Inexpensive scale for weighing a bass...

[Brad Johnson]

I just picked up this very affordable luggage scale off of ebay, makes weighing instruments very easy:

Portable Digital Scales Hanging LCD Electronic Scale Postal Weighing Luggage | eBay

It takes a CR2032 battery which is not included. I recently bought a sheet of them for my D'Addario tuners so I was set.

Edit: Just noticed this auction says it ships from China. Mine came from Staten Island, NY in 3 days. Not sure why the auction changed. I paid $4.79 for mine including shipping.

 

[Coolhandjjl]

Great! I hate having to go to Hardee’s and use their roast beef scale to weigh my instruments.

 

[Signalsdrone]

I guess you don't own a bathroom scale then?

 

[ZenG]

I have a digital fish weighing scale that goes to fifty lbs. and is very accurate and very portable. Works really well for weighing a bass. I've taken it to stores with me.

I made a up a loop. The way I made it , it won't damage a bass and goes on and off in no time at all.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I would to the music store or FedEx to weigh my Basses. That little scale is neat.

 

[Diamond_Dave]

I already own a digital bathroom scale and a 50 lb. mail scale at the office.

 

[2saddleslab]

My local post office was nice enough to weigh my basses. I was always curious how they compared to each other.

 

[Coolhandjjl]

Always visiting the neighborhood dealer was getting a bit awkward as I never bought anything...

 

[MMiller28]

You get what you pay for

 

[Buzz E]

 

[Killed_by_Death]

I guess you don't own a bathroom scale then?

My bathroom scales were off by as much as half a KiloGram, so I bought kitchen scales that are good for items up to 5 Kg.
It's much more precise.

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[tlc1976]

I have a digital fish weighing scale that goes to fifty lbs. and is very accurate and very portable. Works really well for weighing a bass.

For that 50 lb largemouth bass that got away, so the story says.

I originally weighed mine on a bathroom scale. Later on I got this high precision scale at the resale for $2. Don't know if it was intended for food or drugs or what but it works really well. Yep my 7 string is still about 12 lbs.

 

[ZenG]

For that 50 lb largemouth bass that got away, so the story says.

I originally weighed mine on a bathroom scale. Later on I got this high precision scale at the resale for $2. Don't know if it was intended for food or drugs or what but it works really well. Yep my 7 string is still about 12 lbs.

LOL...I meant for weighing a bass not a bass. My bass is a bass so no problem weighing a bass.

 

[mmbongo]

I guess you don't own a bathroom scale then?

Why would you need to weigh your bathroom?

 

[Brad Johnson]

I guess you don't own a bathroom scale then?

And you'd be wrong. Been using that method for years. It's cool for approximate weight.

This is better. And I only measure once.


Talkbass delivers as usual. This was a suggestion for people who might like to have something to weigh instruments with. I'm not trying to convince the rest of you that it beats driving somewhere to weigh a bass or using the bathroom scale method or a sundial or whatever... knock yourselves out.


These scales seem to have a good reputation, they already have a loop to hang instruments on, have two decimal places for lbs./kgs and does temperature for no apparent reason.

 

[Brad Johnson]

You get what you pay for

Nothing like a saying rife with exceptions.

 

[pcake]

i use a spring scale. mine's industrial but something like this could work https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N3TTTH2/ref=sxbs_sxwds-stvp_2?

 

[Honch]

People just doesn't want to do maths. Placing yourself on top of the bathroom scale WITH the bass, and then stepping off, and step on once again WITHOUT the bass and do the deduction*. People think the scale just shows wrong. I have a digital scale that's within 250 grams. Not "half kilos". BTW it won't tell you anything about neck dive, or balance. On the bass that is.


* I sure bet there are people reading this and thinks "oh eureka, why didn't I think of that!!!".

 

[cdef]

I have a flight luggage scale that's the size of a handle, has a strap and hook, and converts between kg/lb on the display.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

That sounds exactly like what the OP posted.
Did you open the link?