Lightweight Basses?

[Gare Boo]

My Yamaha Motion B is very light. Powerful sound too.

Is yours the shovel headstock one or the other version? thx

 

[Gare Boo]

Here's my G&L JB-5 in empress, which at 8.2 pounds is pretty light for a five:

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Does G&L still offer empress wood body as a custom option? thx

 

[Gare Boo]

7.3 lbs, and it isn't even Empress!
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Wow thats even lighter than most Empress ones

 

[saltydude]

Is yours the shovel headstock one or the other version? thx

here’s a few old pictures I found.

 

[Gare Boo]

here’s a few old pictures I found. View attachment 4142807

Nice! Thx man

 

[jd56hawk]

Wow thats even lighter than most Empress ones

Swamp Ash...I got lucky.
My other L2000 is well over 10 pounds.

 

[Bass V]

Wow I had a coupe of short scales but never this light

it's a direct throwback to the Fullerton era of Mustangs etc., toss in a mudbucker and it's Kalamazoo lol

 

[SBassman]

Squier Mini P. 6ish pounds.

 

[Gare Boo]

Squier Mini P. 6ish pounds.

Cuz its mini? lol

 

[JRA]

Do u mind sharing with us what those are?

not at all --- in pounds, lightest to heaviest:

 

[Gare Boo]

not at all --- in pounds, lightest to heaviest:

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Wow what are those?

 

[Nedmundo]

Does G&L still offer empress wood body as a custom option? thx

As far as I know, yes. It’s never been on their web site, but it’s been available for years. I read somewhere that they’ve kept it “unofficial” because supplies of suitable empress aren’t very consistent, but who knows. I also have an empress Comanche guitar, which is great.

 

[woodyng2]

My lightest is my walnut Rick Cheyenne @7 lbs 5oz. (pictured)
Runner-up is my empress Wunkay@7 lbs 8 oz.
Fernandes Gravity 8 string 7lbs 9 oz
Peavey Palaedium 8 lbs
Cheyenne ii 8 lbs 3 oz (the blue one in the pic)
Laredo 8 lbs 14 oz
GL JB2 8 lbs 3 oz
Rick 4000 8 lbs 9 oz
My v57 Rick and Viellette-Citron are each 9 lbs 5 oz.

 

[west al]

I had a German Hofner that was just over 4 pounds.

 

[Aidil]

This Ibanez SRH505 is my current lightest at 3kg, (which is definitely below 7 lbs):

My SRFF806 is 3.8kg. Still lightweight in terms of long scale 6 string basses:

 

[JRA]

what are those?

they're all modified/parts-axes (kapok and glarry brands).
build costs:
- least = $447
- most = $669
- average = $512

 

[Matt23]

I think the newer ones with the Paulownia body are even lighter? Why did they switch from cedar to paulownia anyway?

I’m not sure, I’m yet to see a lighter 5 than mine! I think they’re about the same, going by the weights listed on Bass Direct. I don’t know if paulowina is better for finishing or if it’s any harder wearing. My cedar one is pretty soft and has picked up a couple of minor knocks seemingly just from being looked the wrong way but hey, it adds ‘mojo’ and I actually love the way this bass is wearing in. It feels like a bass that’s had years of play put on it. The cedar run was very short, so perhaps it was a cost or stock choice to swap?

 

[Bleecker]

I have a Peavey Patriot, don't know the weight, but you could forget you have it hangin'!

 

[Gare Boo]

I had a German Hofner that was just over 4 pounds.

The violin short scale?

 

[lomo]

I think the newer ones with the Paulownia body are even lighter? Why did they switch from cedar to paulownia anyway?

Empress=paulownia....same wood.