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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I chose to start a new thread on this because the topic is expanded to cover guitar weight in general. I was able to obtain a digital scale that measures down to fifth pounds, although there are more accurate scales out there. I had a few guitars on hand and the following list shows guitar weight in ascending order. The lightest of the batch was the Hamer Improv at 4.8 pounds. The 1187 SSB custom was second at 4.9 pounds (the scale bounced back and forth between 4.8 and 5.0, so I took the midpoint). The heaviest of the batch was the Viper III at 9.8 pounds, which surprised me. I was also suprised that three different Strats, all with ash bodies, varied by nearly a full pound. Of course, YMMV.
Guitar Model Weight
Hamer Improv 4.8
Adamas 1187 SSB 4.9
Adamas OFC-I 5.0
Takamine EF75J 5.0
Ovation 1547 SSB 5.2
Adamas 1881 5.4
Ovation KOALA 5.4
Ovation 1778RF 5.6
Ovation 1866 5.6
Adamas SSB wood proto 5.6
Adamas 1581 30th RI 5.8
Takamine Opry 5.8
Harmony Bobkat Deluxe 6.0
Ovation 1768 Book 6.2
Ovation 1651 6.2
Epiphone Joe Pass 6.4
Ovation EA68 Maple 6.8
Ovation EA68 Tamo Ash 6.8
Ovation Thunderhead 7.0
Ovation Hurricane 7.2
Guild S-250 7.2
Ovation BW LTD 7.4
Guild Pilot Bass 7.4
Ovation EA58 Maple 7.4
Ovation VXT Koa 7.6
Gibson CA SST 7.6
Fender Strat AS Ash 7.8
Ovation Preacher 7.8
Ovation Ukii 8.0
Fender Jaguar 8.0
Gibson ES-135 P-90 8.0
Hamer Monoco III 8.0
Gretsch CG 8.2
Guild Starfire IV 8.2
Fender Strat Am Dlx 8.2
Fender Tele '52 RI 8.2
Fender Strat 50th 8.6
Gibson ES-335 CRS TD 9.0
Gibson LP Proto 9.0
Gibson Les Paul Std 9.6
Ovation Viper III 9.8 |
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Location: NJ | SlowDay in th'Denver Court System . . . .
(btw, would y'mind re-stringing 'em all with different gauges of strings & report on the weight differential(s), if any?? . . thx!) |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I would imagine the variance of the O/A's would have a lot to do with the electronics. The older units seem like they would weigh more. |
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Location: Montana | Very interesting. Here are the weights given for solidbody Vipers by Mr. O in another thread:
As far as weight goes, although they all seem to be made of good wood, the weights are all over the map.
- Black = 9.25 lbs
- Cream = 9.00 lbs
- Natural = 8.75 lbs
- Red = 7.75 lbs!!!
and just for fun....
- Urelite = 7 lbs !!! All are regular vipers, all have the brass bridge. The Natural and Urelite have maple fretboards, while the others have the rosewood fretboards. So I guess as wood is a natural material they will vary or as it is often said "your mileage may vary".
Thanks for the investigation Professor! |
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Location: Flahdaw | When I get real bored, I go straighten out my garage, or go out in the yard and spray Roundup on the weeds. I guess I could start weighing things around the house. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Not today, Cliff, but had some time last evening after class . . . |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | He probably didn't realize that you posted before 7:30 AM, in our time zone. |
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| "I had a few guitars on hand "
Beautiful. |
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Location: Utah | Can we get that list sorted alphabetically by brand/model? How about by year of manufacture? j/k prof, that's a lot of work you did there. |
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Location: NJ | back in the 70's you added brass everything to the guitar to make it sustain and has that solid feel.
now everyone wants a light guitar for resonance.
I have no clue which is better or worse |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Can't beat a Travis Bean for both weight and sustain. |
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Location: New Hampsha | Professor,
That's odd.
That exact same Hurricane weighed 204 pounds when I weighed it.....
Oh.
Wait. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by Mitzdawg:
Professor, That's odd. That exact same Hurricane weighed 204 pounds when I weighed it.....Oh. Wait. Things are lighter at altitude. We spin faster. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I used to think 200 lbs. was a lot. |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by stephent28:
I would imagine the variance of the O/A's would have a lot to do with the electronics. The older units seem like they would weigh more. I saw this thread 6 hours ago. I thought I'd weigh the 1337 and 1537 and report the difference. Never got to the shipping scale with the 1337... played it for hours until I broke a string. Oh well... maybe tomorrow :) |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
I used to think 200 lbs. was a lot. To bench press? Not really.... |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | And here's me thinking... "Guitar Weights" - the latest OFC offering to compliment your collection of "String Tubes". |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I can't sell string tubes anymore. Some company patented it. Oh well. I mean, I still have plenty and use them. Just can't advertise or sell them any more with out paying a royality. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | just call 'em "strubes" and carry on. |
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Location: Nîmes, south of France | Nice topic Professor BB.
I weighed mine with precision scale, numbers are given with 1/100 Lb precision.
Here are data for my guitars:
Viper EA68 30th anniversary ("book" style) 6.33 Lbs
Viper EA63 proto WN 5.02 Lbs
Adamas 1881-2 5.31 Lbs
And for fun, i weighed the two following ones:
Miguel Gonzalez Abad (spanish classical) 3.44 Lbs
Gretsch G6122-1959 8.94 Lbs
There is a noticeable difference your EA68/1881 vs mine. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Anybody have a Les Paul to weigh? |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Brad, on the Les Pauls, I weighed two. They're at the bottom of the list just above the Viper III. Arnaud, our 1881 weights were very close, the EA68s about a half pound difference (could this be the tops, your spruce vs. my maple and ash?), and your nylon model is considerably lighter. Thanks for the update. |
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Location: Nîmes, south of France | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
(...)your nylon model is considerably lighter (...) Yes Professor i agree, however I don't know why there is so much difference.
Could the body be more chambered ? |
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