Does bass weight matter if you always sit down while playing?

[Yahboy]

It is good if the weight ratio on that bass are 60%Body : 40%Neck .

 

[marchone]

Do you think weight of a bass matters at all when sitting down, or is weight only a concern with a strap standing up?

I read Will Lee adjusts his strap length short so that it hangs off his shoulder whether standing or sitting. That's a very personal approach but it works for him. It's too high for me but I rarely sit to play, except to practice.

 

[Karl Kaminski]

I'll admit, I've become a bit of a weight snob. I'll also admit that TB made me that way, and before posting here a lot I never thought about weight at all.

Right now I have an 8 lbs Precision and an 8.5 lbs Jazz bass (with a lot of neck dive on the Jazz). I ONLY play in the studio, sitting down, and will never, EVER in my life gig. That being said, even lifting a bass of the stand, I enjoy them being light. It just feels nice - but that part doesn't matter much.

There is a bass I REALLY want: rare, beautiful, good price, but it's 9.5+ lbs. Everything about it is perfect, except the weight scares me.

Do you think weight of a bass matters at all when sitting down, or is weight only a concern with a strap standing up?

As Marchone mentioned about Will Lee, I always set my strap to same length sitting/standing—about 1" above my leg sitting—so the bass was always in same location. IF I was sitting (in a chair with a back) then standing up on the gig, weight wasn't an issue. Weight was only an after-thought while doing long event/corporate gigs back in the day. Over the past 10yrs Ive moved to sitting all-the-time (1st with strap, then without). Without the strap I was always adjusting, usually balancing the lower bout (not the cut out) on my thigh. Finally decided to test this GuitarLift...

love it, never going back to shoulder.
so no, weight is not an issue... anymore

 

[Deleted member 394181]

Barring health issues, why worry so much about how much a bass weighs? If its painful and your healthy, maybe you need to be stronger. I never,,,,worried about that before.