Just how heavy is bubinga? Yowza

[goblin]

Yeah Bubinga's a pretty heavy wood My bubinga Corvette in the leather gig bag is heavier than the Ash one in a Hiscox

[Lfalex v1.1]

Warwick seem not to care overly about the weight of their instruments.
Only one of the 3 I have is even remotely sensible weight-wise.
The Streamer LX6 is Maple-bodied, but as they scale the bodies up to match the necks, it's a beast at >14lbs!
The Infinity SN4 is Chambered Zebrano. Feels like they filled the chambers with depleted Uranium. Superb tone, though.
Wenge, (and Zebrano) Bubinga and Cocobolo are all very dense timbers. But they all look good, feel good, and contribute to a decent tone (body wood / tone arguments notwithstanding)

[xgsjx]

Why not replace the strap button on the body with a floor pin & play it upright?

[Clarky]

House insurance wouldn't cover the damage to the floor

[xgsjx]

Good point!

[goblin]

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' timestamp='1324897885' post='1478286']
Warwick seem not to care overly about the weight of their instruments.
Only one of the 3 I have is even remotely sensible weight-wise.
The Streamer LX6 is Maple-bodied, but as they scale the bodies up to match the necks, it's a beast at >14lbs!
The Infinity SN4 is Chambered Zebrano. Feels like they filled the chambers with depleted Uranium. Superb tone, though.
Wenge, (and Zebrano) Bubinga and Cocobolo are all very dense timbers. But they all look good, feel good, and contribute to a decent tone (body wood / tone arguments notwithstanding)
[/quote]

I daren't imagine that six if it was in the woods my fretless 'vette is. It comes out at 11lbs, and that goes up to 20 when I put it in the leather gig bag. Funny thing is, the 6er weighs about 9 lbs!

[fender73]

I find the weight of my Bubinga Warwick Corvette reassuring. Don't ask me why.

[LukeFRC]

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' timestamp='1324897885' post='1478286']
Warwick seem not to care overly about the weight of their instruments.
Only one of the 3 I have is even remotely sensible weight-wise.
The Streamer LX6 is Maple-bodied, but as they scale the bodies up to match the necks, it's a beast at >14lbs!
The Infinity SN4 is Chambered Zebrano. Feels like they filled the chambers with depleted Uranium. Superb tone, though.
Wenge, (and Zebrano) Bubinga and Cocobolo are all very dense timbers. But they all look good, feel good, and contribute to a decent tone (body wood / tone arguments notwithstanding)
[/quote] (mine is under 8lb.... )

[goblin]

[quote name='fender73' timestamp='1325148399' post='1480167']
I find the weight of my Bubinga Warwick Corvette reassuring. Don't ask me why.
[/quote]

Same! Come the apocalypse, there're going to be three remaining things.

Bubinga Corvettes
Cockroaches
The DFS Sale

[Clarky]

So would anyone like a reassuringly heavy, minty condition German made fretless Corvette for a mere £400 (the bargain price I paid)?

[Lfalex v1.1]

My LX6 is not reassuringly heavy. It is a brute.
BUT it has SD soapbars as standard (because MEC didn't make anything big enough in '97) and a 7 piece all-Wenge neck (8 if the fretboard counts) A brass JAN 1, the lot. In a 6-string shoot-out, only a Smith beat it. It laughed at the Tobias.
The tone is superb.
And the strap is W-I-D-E