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Heaviest Basses?
- Thread starter JonTishBASS
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Had a 70's jazz bass tipped the scales at 13lb but an acrylic bodied 5 string topped that weighing 14lb.
My T40s range from 12lb to 10.5lb, mere lightweights
My T40s range from 12lb to 10.5lb, mere lightweights
I have a ‘75 Jazz bass that warps space-time.
It use to be that it was great to have an amp and cabinet be much lighter than their predecessors. Now it is basses also. My Sadowsky 5 NYC and Fender American Pro's are at or closer to 8 pounds. My 89 Musicman 5 is like holding a bus on my shoulder. I don't even gig with it any longer but it sounds so good and I can't get myself to sell it.
My old J was a boat anchor - old northern Ash body, P-spec Warmoth neck with steel rods, high mass bridge, and vintage tuners. Easily tipped 10 pounds.
But the absolute heaviest was my old Corvette fretless. Bubinga body and the thickest neck I’ve ever played. Almost 13 lbs on the scale!
Both purchased online. The latter was easy to flip and I only lost about $10 in shipping. I somehow turned a profit on the former by staying local
But the absolute heaviest was my old Corvette fretless. Bubinga body and the thickest neck I’ve ever played. Almost 13 lbs on the scale!
Both purchased online. The latter was easy to flip and I only lost about $10 in shipping. I somehow turned a profit on the former by staying local
I've had two- A Koa Travis Bean was about 14 lbs. and an Alembic Series One (before the Series name, it was just called an Alembic bass) must have run 14-15lbs.
13 lbs? ouch! i like the feel of a lot of the heavier axes...but i've committed to lighter basses and i can't see myself going back. i still have one --- and i'll keep it --- but i don't play it much as it's not my first choice anymore.
I remember playing an old Hagstrom Swede bass back in the 70s. It was the heaviest bass I have ever played.
My shoulder was very sore after a 4 hr gig despite the fact that I was in excellent physical condition.
My shoulder was very sore after a 4 hr gig despite the fact that I was in excellent physical condition.
I'll give the Peavey T40 and several mid 70's jazz basses a pass on this one because every Stanley Clark endorsed Alembic I picked up.... OMG! and I was younger and in shape too but you talk about beauty and tone on loan from god but you paid for it dearly in price too because they were expensive and were heavy as hell even sitting down. I'd like to know what gym he was working out of.
I built an 8-string bass in the '90s and went a little overboard with the exotic hardwoods; bubinga and wenge neck-through with purpleheart stringers and zircote body sections.
It weighed 25 lbs.
It's a wall decoration in my music room now.
It weighed 25 lbs.
It's a wall decoration in my music room now.
My Gibson Victory Artist has its own gravitational field.
I’m sure it’s north of 13lbs
I’m sure it’s north of 13lbs
Never weighed my long gone T-40, but it was the heaviest bass I've ever had. My P-Elite seemed a lot lighter but now it's the heaviest bass I still own...10 pounds on the bathroom scale. So the T-40 might have been pushing 12.
Back in the 90s I played an Alembic 5 string Europa. That weighed around 15 pounds. It sounded amazing but if it was a 3 set night you were going to be tired.
my bass is a 22 LBer. it's a fretless short scale 5 string largemouth
This is the heaviest bass I've ever owned. The wings are maple and walnut, ...or should I say maple with a little bit of walnut on the back. I don't have a scale but I could probably kill somebody with this thing! (....but the tone is worth it!)
