass guitar with a number like 9.8 can only mean "pounds". Pounds & ounces. Not pounds and tenth's of pounds, hectograms, or anything metric. That would be incongruent, no?
OTOH, I once saw a double-neck bass that could have weighed 9.8 "kilos". lol
You are absolutely right. However, on the bass forums, decimal points are commonly used as "shorthand" for bass weights. It's lazy, but generally understood within context. Hence, for all intents and purposes....
Templar said:
If I saw 9.8 pounds, I would never have imagined that the .8 meant anything other than 8/10ths of a pound. By "anything", I meant replace "pounds" with any other measurement you like - inches, kilograms, decibels, light years.
