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Recommend a lightweight bass option.

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Hofner < 5 lbs.

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Jazz Ad said:
I see a Danelectro in your future.
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Classic P tones from the DanoBlaster Rumor, and unlike many Danos it's 34" scale. Mine is 6.9 pounds. There's one in the Classifieds right now for $200. No affiliation.

blindrabbit said:
Used Fender Precision Lyte. P/J configuration, keeps you with Fender, and I'm sure they are all in the 7 lb range, it wouldn't surprise me if some are even in the 6s. The only problem could be the price...you may have to be patient to find one for $300. $400 is more realistic.
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Agree. My P Lyte Deluxe is 7.5 pounds and sounds great. Active only though. Not for sale! :)

inthevelvet said:
This would do it...

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PBassPJCAR
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Whoa! that must the lightest Squier ever!!
 
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It's hard to say how much any given model of guitar will weigh. The Danelectro is the only one I can tell you *for sure* will be light, everything else will be hit or miss on the weight. I only recommend sweetwater.com because they will show tell you how much a bass weighs and let you pick from a group (If any other on-line retailer does this I would love to know who it/they are). Especially with Fender/Squier the weights can be very different, I'm sure the other brands weight varies just as much but I don't pay as much attention to them, but I've seen the same models have as much as three pound difference in the same color/model bass and three pound is a whopping difference when the top end is only 11 pounds, that's nearly a 30% difference in weight. Usually the weights are closer the one I'm talking about was the semi-hollow Starcaster, you'd think this would be light and some of them were at just over 8lbs, but they also had two that weighed just over 11!!! Same color and all. If you go look at the natural ones right now you can see a difference from 7lb14oz to 9lb10oz, that's nearly two pounds difference with these small #s that's a >~25% difference (unbelievable to me but the heavy 11 pounders sold before the lighter ones did).
 
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R&B said:
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Don't know about the Ibanez, but Squiers can be extremely hefty. I'd guess the average is 9.5 pounds, with some closer to 10..
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With respect, I feel that is a bit of an overarching generalization. I had a CV Jazz that weighed in at 8.75lbs and still have a Standard P-Bass Special that is somewhere between 8.5lbs and 9lbs. (I haven't weighed it in quite some time, but it certainly feels about the same weight or lighter) Certainly, I've had some heavy Squiers before (two Standard Jazzes…one was 10lbs 2oz, another was much less), but what I think we can both agree on is this; there is anywhere from a little to a lot of variation between individual units belonging to the same production line. Or to put it simply…anything goes! ;)
 
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I think at that budget, if you want a reasonable sounding bass that follows the industry standard, plays well and is reasonably built, you are pretty much looking at a P, P/J or J style Squier or perhaps a Yamaha(have seen quite a few light weight ones). If possible buy used.. might have a chance to grab a bargain.

All the other stuff being hollow body and what not is gonna sound different... really depends on the style of music you play and whether you want 34" scale or prefer shorter.

With all that in mind, you might have to wait around a bit for one of the desired weight due to weight fluctuations within the same line.
 
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Light weight= Ibanez, Yamaha. I used to have a Yamaha RBX 260 light weight P/J config and sounded very good through a decent rig. It was also very inexpensive as well.
 

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