Lightweight Fender Bass?

[ClassicVibes]

On 14/08/2020 at 22:38, fretmeister said:

Sandberg Superlight.

6.5 lb jazz.

Wonderful. Things. 

A thousand times this. Love my SL, absolute beast of a bass but without the bad back!

[dave_bass5]

5 hours ago, bassbiscuits said:

Which is a shame cos they are lovely basses, with versatile sounds and they look awesome.

Loved the tone, it fitted right in with the songs we tend to play. I could quite happily live this that one bass if it was comfortable.

[Gareth Hughes]

The new-ish Fender Player Precision’s are beautifully light - or at least the one I got is, but from what I’ve read they seem to be consistently light weight.

[tom1946]

On 17/08/2020 at 18:07, dave_bass5 said:

My Fender Sandblasted P weighs a lovely 7.9lbs. Its the perfect weight for me. I don’t mind heavier, and i have much heavier, but its the carrying them where i find heavier is more of a pain. 

Too light and i feel i didnt get my money‘ S worth, too heavy and it feels cheap lol. 

Also agree it needs a bit of weight to hang correctly most of the time. 

I have this and it's great! Mine's red tinted.

[dave_bass5]

38 minutes ago, tom1946 said:

I have this and it's great! Mine's red tinted.

Great aren't they? I’d love a red jazz. 

Mine has all black hardware on it now. 

[Deepfat]

If you can find a US Fender Zone - They're pretty light and versatile. Here's a picture of mine.

It's significantly lighter than my Stingray.

 

[Vanheusen77]

There is quite a weight range on Fenders so look around for a light one. On a side note, my Sterling Sub Ray4 is very light and it seems most of the new ones are, so if you like that sound there is hope there as well. Also if balance is an issue light jazz basses balances a bit better than P’s due to the offset in my experience.

[TheGreek]

20 hours ago, Deepfat said:

If you can find a US Fender Zone - They're pretty light and versatile. Here's a picture of mine.

It's significantly lighter than my Stingray.

 

I had one for a while - before taking cash out of your wallet have a read-up. Apparently there was a problem with the active pick ups and pre-amp which resulted in Fender stopping production.

 

[walshy]

My 1965 P bass weighs in at a colossal 3.55kg! Pretty damn light indeed and a bit of a looker too. 

Edited December 17, 2020 by walshy

[TheGreek]

I like the look of this:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/jazz-bass-guitar/124488264716?hash=item1cfc142c0c:g:0dQAAOSw-IRf2S-D

 

[Deepfat]

On 15/12/2020 at 19:13, TheGreek said:

I had one for a while - before taking cash out of your wallet have a read-up. Apparently there was a problem with the active pick ups and pre-amp which resulted in Fender stopping production.

 

I've had mine for almost 20 years without issue. I change the batteries about every other year and it gets played regularly.  Never had an issue with it - maybe just lucky?

[TheGreek]

To be fair, I didn't have any problems with mine (had it about 6 months), however there were lots of horror stories on the net about electronics failure so I decided to move mine on before it became an issue.

[Grahambythesea]

The Sandberg California II TT4 at Bass Direct weighs in at a ridiculous 2.8kg. That’s lighter than most semis. Love the dark tint on the roasted maple neck too.