Best lightweight bass under 600$

[DavidCertain]

I'm the guy making the CertainBass basses. I use basswood bodies. The P basses are 5 ot 6 lbs and the Jazzes are 5.5 to 7. Basswood is thought of as a cheapo wood, but it is a very nice tone wood. I use it for the basses I make for myslef. My eBay handle is BikeBassNut. I only sell on eBay and I can only make abot 3 basses a week. Check out my listings and feedback.
Peace,
David

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I think that Chinese made TBCs are pretty light. They have chambered bodies. Mine is 8 lbs. 8 oz.

 

[Earwigger]

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I gotta say, I played one at GC and it was not light. It was actually pretty heavy.

 

[Moving Pictures]

I gotta say, I played one at GC and it was not light. It was actually pretty heavy.

I have the 5 string version and it is light. About 6lbs.

 

[bonenut74]

+1 for the Fender Aerodyne. About 7.3 lbs., and with the Precision/Jazz pickups its quite versitile tonally. I also like its slim, fast neck. Here's a decent review:

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[artistanbul]

I once had a P lyte deluxe that weighed 6.5 lbs
it's a very good bass too.

 

[Thankful birds]

Hi; new to the forums, and a little of a necro-post. I second on certainbass. I've been in two bad car accidents that tweaked my back something awful; I bought one of his basses to replace a Fender p-bass I'd sold, and it's nice and light. Mine's an alder, but he primarily uses basswood, which is a little lighter still. All in all great bass for the $

 

[Robert Sjea]

E mail David Certain out of St. Louis. He built me a Jazz bass clone that only weighs 7 lbs and sounds AMAZING. His e mail is [email protected]. Everyone who has played has freaked out.

I just got a P-bass (basswood) from certainbass.com that really is easy on the shoulders/back after playing my Ric for the past few months. Heck of a bass and very affordable.

 

[iriegnome]

The Bass Company (TBC) basses are chambered and very light. I think my TBC 500M weighed under 7 pounds. Played good and sounded good. I had a bunch of problems with the neck screws coming loose, but everything else was good.

 

[lug]

I'm the guy making the CertainBass basses. I use basswood bodies. The P basses are 5 ot 6 lbs and the Jazzes are 5.5 to 7. Basswood is thought of as a cheapo wood, but it is a very nice tone wood. I use it for the basses I make for myslef. My eBay handle is BikeBassNut. I only sell on eBay and I can only make abot 3 basses a week. Check out my listings and feedback.
Peace,
David

+1 I have 17 basses and my Ibanez SRX505 (basswood body with a maple top) is by far the lightest, can't be much over 7 lbs.

 

[quadrogong]

yamaha RXBA2 weighs like 7 lbs,light up dials..nut width is super narrow,less than 1.5 i love it, wish it was active,but she still thumps like a muttha!
there's a video on youtube of one being played.

 

[rouge127]

G&l tribby SB-2. Best value for the dollar hands down! Body is made of Basswood. Feels great on my shoulder.

 

[TAZ]

I played the yamaha RXBA2 and 7 lbs is right. It played easily enough and sounded pretty good too. I just couldn't get past the slick commercial design and the feel just didn't do it for me: like feeling a Mr. Coffee Maker instead of a musical instrument.

 

[TAZ]

G&l tribby SB-2? Those are 8 lbs. or more.

 

[Curtybob]

No reliable scale here to check, but my Ibanez SR500 is pretty light.

 

[nutterisgo]

oops wrong thread

 

[poomwah]

I feel for you, I have bad back problems too, it made me retire my t-40, in other words DON'T get one of those.
Have you considered a hollow body or semi hollow body?

 

[Hansel]

Ibanez Soundgears.

The SR400QM i played a few days ago. Man that thing is so ergo

 

[DanielleMuscato]

Yamaha emailed me back. Here is what they said:

"Hi Dave -this bass is 3.2kg or 7.4lbs --hope this helps -EB"

I realized that 3.2kg is 7 pounds even... I wonder which figure is correct (if either).

 

[nickn]

What about those ergonomic Ibanez SRs? I picked one up at GC and it felt like a TOY compared to my Fender P. So that means that either the Ibanez's are very light, or my P-bass is effing heavy.