Heaviest bass i ever owned was a 1978 Fender P - 12lbs. Can anyone top that?
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Heaviest Bass You've Ever Owned?
- Thread starter L. L. Elwood
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It's a toss up between an acrylic body 5 string jazz bass and my Bloodwood Wishbass , both well over 13 lbs.
They put every one of my Peavey T-40s to shame
They put every one of my Peavey T-40s to shame
No question it was my first bass, a Peavey T-40 my parents bought me in 1983. I never knew its weight, but it must have been at least 11 pounds, probably more like 12 or 13. Even as an energetic teenager, I bought a wide neoprene strap to manage the weight.
Alembic Series 1. It was >12lbs. Sounded so good, but it was ergonomically—- difficult.
My first bass when I was 12. A no name pawn shop special that was REALLY heavy. That set me on a lifelong path as a weight weenie!
I used to have one of those clear acrylic Dan Armstrong (aptly named?) basses, but that was when I was a young man (1976), and never would’ve thought to weigh a bass. I bet it was 10-11 pounds.
More recently, my custom Rickenbacker Laredo was just a few ounces under 10 pounds,
and my Viellette-Citron bass is about 9.5 pounds. That’s pretty much become my upper limit these days.
Most of my other basses hew to about 8 pounds,and i have a couple of lightweigts in the 6-7 pound range.
(Like my Rick Cheyenne and Tune wb4f).
The Lightest….and the heaviest.
More recently, my custom Rickenbacker Laredo was just a few ounces under 10 pounds,
and my Viellette-Citron bass is about 9.5 pounds. That’s pretty much become my upper limit these days.
Most of my other basses hew to about 8 pounds,and i have a couple of lightweigts in the 6-7 pound range.
(Like my Rick Cheyenne and Tune wb4f).
The Lightest….and the heaviest.
Fender Marcus Miller 4. Had to be between 12-14lbs. Had to go!
'77 Travis Bean TB-2000. Weighs about, oh, 40 lbs. Never giving it up.
My current fretless Jazz V is a bit over 11 lbs.
As good as they sounded, this is what spooked me out about those. They were very heavy. Too bad. The sound was excellent.
The heaviest bass I have had I still own - a 1980 Jazz Bass that weighs 12 lbs. There was a bassist on the old Fender Forum that claimed to have a 78 weighing in at 15 lbs. IIRC, he gigged with it regularly.
I also have a Cort GB75JH that is probably the second heaviest bass that I own.
I have three contenders, an Ampeg Big Stud, an early G&L 1K with a mahogany body and a Peavey T-40. I didn't actually "own" the Ampeg since it was on loan to me for a couple of years. I never weighed them but they were all in the way too heavy category.
My '97 MIA Fender J-bass. At 9.29 I probably shouldn't complain.
Had a 64 jazz that weighed 13 pounds , wanted to keep it but it was too heavy and there was a willing buyer for it .......money wins again .
Ernie Ball MusicMan Bongo 5 HH
10.25 lbs
Fender Roscoe Beck V
10.13 lbs
Both were great basses but had to go due to their weights.
10.25 lbs
Fender Roscoe Beck V
10.13 lbs
Both were great basses but had to go due to their weights.
My ‘78 Gibson RD Artist was ridiculously heavy. I never weighed it, but I felt three inches shorter after every gig.
i don’t know the weight, but my Warwick corvette is easily the heaviest bass I’ve owned. The lightest, a
Hagstrom I.
Past tense, "ever owned".......still own. I'm sorry that I do not have the exact weights but I have a 1983 Carvin LB50 all hard rock solid maple body. It is well over 10 lbs and close to 11.
I also have a Warmoth solid Koa Jazz Bass body with a full 100% rosewood body and with their steel rods in the neck next to the truss rod. Add to that, a Schaller high mass bridge. An easy 11 pounder. But, it is pretty!
Heavy bass are OK as long as we are sitting down!
I also have a Warmoth solid Koa Jazz Bass body with a full 100% rosewood body and with their steel rods in the neck next to the truss rod. Add to that, a Schaller high mass bridge. An easy 11 pounder. But, it is pretty!
Heavy bass are OK as long as we are sitting down!
I don't gig, and almost always play seated, but just prefer a lighter bass for some reason. Probably missing out on some excellent instruments.
I can't. My heaviest ever was Aria TSB400 10.1lb. Heaviest now is Ibanez SR600E 7.5lb.
