does anyone make an 8lb precision bass?

[bdplaid]

Traveler P Bass 6.8 lbs. lol
Seriusly though, a custom builder can do that
with a chambered body.

Some of the chambered bodies I've seen on Warmoth have been kinda heavy. Can you imagine how heavy they'd have been without the chambering?

 

[selowitch]

Traveler P Bass 6.8 lbs. lol

I have a Traveler TB-4P. Why not? It’s a really good bass. 32" scale with a Mustang pickup and a P-style pickguard. Headless. What’s not to like?

 

[bdplaid]

A loaded neck will average 1 to 1.5lb, go for light weight tuners.

A Warmoth neck with the steel rods can easily go over 2 lbs without the tuners. Lightest decent necks I've used are mighty mite.

 

[PolkaHero]

Here's a rare 8 lb. Precision from 1971: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

 

[jzucker]

sweetwater has very little in stock regarding P basses and what they do have doesn't list the weight.

 

[BurningSkies]

My 73 Precision was under 8 pounds.

...My Super-P is about 8 and a half pounds.

 

[BioDriver]

You can order lightweight bodies from Warmoth a la roasted alder/ash, basswood, or chambered bodies. Pair that with a roasted maple neck (Warmoth with graphite rods, USACG, etc), Hipshot Ultralites, bent metal bridge, plastic knobs, and other lightweight components and you should have no problem getting a bass under 8lbs.

 

[Wambemando]

You can order lightweight bodies from Warmoth a la roasted alder/ash, basswood, or chambered bodies. Pair that with a roasted maple neck (Warmoth with graphite rods, USACG, etc), Hipshot Ultralites, bent metal bridge, plastic knobs, and other lightweight components and you should have no problem getting a bass under 8lbs.

Bingo.
Ultralites/Res-O-Lites and a bent plate bridge weigh approximately 1lb less than normal tuners with a hi-mass bridge.

 

[SgtHulka]

Bingo.
Ultralites/Res-O-Lites and a bent plate bridge weigh approximately 1lb less than normal tuners with a hi-mass bridge.

I've measured the weight loss of Ultralites v. standard MIM tuners and the difference was only 5 ounces.

 

[N4860]

I've measured the weight loss of Ultralites v. standard MIM tuners and the difference was only 5 ounces.

I'm no physics expert but if you are trying to fix neck dive, 5 ounces of weight reduction on a headstock seems like it would be pretty significant. This isn't an issue I've ever had to solve though so I don't have any real world experience on that.

 

[kodiakblair]

A Warmoth neck with the steel rods can easily go over 2 lbs without the tuners.

Not too keen on steel rods.

Sometimes it's unavoidable, bird's eye maple looks great but it has a weakness. Steel or carbon rods help.

For the rest, rods allow companies to use less seasoned timber while charging you more. The increased weight is salt in the wound.

 

[selowitch]

I've measured the weight loss of Ultralites v. standard MIM tuners and the difference was only 5 ounces.

0.3125 lbs. of weight reduction is significant enough to be felt and it could potentially alleviate a case of neck dive.

 

[jzucker]

I have a Traveler TB-4P. Why not? It’s a really good bass. 32" scale with a Mustang pickup and a P-style pickguard. Headless. What’s not to like?

cool but that's not a precision bass IMO and I wonder about the other body materials and whether they sound like a "real" precision?
I have a pair of willis basses which are under 7.5lbs and they are cool but they are not precisions. I'm tempted to just put a precision pickup in the fretted one and call it a day...However, I'd really like to put flats on my precision and wouldn't want to do that to the willis bass for general use

 

[jzucker]

My new Squier Calssic Vibe 50's P is 8lbs 8 oz.

that's not under 8'

 

[jmattbassplaya]

I have a couple Fenders just over 8 lbs. It is luck of the draw, though. I also have a vintage 10lb. Fender p.

Yep. I owned a 7.6lbs AmStd P. I’ve also owned a couple that were over 10lbs. Luck of the draw as you said.

 

[redstrand]

that's not under 8'

It didn’t say under but ok. My chambered P is 7 3/4lbs so there is that

 

[jzucker]

It didn’t say under but ok. My chambered P is 7 3/4lbs so there is that

i think most of us have taken HS math. 8' 8oz is effectively 9lbs.

 

[jzucker]

Not too keen on steel rods.

Sometimes it's unavoidable, bird's eye maple looks great but it has a weakness. Steel or carbon rods help.

For the rest, rods allow companies to use less seasoned timber while charging you more. The increased weight is salt in the wound.

glad to hear someone else say it. Carvin's famous for this. Take green wood, put rods in it and call it a feature!

 

[redstrand]

i think most of us have taken HS math. 8' 8oz is effectively 9lbs.

If you took it you’d remember that rounding up doesn’t work with this word problem.

 

[ad9000]

My parts P pictured here, with Warmoth cottonwood body (similar to basswood) and late 90's Fender replacement neck weighs in at 8.2 lbs.
I've also played a couple of Custom Shop '59 Relic P's that I would estimate at right around 8 or under, and some old ones in the sub 8 lb. range - those are serious neck divers as others have pointed out.