Lightening my load

[lownote]

I have a Revelation P bass. Curiously it's getting heavier. This can have nothing to do with my age, obv.  Any suggestions for reducing mass? I suppose I'm asking if there are any remotely practical ways of thinning or hollowing out the body, so i am not expecting a tsunami of answers. 

[Jonse]

Open the control cavity and fill it with helium 

[John Cribbin]

Take a look at your strap. A wide padded one won't reduce the weight, but it may spread it and make it more comfortable.

As a last resort, there's always air guitar ...

[Steve Browning]

Lightweight tuners? They are available. 

No idea what the bridge is like on those but maybe there's a less substantial version?

[ikay]

Get out your drill...!

[lownote]

Finally got the weighing machine out - 7.3 pounds.  So, it's me.

[lownote]

4 minutes ago, ikay said:

Get out your drill...!

Actually, not such a bad idea if I don't over do it.

[Dan Dare]

If you're tired/run down, things get heavier. I know from trying to carry my PA up the stairs to my flat at 4am after I've driven 100 miles home from a job. I waltz out to the car with it on the way out and stagger back indoors with it when I get home. A wide strap is the way to go. 

Edited August 21, 2020 by Dan Dare

[lownote]

7 minutes ago, Dan Dare said:

If you're tired/run down, things get heavier. I know from trying to carry my PA up the stairs to my flat at 4am after I've driven 100 miles home from a job. I waltz out to the car with it on the way out and stagger back indoors with it when I get home. A wide strap is the way to go. 

I think it's two things Dan, I haven't gigged or even rehearsed in three years, I always practise at tum sitting down and my new band do it standing up, a band px is twice as long as the usual gig. Three things.  Right. PS I am of the age where I didn't even know 4 o'clock came twice in one day.  Respec' to you.

[stewblack]

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[Dan Dare]

20 hours ago, lownote12 said:

PS I am of the age where I didn't even know 4 o'clock came twice in one day.  Respec' to you.

Thanks. I'm also of that age, but as I no longer have to get up for work in the mornings, I can sleep in if I have a late one. Have a look at Pinegrove straps. Not cheap, but very good. I've just bought their 4 inch wide padded bass strap and it makes a big difference to comfort.