lightest solid body bass you've ever played?

[VitalSigns]

My P bass. The body is made out of some weird wood that I can't remember the name of.
It's so soft I could literally gouge out chunks of wood with my nails.

My smallest textbook from school probably weighs more than it.

 

[malthumb]

An Elrick I think.

Same here. Many years ago, at Huber & Breese. I only mention that because the 2nd lightest bass I remember playing was a Fodera at the same store.

 

[SirMjac28]

Hofner 185 CT Light but has a very full tone

 

[Hevy T]

Guild Pilot and mt Epi Toboas toby. Both only around 6 lbs

 

[darkstorm]

Either an early ibanez sr300 with mahognay body or traben array with royal palwonia body.

 

[superblues]

Outside of a cheap-o Steinberger that probably weighed about 5 or 6 lbs, I owned a US Masters EP42 with a one-piece solid mahogany body that weighed under 7 lbs.

Great tone, but the neck profile was a little unconventional.

 

[bootsox]

I've got a solidbodied parts jazz bass that weighs just at 5 pounds. the secret: it's a paulownia body.

 

[cnltb]

Same here. Many years ago, at Huber & Breese. I only mention that because the 2nd lightest bass I remember playing was a Fodera at the same store.

A Fodera??
Light??

...interesting!

 

[malthumb]

A Fodera??
Light??

...interesting!

I was shocked. Think it was an Emperor(?). I'm not up on the Fodera models. Same body style as VW bass.

 

[TIMDETROIT]

Lightest---Squier Jag SS. Heaviest---Squier Tele Bass.

 

[wilfred]

Some cheap rouge bass it was a pretty cool bass for having a way to wide neck and the smallest body i have ever seen on a bass..

 

[Waldo19]

My Hofner 182.

 

[cfsporn]

My Squier Mike Dirnt Signature weighs a mere 6.5 pounds, and sounds just as good as any of my more expensive basses.

 

[mark roberts]

hey guys

simple question what is the lightest solid body bass you have ever played?

the lightest bass i personally played was an ibanez sr505 at the local guitar center. the body was paper thin and extremely comfotrable. as for tone and all that fun stuff it was nice but for that price id rather go with something else.

EB Musicman Bongo 4 HH

 

[pedrodelawasp]

a Tanglewood Warrior 2 I had until the other day was very light

 

[Hilton Marsh]

Isn't the Dan Electro longhorn bass made out of plywood and is as light as a giraffe's fart? I own an Ibanez Explorer bass that weights almost nothing compared to my Gibson Flying V and Les Paul basses that weigh me down, way down.

 

[Dan Knowlton]

Sadowsky NYC Standard 5 - 7.9 lbs. The Tune Bass Maniac I used to have was 7.2 lbs but that was a 4-string and I only play 5'ers now.

Dan K.

 

[Wookieonbass]

Lightest would definately be my Jay Turser 5 string I converted into a fretless. I think the body is made out on bass wood. Very light!