Help with making my bass light

[bholder]

"There is no Gravity. The Earth just sucks."

 

[Old Garage-Bander]

I don't think we were at all helpful to the OP. LOL

Oh! Was that the objective?

He's got an old Fender down to 3.2 lbs.
What does anyone realistically expect at that point?

 

[ScrewDevil]

A chambered, helium-filled body maybe?

 

[Old Garage-Bander]

"There is no Gravity. The Earth just sucks."

My gawd! I beleive you just solved the unification of the for forces!
I smell a Nobel.

 

[Old Garage-Bander]

A chambered, helium-filled body maybe?

Hydrogen would be better.
It is lighter than Helium and would be great if implementing the suggested, "light it on fire" ideas.

The Fender Hindenburg Signature Bass.

 

[ScrewDevil]

Or shave it down til it looks like this...

 

[Kirk Bryant]

Cardboard bass anyone?







Amazingly it sounds exactly like a normal Strat. Tone wood, nah tone sawdust!

 

[IamGroot]

Get a bass pin and play it like an upright. I actually did this yesterday at a jam (rested it on a chair)

 

[madbass6]

I wanted to get help making my bass lighter. I'm at 3.2 lbs, but wanted to see if I could shave off 4 more ounces to get it below 3 lbs.

I started with an old '76 Fender Jazz I almost never play and swapped out the tuners and bridge for ultra light, but it was still too heavy. So I took off the pickguard and did a big route...basically everything that the pickguard and bridge could cover. I also sanded all the finish off and made a belly cut. I left a thin piece on the back, almost like a thick acoustic. It still seemed heavy so I took the pickguard to a plane sander and got it paper thin. I restrung it with the lightest gauge strings I could find.

It had some neck dive so I sanded the neck and filed down the frets until it felt balanced. Now I'm at 3.2 lbs.

I was thinking of removing some of the extra wire since there is some slack. I don't think that will get me under 3 lbs, though. I really would like to keep both pickups, and don't know if anyone can suggest something lighter than the stock pickups, or if anyone thinks I could get there by removing some of the winds from the coil to get there. I would like to keep the headstock so people know it is a Fender, but that is the only other place I can think to remove weight.

curious to see what a 3.2 pound bass looks like.. Pics?

 

[2F/2F]

Salads and iced teas.

Also, bouts of any kind are unnecessary.

The top string can go too, and the neck wood below where it was can be removed. But you might want to keep it in case you ever sell.

 

[baileyboy]

...I started with an old '76 Fender Jazz Fender...

This was your first mistake...

 

[foolforthecity]

Google Image Result for https://i.pinimg.com/originals/10/ec/9c/10ec9c1bd6eecbafb3203d094ab9e640.jpg
I believe I found a pic of his bass

 

[soulstew]

Gravity is your problem here. I understand it's less on the moon, but greater on Uranus.

Speaking of Uranus, move further away from black holes.

 

[soulstew]

Another suggestion is to use a wider strap. that way you are going to feel it a lot lighter and support it better.
i really think most of the problem comes from bad anatomic of the strap and the way you hold it.
try something different, even discuss it with an orthopedic and design a support system that will treat better your back.

Or just play the strap.

 

[Alfonso Alba]

"Help with making my bass light"

If you burn it, part of it will turn into light.

 

[ScrewDevil]

"Help with making my bass light"

If you burn it, part of it will turn into light.

And a good deal of it would vaporize, too. Leaving you with nice, lightweight carbon.

 

[Captain Chaos]

 

[IamGroot]

Bass ukelele?

 

[Nashrakh]

Uranus doesn't have gravity. It repels things.

I thought Uranus had Klingons?!

 

[ScrewDevil]

I thought Uranus had Klingons?!

Only near the outer rim...