Heavy Guitars

[TRex]

When im standing up, I find unless my guitar is over about 7.5lbs, it feels like I don't have a guitar on me. Because of this I have been drawn to Les Pauls and such rather than my strat that's about 7 pounds.

I absolutely love the feel of a CMG non weight relived Les Paul copy, weighing in about 10lbs iirc.

Anyone else seem to be drawn to heavy guitars?

 

[muttznmongrelz]

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Yep; same here. If I can't feel it then it doesn't appeal to me. Had a 10 lb 8 oz '82 LP Standard and that did it for me.

 

[Archer250]

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NUH-UH


7-8.5 is ideal. I have a 11lbs strat that's giving me lower back pain when played wrong and I'm gonna drill holes in it one day.

 

[TRex]

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NUH-UH


7-8.5 is ideal. I have a 11lbs strat that's giving me lower back pain when played wrong and I'm gonna drill holes in it one day.

Well I have a young back haha

 

[Archer250]

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Well I have a young back haha

I dunno, I've played a slightly heavy (9.5 lbs) Les Paul, and I'm nearly fine with that... Strats and Teles of that same weight are backbreakers, for some reason.

 

[AlexR]

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I have guitars in all ranges. They are all types too, from jazzbox style to Norlin era LP's, strats, teles, SG's. They all sit differently, play differently and sound different too. After that a small amount of weight difference is the smallest of all.

 

[Securb]

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I have guitars in all ranges. They are all types too, from jazzbox style to Norlin era LP's, strats, teles, SG's. They all sit differently, play differently and sound different too. After that a small amount of weight difference is the smallest of all.

Same here I would say my Parker is my lightest and my Les Paul is the heaviest. It really doesn't matter to me.

 

[TRex]

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I'm not saying effects sound, just feel nicer to me

 

[muttznmongrelz]

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Like straps, pickups, color, fretboard type...just a preference - "I identify with Heavy Guitars".

 

[Little Pigbacon]

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I don't really like the feel of a heavy guitar. Every bit of force I have to exert in holding up its weight tends to contribute to a less relaxed playing posture. Also, I (perhaps unfairly) associate it with non-resonant, dead-sounding guitars.

 

[Mincer]

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I am completely the opposite. The lighter, the more balanced, the better. Over 7lbs, I don't buy it.

 

[TRex]

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Like straps, pickups, color, fretboard type...just a preference - "I identify with Heavy Guitars".

Exactly, I was just wondering if anyone else feels the same way. All my friends think I'm crazy

I don't really like the feel of a heavy guitar. Every bit of force I have to exert in holding up its weight tends to contribute to a less relaxed playing posture. Also, I (perhaps unfairly) associate it with non-resonant, dead-sounding guitars.

See I like that feeling of holding the guitar. I don't like the floating feeling of a light strat.

I am completely the opposite. The lighter, the more balanced, the better. Over 7lbs, I don't buy it.

I like a unbalenced heavy body, it just feels right to me

My friends are almost all strat guys, so they all dislike my body-heavy Les Paul.

 

[Funkfingers]

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Generally, if a guitar makes a sound that I like, I am willing to forgive excessive weight.

One of the reasons that rival manufacturers mocked Leo Fender's earliest solid body electric guitar by calling it a "canoe paddle" is because that is how little it weighed.

The 2011 Fender Old Growth Redwood Tele-bration model is unbelievably light. You would swear that it is a semi-hollow Thinline sans F-holes.

My Fender AVRI '75 Jazz Bass is of period correct, near boat anchor weight. It reminds me very much of what the original CBS period instruments were like back in the day. My Fender AVRI '62 Jazz Bass demonstrates that things were not always that way. It may seem extravagant to own both. In my opinion, the sonic differences justify the outlay.

 

[Liam1963]

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My spirit likes heavier guitars, my arthritis says otherwise...

 

[ehdwuld]

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I like the lighter more resonant guitars

but I play a lot of acoustic

 

[Shooter.556]

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My favorite Les Paul a Signature T weighs 10.3 lbs. It has 57s in it Classic and Plus
It may be in my head it sounds way fatter than my 60s Tribute with a JB and 59.
My 60s Tribute weighs around 8lbs with a plain maple top.
I've always gravitated towards heavy Les Pauls that resonate well.

 

[Van Noord]

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I prefer 8-9 lbs Strats. I used to do the whole heavy slung LP thing. Got tired of feeling like I had a tree stump wrapped around my neck.

 

[Archer250]

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I jump and run around the stage, so no.

 

[TRex]

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I jump and run around the stage, so no.

See I am that guy who only kinda moves and taps his foot. I'm not that kinda jump around guy on stage.

 

[kramersteen]

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It Ain't Heavy, It's My Guitar.