Do you like your guitars heavy or light?

[Mincer]

Something that is well-balanced can make up for being a little heavier than I like.

 

[Mr. B]

Most of my best sounding guitars are light examples of their type. I have had heavier examples of the same guitars, and most did not sound as good to my ears.

 

[Artie]

Now that I'm a little older, (little?), I like light. I think it's one of the reasons that my Peavey Rockmaster, while being one of my cheapest, is also one of my favorites. One bridge humbucker . . . no weight.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

As long as it balances, light is cool. However, my Warwick is super heavy, has a hint of dive, but plays and sounds killer.

 

[Archer250]

All things considered, lighter guitars tend to sound better than heavier ones. There are exceptions, but this is, in my experience, the rule

Light guitars are also more comfortable to carry or put on your leg.

Consequently light guitars are, for me, more fun to play.

Having said that, the guitar has to be a solid instrument regardless of weight for me to actually want to play it.

 

[Mincer]

I never noticed a sonic blanket difference between weights. Some light guitars sound good, some heavy ones do...but if it is heavy, I will find myself playing it less, even if it sounds great. For some reason, that isn't enough to keep me picking it up.

 

[SFW]

Depends on the guitar. I prefer strat style guitars to be light. I prefer Les Pauls to have some weight. Somewhere in the eight to ten pound area. I find they have a more focused mid range.


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[Spirit of 76]

I prefer them on the lighter side. But if it's a really cool guitar, I can deal with a heavy one. :cool2:

 

[Bogner]

I don't care about the weight at all. I am after feel, tone, resonance, all the things I look for in what I call a good guitar and that I like. It it weighs 4 pounds or 12 pounds I don't care. I am even becoming more flexible on color if the guitar is everything I am wanting.

 

[Powdered Toast Man]

I never noticed a sonic blanket difference between weights. Some light guitars sound good, some heavy ones do...but if it is heavy, I will find myself playing it less, even if it sounds great. For some reason, that isn't enough to keep me picking it up.

Same here. If it's over 8 lbs I don't end up playing it. I didn't even know what my guitars weighed until last year. Turns out they're all close to 7.6 lbs. Now when I shop (especially online) that's the weight I aim for. I've got a couple in the 6.5 lbs range and I like those too but I don't go out of my way to find super light stuff. 7.6ish feels like home.

 

[Bogner]

Too light for me and they feel like toys. Gotta have a little meat on the bone for me.

 

[muttznmongrelz]

Too light for me and they feel like toys. Gotta have a little meat on the bone for me.

Well said; exactly the way I feel about it..:friday:

 

[Mincer]

I am going to reach for lighter guitars more, and play them longer.

 

[Sirion]

I've never weighed a guitar, but in general I would play anything that sounded good. In the past, I've tended to find heavier guitars 'dead' sounding.

 

[Erlend_G]

I must say-

I like my guitars THICK!

With thick bodies, and thick necks. I once bought an Ibanez S- it sounded rubbish to my ears, and the neck was like a toothpick.

The Epi Wildkat "koa" I got now, has a thick, semi-hollow body, and quite a juicy neck (that i LOVE ) ... and it sounds thick and fat, aswell .

-E