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How much does your bass weigh?

#23
the OP's topic is a little general, it should say "how heavy does your heaviest bass weigh"...or "how heavy is the one you use most weigh"

in either case, I'll play:
HEAVY:
My 94 Jackson TBIRD is ~16lbs, and my 87 Charvel 3B is ~14lbs.

LIGHT:
My Epiphone+ Dillion TBIRDs are ~10, and my Samick AS5 is ~8lbs.
 
#24
Funny how people define light and heavy.

I personally would never buy or play a 15lbs bass. That is just insane IMO. I don't understand that for example a builder like roscoe makes basses that weigh that much. If you buy a bass in that price range the least they can give you is a bass in a reasonable weight class. My 9.5lbs DJ is not what I would call light, but for an other player that is pretty light. A bass above 8.5 tops isn't light to me. Now a 4 lbs hofner, that's a light bass! Now I understand why Mccartney is still touring :D.
 
#25
cigi said:
Funny how people define light and heavy.

I personally would never buy or play a 15lbs bass. That is just insane IMO. I don't understand that for example a builder like roscoe makes basses that weigh that much. If you buy a bass in that price range the least they can give you is a bass in a reasonable weight class. My 9.5lbs DJ is not what I would call light, but for an other player that is pretty light. A bass above 8.5 tops isn't light to me. Now a 4 lbs hofner, that's a light bass! Now I understand why Mccartney is still touring :D.
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I agree with you on the light-heavy thing, but to me it is not the weight, it is the balance..I had to walk/march/crawl in all kinds of heat/cold/rain weather for hours...etc with a 40lb radio pack on my back for many years while in the armed services, and 15lbs IS light to me as long as it is balanced well, I don't even think about it. :D

but you are again correct, if the person wearing it does not like 10lbs or more, then there are still many excellent choices for the "under 10lb" class of basses.

I'm no youngster anymore myself, and even now at almost 50, I LOVE my heavy basses for tone/sustain, and would never trade it in on a 5lb'er.
 
#28
I've sold basses due to excessive weight ('65 Fender Jazz; G&L L-1000; MM Stingray V), and I'll reject any non-ERB bass that weighs much over nine pounds, but light weight, good balance, and excellent ergos are very important to me. I've also found that, all other things being equal, lightweight basses sound better to me, so they're definitely a win/win.

Approximate weight of my current basses:

Jerzy Drozd Legend VI (semi-hollow) - a little under eight pounds.

Pre-Gibson Tobias Classic V - nine pounds (fortunately, it's small and very well-balanced).

Old neck-through swamp ash F-Bass V - also a little under eight pounds.
 
#30
when people are giving weights, are you guessing or actually putting them on the scale? i bought my current main bass from another tb'r (mia 75 ri jazz) and he posted that it was around 13 pounds. the thing is barely 10 pounds with a badass 2 bridge and neck pickup cover.

anyway,the rest
78 jazz-11.5
62 jazz-9
fodera 5- 10
cirrus 5-10
mm sterling-9
82 squier p-8.5
havent weighed the f 5
 
#31
I am typically interested by things that are boring to others. I am finding this thread to be kind of neat. It seems that most people have axes in the 8-10 lb. range. The idea of a 14 lb. bass will give me bad dreams:hiding: Though I can't argue with all the sustain. Granted, the dual comp pedal makes the sustain truely rediculous.
 
#34
I have read 11-15 pounds of tonnage on a T40...I know mine sure feels more then 11 pounds. I have also noticed there seems to be some inconsistency with the weight of a T40. Now the solid colored ones are lighter as they used a different wood but the natural and burst ones are all northern ash yet some people weigh them and it reads 11 pounds and others weight them and they come in at 13 pounds....the max Ive ever read was 15 lbs for a T40..the lightest was 11 pounds... my '85 burst sure don't feel like no 11 lbs though I can tell you that LOL
 
#36
Yango said:
My Ernie Ball Musicman Sterling weighs about an ounce and a half at the start of the first set. By the end of the third set it weighs exactly one ton...:rolleyes:
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hahaha I'm the opposite, my TBX weighs a ton in the beginning, then after 3 sets and 10 beers, it feels like paper :D

and ya I weighed all of mine on the bathroon scale, minus the strap naturally ( I sure would not want to falsify the reading )---lolol
 

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