Putting a dollar amount to how much weight matters, if it does.

[JimmyM]

I love how all the jocks in here love to brag about their 12 lb basses and they tell us we just need to work out more. Seriously, shut up.

1. Not everybody works out so get over it.

2. Some of us have worked out and still got injuries, many as a direct result of working out.

3. Some of us got injuries before we worked out and the damage is done.

4. Some of us are in perfect shape and just want lighter basses.

5. I said "shut up" already, didn't I?

 

[satjhmo]

I love how all the jocks in here love to brag about their 12 lb basses and they tell us we just need to work out more. Seriously, shut up.

1. Not everybody works out so get over it.

2. Some of us have worked out and still got injuries, many as a direct result of working out.

3. Some of us got injuries before we worked out and the damage is done.

4. Some of us are in perfect shape and just want lighter basses.

5. I said "shut up" already, didn't I?

Jesus. Who shat in your cornflakes this morning?!

 

[Manticore]

The cheapest basses I own weigh the least.

Same here. It's a wonderful instrument. I have better though, so it rarely gets played.

 

[JimmyM]

Jesus. Who shat in your cornflakes this morning?!

You don't even wanna know.

 

[Sid Fang]

I love how all the jocks in here love to brag about their 12 lb basses and they tell us we just need to work out more. Seriously, shut up.

1. Not everybody works out so get over it.

2. Some of us have worked out and still got injuries, many as a direct result of working out.

3. Some of us got injuries before we worked out and the damage is done.

4. Some of us are in perfect shape and just want lighter basses.

5. I said "shut up" already, didn't I?

REAL men don't even use straps, and consider neck diving to be a competitive sport.

 

[BBassBassington]

Anything over 10lbs is basically unplayable for me (coincidentally my basses are all 8.8-9.8lbs). So the lightest is my pick.

Honestly even if your scale started at 9.5lbs I'd still pick the lightest. If I'm spending that kind of money on an instrument it's going to be an important one and around a long time.

 

[selowitch]

Yup, I have been selecting lighter and lighter basses. My goal is 9lbs. for a five-string and 8.5lbs. for a four-string. My current five-string, a 2014 Fender American Deluxe Dimension V HH, is 9lbs. 1oz. and my 2016 Ernie Ball Music Man Caprice is 8lbs., 3oz. but my 2000 Ernie Ball Music Man Sterling 4H is 9lbs. 3oz.

 

[zontar]

I love how all the jocks in here love to brag about their 12 lb basses and they tell us we just need to work out more. Seriously, shut up.

1. Not everybody works out so get over it.

2. Some of us have worked out and still got injuries, many as a direct result of working out.

3. Some of us got injuries before we worked out and the damage is done.

4. Some of us are in perfect shape and just want lighter basses.

5. I said "shut up" already, didn't I?

Hey--like what you like & play what you want.

For me I have my answer & you have more.

I just find the idea of a lighter bass costing more ridiculous.

Lots of other stuff affects the price (Some of it ridiculous as well, some sensible)
If money was no object I might consider it, but same bass other than weight?

But that's my take, not yours & I don't expect anyone to agree with me, unless they want to.

I know people with bad backs--And I see the pain they go through.

 

[bottomzone]

I'd have to play them first. The one that has a tone that I couldn't walk away from is the one that I'd choose.

 

[ebo]

But most women with big bosoms don't like big bosoms. As they age, the weight gets bad for their backs.

Like I said, I USED to like big bosoms. Women probably like them early on when they’re new. Then it becomes “I’ve gotta lug these things around the rest of my life!?”

 

[StatesideRambler]

A friend is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon and his second favorite procedure is breast reduction because the patients are almost universally satisfied and grateful and their husbands (S.O.’s) quickly learn that it's a good outcome.

 

[selowitch]

A friend is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon and his second favorite procedure is breast reduction because the patients are almost universally satisfied and grateful and their husbands (S.O.’s) quickly learn that it's a good outcome.

So what’s his #1 favorite procedure?

 

[StatesideRambler]

Hand reconstruction. People devise myriad ways of mangling their hands.

 

[GretschWretch]

Getting back to the thread title, can we put a dollar amount on breast reduction surgery?

 

[Troglodyte1911]

Getting back to the thread title, can we put a dollar amount on breast reduction surgery?

$1,987.42/pound

 

[JRA]

How important is lightweight to you?

it has become a defining (deal-breaking), all-important (next to feel-in-the-hands) quality.

of six:
- heaviest = 7.8 lbs.
- lightest = 6.2 lbs.
- average of six = 7.0 lbs.

they all play exceptionally well...why fight the weight?



disclosure: all are parts basses, assembled with weight reduction in mind.