A) don't think about an RD (over 9lbs, in my modified state model), or a Victory (even heavier!) if you go down the latter route, and...
B) always read back for typos...
Stephen... Steve... I presume that, "Both of us being lovers", should have ended with an "of Ampeg instruments", but the world is a many splendoured thing...
In all seriousness, the weight
issue is a real shame...