« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2   Go Down

Author Topic: Bass weights  (Read 5497 times)

Denis

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4036
  • Harvester of Appendixes
    • View Profile
Bass weights
« on: December 03, 2009, 04:43:40 PM »
I've been convinced for a long time that my '80 Ripper is a lot heavier than the Victory Std because it doesn't balance as well as the Victory. Not so! They were pretty close in weight, so I got curious.
I put an 11lb weight on my scale and made sure that the scale confirmed that (which it did) so I pulled all the basses out and here's how they stacked up.

G&L LB-100 = 8
'80 Ripper = 10.1
'73 Smurf Ripper = 5.5 (bare body with tuners) - don't tell me that the electronics, strings, bridge, pg, etc add over 4lbs!
'84 Victory Std = 10.2
BaCHBird = 9
'74 P-bass = 9
Fender Cowpoke = 7.25
Danelectro = 6
Epi T-birds = 7.5 each
Logged
Why did Salvador Dali cross the road?
Clocks.

Dave W

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 22253
  • Got time to breathe, got time for music
    • View Profile
Re: Bass weights
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2009, 05:55:00 PM »
Lack of balance can really fool you.
Logged

ilan

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3906
    • View Profile
Re: Bass weights
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2009, 06:41:23 PM »
1964 Gretsch 6070 "Country Gentleman bass" - 8.2 lbs
1966 (w/'72 neck) Fender Mustang bass - 7.2 lbs
1972 Fender Precision - black/maple - 8.2 lbs
1973 Fender Precision fretless - black/rosewood - 8.2 lbs
1975 Fender Precision - sunburst/maple - 9.2 lbs
1975 Fender Precision - sunburst/rosewood - 9.8 lbs
1978 Fender Precision - black/rosewood - 9.0 lbs
1977 Fender Jazz bass - black/maple - 9.0 lbs
1977 Fender Musicmaster bass - Red - 8.4 lbs
1978 Fender Musicmaster bass - black - 8.4 lbs
1978 Fender Musicmaster bass - white - 8.5 lbs
1973 Rickenbacker 4001 - White - 9.0 lbs
1986 Rickenbacker 4003 Shadow - 9.2 lbs
Logged
The guy who bought the same bass twice — first in 1977 and again in 2023

Pilgrim

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 9982
    • View Profile
    • YouTube channel
Re: Bass weights
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2009, 06:53:41 PM »
I'm a gonna blow youse boys away.

I spent a couple of months on Talkbass collecting bass weights.  See the attached Excel spreadsheet.  I'll add the basses in this thread when I get time and post a new spreadsheet.  This one dates from Nov. 2008 but only a few posts have been added at Talkbass.  I'll include them, too - probably this weekend.

Logged
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."

OldManC

  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Posts: 3116
    • View Profile
Re: Bass weights
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2009, 11:13:35 PM »
Ok, I'll add what few I have left in the next couple of days.  ;D
Logged

Lightyear

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2190
  • Hey! You damn kids get off my *@%*~&# lawn!
    • View Profile
Re: Bass weights
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2009, 11:33:50 AM »
What do RD's weigh?

Not yours Kenny - you've shaved half of it off! ;D

Perhaps we should call you the "Butcher of Britain"   ;D ;D   " No bass is safe from this evil villain's belt sander....." :P
« Last Edit: December 04, 2009, 04:44:46 PM by Lightyear »
Logged

Highlander

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 12542
  • There Ken be only one...
    • View Profile
Re: Bass weights
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2009, 05:05:37 PM »
Buzz... that was hurtful...

It was a Spear & Jackson" hand-saw, I'll have you know... an ongoing experiment in "tonewood-tuning"...

Butcher...? perhaps just misunderstood...  ;D

I still have some holes - that Moog cavity needs filing...
Logged
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

Lightyear

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2190
  • Hey! You damn kids get off my *@%*~&# lawn!
    • View Profile
Re: Bass weights
« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2009, 05:13:48 PM »
My most profound apologies, sir! :P :P  Perhaps I can shorten it to B.O.B. instead?  ;D
Logged

Highlander

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 12542
  • There Ken be only one...
    • View Profile
Re: Bass weights
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2009, 05:19:42 PM »
Bring your Own Buzzsaw ...?

What enters the shed, does not come out... the same...  :o  :o  :o
Logged
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

Dave W

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 22253
  • Got time to breathe, got time for music
    • View Profile
Re: Bass weights
« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2009, 08:51:21 AM »
Quote from: Kenny Five-O on December 04, 2009, 05:05:37 PM

It was a Spear & Jackson" hand-saw, I'll have you know... an ongoing experiment in "tonewood-tuning"...


Did you know that Howard Molson's new shovel is a Spear & Jackson No. 3?
Logged

Highlander

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 12542
  • There Ken be only one...
    • View Profile
Re: Bass weights
« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2009, 08:54:53 AM »
Would you like to see my cyst, lad...  :mrgreen:
Logged
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

Dave W

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 22253
  • Got time to breathe, got time for music
    • View Profile
Re: Bass weights
« Reply #11 on: December 05, 2009, 08:56:52 AM »
Why would you want to be a mole?
Logged

Highlander

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 12542
  • There Ken be only one...
    • View Profile
Re: Bass weights
« Reply #12 on: December 05, 2009, 09:01:40 AM »
Ok Kimosabe, you got me there... enhance my comedy knowledge...
Logged
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

Dave W

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 22253
  • Got time to breathe, got time for music
    • View Profile
Re: Bass weights
« Reply #13 on: December 05, 2009, 09:12:35 AM »
I'm quoting from The Testing of Eric Olthwaite from Ripping Yarns (M. Palin & T. Jones, late 70s).
Logged

Highlander

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 12542
  • There Ken be only one...
    • View Profile
Re: Bass weights
« Reply #14 on: December 05, 2009, 09:35:31 AM »
I forgot that bit... like the cyst bit came from "curse Of The Claw, I think...? some things stay near the surface, like his dad speaking in French, and...

Eeee, black pudding's black today, Dave... even white bits are black...

Curiously enough, not seen a re-run here in many years; the Python shows are rarely shown, too... hard to believe there were only nine Ripping Yarns made... like there were only 12 Farty Titties...
Logged
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...
Pages: [1] 2   Go Up
« previous next »