Anchors vs Feathers

[Rockmark]

How important is the weight to you of your guitars if at all? As the decades unfold I seem to really prefer lighter guitars as long as I can get my right tone and voice out of them. I played 4 hours last night on a 7lb sc and wouldn't even know it today. I played a Les Paul 9.5 pounder for 3 hours straight last week, it sounded great and ballsy however I felt it in my back still 2 days later. At 20 or 30 yrs old, it could be a 12 lb but now give me 7 -8 and I am more than ergonomically suited. Do you have a preference and weight you steer to when you get a new guitar? Or is it whatever it weighs, and you like it, the poundage just comes w the territory?

 

[markd21]

Weight doesn't concern me. I mean, a lighter guitar can be nice - as long as it sounds good. A heavy guitar can be okay - as long as it sounds good. I recently had to stop gigging because of my seizure disorder, but I always did originals, so the sets were never more than an hour. I would have more agony loading and unloading in a hurry than from playing the guitar onstage. Now that I am only doing sessions, it's really a non-issue. I cradle the guitar between my knees when I am sitting and recording.

 

[gush]

I have a ce22 that is heavy compared to my other guitars. It's heavier than my Mccarty. I can't say which l prefer tone wise but at 53 I feel it in my back after a long night gigging. I haven't gigged since last November but I'm really feeling a lot of joint pain and it worries me a bunch.

I've been on meds for it but I'm going to try something different next week.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

I've been on meds for it but I'm going to try something different next week.

They gave you meds?!?! My doctors are @ssholes and prescribe me exercise.

 

[AP515]

Had a 10.3 Lb. LP (H150) and had to get rid of it. Couldn't play it more than half an hour. Got a 9.3 Lb. H150 and I'm happy with it. Still can't play it all night, but I switch off after a couple songs and it is great. For me anything under 8 and over 6 is a sweet spot.

 

[11top]

< 9lbs for me.

 

[jxe]

patty gave birth to a ten pound baby boy oy oy, YAH

etc

 

[pac90]

under under 9lbs for comfort


this is for your back though, works

https://aasgaardco.com/store/books/the-barbell-prescription

 

[goat-n-gitter]

I prefer to stay under 8lbs. I still love my 1991 LP standard, but I can't keep it on for more than a few songs without regretting it. My old Ibanez doubleneck is strictly 1-2 songs and done - that thing kills me!

 

[Mike Duncan]

My goldtop DGT weighs nine and half pounds.

I'm a brute with stuff - too light, I feel like I'm going to destroy everything.

 

[ScottR]

Well, I didn't name my CR
the "Fat Kid" for nothing...
Just like it's namesake, it's a bit on the chunky side. Sorry Chris...nothin but love my brother. This beast weighs 9.8 lbs. I was so stoked to get last year, I honestly didn't care.

I play seated with it cradled between my knees, mainly because of the damage in my shoulder, that's the most comfortable and causes the least amount of pain when I play. I played standing a few days ago for just under 2 hours....and it's still kickin my a$$!

But maaaan! That tone! It is sooo good! So, yeah to me, the pain is definitely worth the gain.

 

[bodia]

When yer sittin' it don't matter!

 

[veinbuster]

When yer sittin' it don't matter!

My 9lb 15oz Les Paul puts a dent in my chest in less than an hour.

 

[alantig]

They gave you meds?!?! My doctors are @ssholes and prescribe me exercise.

Mine too! It's hard to maintain a fat and lazy lifestyle while doing therapy and the associated exercises.

 

[bodia]

Mine too! It's hard to maintain a fat and lazy lifestyle while doing therapy and the associated exercises.

Preach. I quit therapy and decided to live with the pain.

 

[ScottR]

Preach. I quit therapy and decided to live with the pain.

Twinsies...I did the PT (pain & torture) thing, for almost a year. I'm sure it helped I a little. I mean, I am able to walk, so there's that...but I gotta tell ya...committing myself to practicing several hours a day, everyday, without exception...has been the great therapy both mentally and physically. I really believe had I not picked up a guitar it could have gotten super sketchy ...I was slowly but surely spiraling into a deep funk. As cheesey as it souds. It kinda saved me from my self so to speak. If it gets really bad after I play for a bit..I just break my practice down to 10-15 minutes at a time. I also change guitars, just to play from different angles and positions. That really has been to be helping...a lot.

 

[Parralax view]

Seeing that my "stage" is now the couch or lanai when playing, weight matters little to me any more. Almost all of mine are around 7.5 or 8 lbs dependent on mark, I don't have a Les Paul so it matters little to me at this juncture. If I was playing regularly again, I'm sure I would have a different take on it.

 

[django49]

Howzabout more than ELEVEN pounds? Incredible piece of Brazilian, resawn, glued with a maple mini-strip.

Very nice "voice". Not sure I want to hoist it for hours.

 

[WEDGE]

All else being equal I will always take the heavier one. Did though have an LP Custom with a maple board once that did straddle the line between heavy and OMFG. Sounded great but was a tank.

 

[gush]

They gave you meds?!?! My doctors are @ssholes and prescribe me exercise.

Well sir, exercise your right to med up!!!