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Need a very light bass , help

#22
pedroims said:
Ok, My back - neck is bad, something is wrong and I need to take care of it, I dont need to stop playing but need to be careful, I need a very light bass, the lighest I can get, money is not an issue ( medication and chiropractic arent cheaper either), I found a squier jaguar that is really light and a EBMM is on its way and I know it wont be light, so what you recommend me to do: upgrade the squier with whatever pickups and preamp or sell the EBMM and start the hunting for the lighest bass in history, if so, where to look at? I remember that Sadowsky built a bass on the 7 pounds range.

Edit: my bass is on the middle, not on my knees not my chest, I practice seated everyday and rehersal is 3 hours every Monday.
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You are in a tough predicament, I've been through this myself. Anything with neck dive should be avoided too
 
#28
My Squier VM Jaguar P/J Special is only 7.6 lbs. It's Active and right now it comes with a Gig Bag.
[Invalid or Expired Link Removed] The Short Scale one is only 6.4 lbs. but the Gig Bag rebate doesn't apply to it. It's not active.
 
#30
Dark Horse said:
My Longhorns probably weigh between 5 and 6 lbs...maybe less. I use light basses because I broke my neck and am prone to getting migraines, so the Longhorns fit me perfectly.
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The Danelectro DC Short Scale one is super light too. I had a reissue DC that wasn't Short Scale and it was too light. Seemed like you could snap it in half without much effort.
 
#33
The lightest bass I have played which looks, feels and sounds good is a Peavey Cirrus BXP, VERY sweet.
And Tobias basses, as opposed to Ken Smith's which are heavy!
A ridiculously light bass is the Curbow edition made by Cort.
Good Luck!
 
#36
I honestly don't think it has as much to do with the weight of the instrument as it does the distribution of that weight. Look at where the strap contacts your body, and how it pulls your whole upper half to the left. My left trap muscle is almost twice the size of my right, from holding up that bass all these years.
 
#37
pedroims said:
yeah I considered the hofner and I was tempted to trade my streamliner for CT but I just dont like the violin shape, I probably need to grow on this deparment.
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The neck dive would require constant muscle tension in your left arm and side. I don't know if that would be a problem for your back and neck, but I wouldn't like it personally.
 
#39
lowendgenerator said:
I honestly don't think it has as much to do with the weight of the instrument as it does the distribution of that weight. Look at where the strap contacts your body, and how it pulls your whole upper half to the left. My left trap muscle is almost twice the size of my right, from holding up that bass all these years.
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I was talking with my wife and we agreed that is strange that this pain started two years after I started playing bass, first I blame the mattress, then the stress from the job but now I am considering it may be something related to the bass, I practice sitting all the time and rehersals are 3 hour on Monday and 30 minutes playing at church on Sunday, I am visiting my doctor tomorrow beause this is getting really bad, I have 2 weeks of constant pain in the middle of my back and goes all the way up my neck.
 
#40
MIMJAZZ said:
Back to the Hofner basses. I am not to hot about the violin shape either but I really really love the Club bass. Its one of my favorites. SUPA COO!
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If the OP is not into violin shaped basses, a Hofner Club bass would be a good choice IMO. Hofners are very light, Icon without the center block of the Contemporary might be even lighter.

If it's a Fender-type that you would prefer, a P-bass Lyte is the lightest Fender I've played: just over 7 lbs.

Either an Icon or a P-lyte can be found (Fender, used) in the 300 -400 range.
 

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