My santana is 6.5 Lbs +/- any error in my digi scale. I love that and appriciate the tone of a light guitar. However, i also like the very different tone of a heavier one at say 8 Lbs or more because the sustain and attack are different. Not necassarily better, but a different tone i would like to have to. so i'm considering a stoptail SE if i can find one at 8Lbs at least.. And i was hoping either someone here knows the average weight of certain models or if there was a chart somewhere?
weight of SE models
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Well, for me every light guitar i've owned w/o exception has a very different dynamic. So for me it does matter.
andy474x
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My Akesson is pretty hefty, and I love the tone - very thick, punchy, and the treble isn't harsh. I think most of the singlecut style SE's with the thicker body style weigh in at 8+ pounds. Sweetwater lists the weight on all in stock guitars, and lets you see the actual guitar when you buy online, which is nice. A few of the smaller online PRS retailers do as well, I believe.
Then go for it for all it's worth.
CantankerousCarl
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+1...my Mr. Freddo is 8lb 3oz. Love it - I think the ebony board and the ginormous bridge help the punchiness, because I had both an SE245 and a Bernie for short times in the past that were just too dark for my taste.
Thats what i figured but i wasn't sure. Thanks. I'm really wanting that Bernie Marsden. No, i'm LUSTING after it ! Bound neck, wraptail, and if it comes in around 8 Lbs i have no doubt it'll give near any LP out there a run for it's money and play better to boot. I'm really hooked on this PRS stuff ! Ummmmm.. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SEBM/
andy474x
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You won't have to twist my arm too far. :biggrin: I'm watching a bernie M auction but it'll probably go for regular street price. I have too many guitars tho so i may wait till i can sell at least 2 or 3. Maybe just have nothing but a PRS collection. :top: I think it would be complete for me with my santana, a soapbar, and a bernie. All the bases covered...the light trem equipped slightly fenderish santana, a soappbar for the P90 tones, and a bernie to fill the LP standard slot. I'd have to sell my gibson P90 tho and as much as i think these SE's are better, i do love that thing. Oh man.....i gotta come to my senses !
stratcpo
Guitar freak
Of the three SEs I own, the 245 and cu24 both weigh 7lbs 14oz. My ZM is 6.5 lbs. I like lower weight guitars. ENJOY!!!
You guys just haven't noticed it yet, but it's not pickups and hardware. It's weight, and i've noticed the same exact difference between all light guitars and those with more weight regardless of hardware or pickups. (and i change hardware and pups a lot) Theres a much more direct attack than with hevier guitars and more punch or girth behind the notes. Don't get me wrong, i like both, they're just different flavors. But i have lightness in the santana, so if i get another PRS i want more weight to have that other dynamic. The guy on ebay with the bernie m model got back to me with the weight. 8.5 Lbs, perfect. It;s an auction tho so not sure whether i'll have a chance to get a deal.
When you say 10 pounder you mean LP, or is there a PRS that heavy?
Mikegarveyblues
Cream Crackered
You will LOVE the Bernie!!!
Mine comes in at a hair under 8lbs... Got to say I'm not massive on light guitars (Not that I want a lead weight strapped to my shoulder either) but I like a bit of weight... * - 8.5 feels about right.
Mine comes in at a hair under 8lbs... Got to say I'm not massive on light guitars (Not that I want a lead weight strapped to my shoulder either) but I like a bit of weight... * - 8.5 feels about right.
Well, i'm not yet sure i'm going to do it. I'm still trying to decide whether to sell my other guitars, and even if i do the bernie might have to wait or i might even pass because i really must have a P90 guitar. So if my LP special goes i would have to fill that spot with a PRS soapbar. That bernie will probably be my 3rd PRS if i even go with 3. But being that i already have a 2xHB PRS in the Santana, getting the bernie would be almost redundant. Granted, the stop bar bridge and extra weight will make it different, but not enough to make it a necessity, more like a luxury. Anyways, it's not east to decide to sell all the others even if i do feel they are not as good as the SE's.
John Beef
Opaque
My Custom 22 is 8 lb 8 oz. I have never had a SE that heavy. They've all be pretty lightweight. My Mira is the heaviest of any I have played and it's a keeper, though I don't have a weight on that one. I like my SEs but really don't have the same bond with them as I do the Mira and CU22. They're both a cut above and I have wondered whether the weight has anything to do with it. It's this endless, years long search to quantify why some guitars and/or pickups are magical and some are not.
bricel24
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My Bernie weighs in at 7.6lbs. I could almost swear that the SE245s that I have tried weighed more than that.
Mine is 6.8.
