A very weird request… pickup weights….!

[tegs07]

10 hours ago, stevel said:

I'm surprised no-one has yet mentioned the biggest part of the mass of a bass... the body. If you're really committed to the idea of making it as light as possible, seems an obvious place to start. I recently bought a 2nd hand Hofner Shorty Bass for £75 - cheap as chips and weighs 2.3kg. If you can cope with the neck dive, there isn't much that'll be lighter. 

Hi yep indeed. This is why I suggested the Warmoth dinky P.

They also make chambered and hollow bodied variants.

Edited June 9, 2022 by tegs07

[tauzero]

On 04/06/2022 at 11:41, fretmeister said:

I’m taking the Colin Chapman / Lotus approach to this. Nothing is too nuts to get the weight down. Paint will be stripped if it has to be! 

 

Colin Chapman's approach would be that if it survived long enough to do an encore, it was too heavy.

 

I take it you'll be starting with a headless cricket bat, as that gets rid of a load of unnecessary weight.

[itu]

11 hours ago, stevel said:

I'm surprised no-one has yet mentioned the biggest part of the mass of a bass... the body.

Did I mention ES-335, Lairat, Steinberger... I think I covered (sic!) possible materials, too.

 

By the way, if this is new to you, many graphite necks are hollow.