When will it be too light?

[alex1fly]

9 pages means that what I have to say has probably been said, but it's all about the balance. Balance makes more of a difference to playability than overall weight. I have a 6 lb'er that balances great and I had a 7 lb'er that didn't so I swapped some parts and now it balances better.

 

[J-Mags]

For old school Fenders, I feel like sub-8lbs is likely to require a concerted effort to avoid neck dive, and that neck dive makes a bass feel much heavier than it is. 8.5 to 9 lbs is around the sweet spot for a P-Bass if you don't want to have to mess with it.

Otherwise, I think you can go pretty darn low.

 

[ole Jason]

I used to have a 13.5 lb seven string bass that should've been permanently mounted to one.

Used to.

lol I have a Conklin GTBD-7 that is probably close to that. It balances well but the overall weight is pretty gnarly.

 

[TyBo]

For old school Fenders, I feel like sub-8lbs is likely to require a concerted effort to avoid neck dive, and that neck dive makes a bass feel much heavier than it is. 8.5 to 9 lbs is around the sweet spot for a P-Bass if you don't want to have to mess with it.

Otherwise, I think you can go pretty darn low.

If by "concerted effort"' you mean lite tuners, then sure. But that's all I've needed, down under 7 lbs. Anyway, as you say, you can go pretty darn low.

 

[J-Mags]

If by "concerted effort"' you mean lite tuners, then sure. But that's all I've needed, down under 7 lbs. Anyway, as you say, you can go pretty darn low.

My now sold P-Bass at 7.5 lbs with a Kickass bridge and import ultralight tuners still leaned on the neck enough to make it less comfortable to play than my similarly outfitted 8.75 lb Fernandes. Of course, every bass is different.