Some thoughts I have on our classified's most common question...
Now I'm a small feller that plays 4 and 5 string basses for sometimes up to 3 hours, and I have a bunch of different basses that all weigh different amounts. Besides sometimes vocalizing once in a while to the bass I'm holding, "Geez gal you are a little hefty." I don't really notice how the instruments weigh me down. I'm usually having a lot of fun playing, and I also purchased wide straps that are proper for the instrument. Basses are big, and I love that about them. Even the little ones like Mustangs, sound big and are at least heavier than a Strat. I think if a Mustang bass is too heavy, one should seek something in the skinny headless category. Lucky for you seems like there are a number of options there. However, I do see countless children and smaller ladies ripping full scale basses on YouTube, albeit sometimes in a chair, but I saw George Porter Jr. at Tipitinas last year playing in a chair and no one seemed to care about that. Me thinks the obsession with the weight of a bass is short sighted and a bit silly. If basses are too heavy, play keys, guitar, sax, whatever. You can tell your tale on a thousand different canvases and still plug in.
Also, is it just me or is "Weight?" the "Is it available?" for our marketplace? I can't count the amount of times I have had to weigh a bass for someone, respond with that weight, and then it's crickets on their end. So to those buyers, I say if you are too lazy to respond with your thoughts about the requested weight, you might be too lazy to play the low bottom beast known as bass.
To those of you that ask, "Weight?" and then respond, good on you. Maybe you can lead a new charge by asking, "how heavy is that hunk of wood?", or "what kind of over the shoulder boulder holder do you use to slap the B string on that sucker while dancing?"
Now I'm a small feller that plays 4 and 5 string basses for sometimes up to 3 hours, and I have a bunch of different basses that all weigh different amounts. Besides sometimes vocalizing once in a while to the bass I'm holding, "Geez gal you are a little hefty." I don't really notice how the instruments weigh me down. I'm usually having a lot of fun playing, and I also purchased wide straps that are proper for the instrument. Basses are big, and I love that about them. Even the little ones like Mustangs, sound big and are at least heavier than a Strat. I think if a Mustang bass is too heavy, one should seek something in the skinny headless category. Lucky for you seems like there are a number of options there. However, I do see countless children and smaller ladies ripping full scale basses on YouTube, albeit sometimes in a chair, but I saw George Porter Jr. at Tipitinas last year playing in a chair and no one seemed to care about that. Me thinks the obsession with the weight of a bass is short sighted and a bit silly. If basses are too heavy, play keys, guitar, sax, whatever. You can tell your tale on a thousand different canvases and still plug in.
Also, is it just me or is "Weight?" the "Is it available?" for our marketplace? I can't count the amount of times I have had to weigh a bass for someone, respond with that weight, and then it's crickets on their end. So to those buyers, I say if you are too lazy to respond with your thoughts about the requested weight, you might be too lazy to play the low bottom beast known as bass.
To those of you that ask, "Weight?" and then respond, good on you. Maybe you can lead a new charge by asking, "how heavy is that hunk of wood?", or "what kind of over the shoulder boulder holder do you use to slap the B string on that sucker while dancing?"
me thinks you were having some pretty good thoughts for a "small feller," until that statement. i'm gonna suggest that you continue thinking it through. good luck! 
