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Carnival time: Guess my weight

Blue Moose

Blue Moose

Oct 8, 2009
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The UPS guy just delivered my new digital postal scale. In a few minutes, this ol' gal is going for an accurate weigh-in.

Anybody want to guess her weight? '75 Fender Jazz, swamp ash body, solid rosewood Schecter neck, also from '75.

Closest guess wins a free chili dog from Big Daddy's food truck across from the Tilt-A-Whirl. Will post actual weight later this afternoon.


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Blue Moose said:
Anybody want to guess her weight? '75 Fender Jazz, swamp ash body, solid rosewood Schecter neck, also from '75.
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Swamp ash , while not an official designation, is a term used to denote particularly light pieces of ash (ash has a lot of variability in density). Given that you have a 75 Fender, I highly doubt that the thing is actually made of wood that most would call swamp ash. Once Leo left the building, swamp ash was not something Fender was at all worried about - it may be the one thing where Leo wasn't a cheapskate.

It's Ash, and I'd guess 11 pounds even. Oh wait, Rosewood neck - let's say 12. The good news is that the body is so darn heavy that, even with that beast of a neck and clunky steel tuners, it won't neck dive. You are also able to play in hurricanes, without fear of being blown off stage. You may need to reinforce the stages you play on - just to be safe.

Weighting a bass without strings is cheating. Put some strings on it, then weigh it.
 
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Micguy: You're probably right about the ash vs swamp ash. And that's a very astute point about with vs without strings...I was a wee bit surprised when I put the strings on the scale. I had them off because I'm going to weigh the body, neck and tuners individually.
 
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Blue Moose said:
Micguy: You're probably right about the ash vs swamp ash. And that's a very astute point about with vs without strings...I was a wee bit surprised when I put the strings on the scale. I had them off because I'm going to weigh the body, neck and tuners individually.
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A set of strings does weigh something. If you play a 5'er, it weighs a bunch more - a decent sized B string adds a lot of weight to a set. The gauges I use, the B weighs about as much as the E, A and D strings combined - adding it almost doubles the weight of the set.
 
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Blue Moose said:
The UPS guy just delivered my new digital postal scale. In a few minutes, this ol' gal is going for an accurate weigh-in.

Anybody want to guess her weight? '75 Fender Jazz, swamp ash body, solid rosewood Schecter neck, also from '75.

Closest guess wins a free chili dog from Big Daddy's food truck across from the Tilt-A-Whirl. Will post actual weight later this afternoon.


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8.6lbs.

looks like a fun bass
 

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