Bass Weight Clarity

[Slax]

talkbass should just create their own system of measurement to lessen the confusion....
0 can be the average weight of an alder p bass, and using the standard deviation of those weights you could derive a system of measurement to see how basses compare to each other. So a very heavy bass would weight 3 talkbass units, and a quite light one would weight around -2 talkbass units

Great idea! Let me just weigh my bass.... uh! It's 1.4 tbu! So is that 1 tbu and... lol jk.

 

[Schlyder]

for those that think that 9.8 pounds is a valid way of relating 9 lbs and 8 ounces...

DON"T BUY GOLD

 

[One Drop]

Well I'm going to have to concede defeat in this discussion. There are indeed examples of tenths of pounds in use. Having been reminded of them, I do recall them now, which proves my position to have been wrong.

Still, I know for sure that on the bass forums, at least, weights have been posted with decimals to mean pounds and ounces.

And I have to wonder how often it's been meant that way, but then taken to mean the other way.

For myself, I find it easier to use pounds and ounces, sans decimals.

Bet you never see 8.11 lbs. on threads like this. I think you just assumed they meant ounces when probably they always meant tenths.

Just to make things screwy, to properly indicate the decimal point when using the metric system, one uses a comma instead of a period, and replaces the comma previously used to separate groups of three whole numbers before the decimal point with a space instead. This is the proper scientific convention and is in general use in Europe, but you still see the decimal point used by laymen fairly often.

e.g. 1 000,6 kg is the correct way to write 1,000 kg 600grams.

 

[Meyatch]

Bet you never see 8.11 lbs. on threads like this. I think you just assumed they meant ounces when probably they always meant tenths.

Just to make things screwy, to properly indicate the decimal point when using the metric system, one uses a comma instead of a period, and replaces the comma previously used to separate groups of three whole numbers before the decimal point with a space instead. This is the proper scientific convention and is in general use in Europe, but you still see the decimal point used by laymen fairly often.

e.g. 1 000,6 kg is the correct way to write 1,000 kg 600grams.

I thought this was a European thing. I never used a comma to indicate a decimal place even in my college science courses.

 

[onosson]

Bet you never see 8.11 lbs. on threads like this. I think you just assumed they meant ounces when probably they always meant tenths.

Just to make things screwy, to properly indicate the decimal point when using the metric system, one uses a comma instead of a period, and replaces the comma previously used to separate groups of three whole numbers before the decimal point with a space instead. This is the proper scientific convention and is in general use in Europe, but you still see the decimal point used by laymen fairly often.

e.g. 1 000,6 kg is the correct way to write 1,000 kg 600grams.

I'm not sure that's more scientific so much as a linguistic convention. Do they use this in the UK? You will see this in Quebec, even for currency.