mark beem
Wait, how does this song start again??
My Valenti T21-J5 is only 8.2 pounds. Cut off for me would be anything over 9.5 pounds
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My Warwick Corvette (bubinga) is 10.1lbs...on a four stringer. After a few nights gigging in a row, my shoulder is miserable for a few days even with a 4" neoprene strap. If it wasn't my working dog, set up exactly how I like, with a neck profile I've grown to love (baseball bat), Id look for a different one.
Although I must say that Ive gotten used to the weight and how to handle it, My other basses don't feel as solid or rugged without the extra couple pounds.
Although I must say that Ive gotten used to the weight and how to handle it, My other basses don't feel as solid or rugged without the extra couple pounds.
Under 8.5 is light
8.5 to 9.75 is average
9.75 and up is heavy.
8.5 to 9.75 is average
9.75 and up is heavy.
You probably know you have a heavy bass when you finish up your gigs looking like this.
My heaviest is a couple ounces under 8 pounds - that's a fretless that I usually play sitting down (the gig I use it on is a sitting gig). All the rest are under 7.5, with a medium scale at 6.25. For those that say Warmoths are heavy, all the basses under 7.5 are...Warmoths - necks and bodies.
For me used to be 9 pounds, after three year of consistent weight lifting, cardio and yoga I can play +10 pounds without a problem.
Here we like to recommend x brands because their weight but we almost never mention how regular workout can make wonders to your body.
Here we like to recommend x brands because their weight but we almost never mention how regular workout can make wonders to your body.
I have a 11.5 pound ATK I am dying to gig but haven' cause I'm outta shape. Being fit is important for all weights.
You shouldn't keep your bass stand behind the drummer's throne.
That's the problem with wireless - no leash on the thing. If it were plugged in, you might still have it.
I think where you "hang" it matters too. I've noticed that hanging basses low in the rock out position caused problems with respect to weight and "neck dive" but hanging it where, you know, you can play the thing comfortably makes weight and dive almost a non issue.
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Yeah, definitely positioning matters. Best to suck it up and look like a geezer, eh?
I'm just shy of 40 and haven't felt that any of my basses are heavy, they're all under 10. Y'all are scaring me about what the future holds.
Lol. There's a happy medium between geek position under the jaw and Fieldy. I like resting the body against the little pad of dad fat that seems to have collected on my belly.
I'm in the same club. Weight hasn't ever bothered me but I wonder if there's a year at which all my support structure just goes to shiz.
A strong argument to support dadbod
