For those preoccupied with the weight of guitars...

terada

Brize said:

We really are a bunch of pussies!

Maybe get a blister on your little finger
Maybe get a blister on your thumb
  

meltedbuzzbox

Someone is always moaning about something on here...

SNAKEBITE

skunkwerx said:

Am trying to imagine it lol.. 

Currently my barbell is set up with 30lbs for my bicep exercises and thats enough for muscle failure by rep 10... 

I don't think that'd be too comfy slung over my shoulder for very long! 

Dude, do you even lift bro?

Grumpyrocker

My Les Paul hurts my neck and shoulder, it doesn't matter if I pretend it doesn't. 

Brize

meltedbuzzbox said:

Someone is always moaning about something on here...

Which is a moan in itself...

ICBM

Brize said:

Completely agree about the 11lbs Les Paul thing - it's more the fussing about half a pound here or there, like the guy who wanted to buy my Strat until he found out that it weighed 7lbs 13oz. WTF?!

3oz too light for good tone.

Brize

ICBM said:

Brize said:

Completely agree about the 11lbs Les Paul thing - it's more the fussing about half a pound here or there, like the guy who wanted to buy my Strat until he found out that it weighed 7lbs 13oz. WTF?!

3oz too light for good tone.

Quite. He wanted one no heavier than 7.5lbs. The best-sounding Strat I've ever played is 8.5lbs and it feels like a bloody accordion on my shoulder.

midlifecrisis

i knew an accordian dealer but he said business is bad asnd he's really feeling the squeeze.

lasermonkey

I borrowed a bloody big accordion from a friend many years ago. Heavy, fun to play, but I kept trapping a nipple in the squeezy bit!

dbphoto

When I was last playing in pipe bands, so fairly modern light weight kit, the combined weight of my snare drum and carrier was over 25lb

Which after walking and playing for miles, dressed in full kilt outfit, started to feel more like 50lb



(I'm third from the right posing with my sticks under my arm for some reason)

Legionreturns

I'm pretty sure both her accordion and my R8 would kill you if dropped on yer bonce from the roof of a multi storey car park. 

The point is, both instruments come with a choice of playing positions and styles, and many different strap types. I'm pretty sure buying a wide, comfy strap would make the world of difference to those this bitch and whine about a few ounces on their guitar. 

Personally I don't really care. I'm 6'6" and pretty solid. I'm also not a massive pussy.  

Legionreturns

lasermonkey said:

I borrowed a bloody big accordion from a friend many years ago. Heavy, fun to play, but I kept trapping a nipple in the squeezy bit!

One hopes it was your own nipple? Otherwise that's an entirely different story 

ESBlonde

lasermonkey said:

I borrowed a bloody big accordion from a friend many years ago. Heavy, fun to play, but I kept trapping a nipple in the squeezy bit!

The odd thing being that it wasn't your nipple. 

;-)

Reckless

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breezytele

Can’t let an accordion thread happen without mention of  the one and only Geraint Watkins.

Currently in ‘Slim Chance’ and due to play the Half Moon Putney  this Friday

Sassafras

Blueingreen

OK so the accordion was heavy.  It hardly follows that people shouldn't want light guitars.

It's like saying that if a Kenyan grandmother can walk 2 miles to the well for water, there's something wrong with people who want more than one tap in the house.

Of course, if necessity dictated we'd tolerate heavier guitars. If it wasn't possible to make an electric guitar lighter than, say, 12lbs most of us would get by.

But it doesn't.  And if you notice a difference in the level of comfort between having a 7.5lb guitar and an 8lb guitar strapped on for a couple of hours, you're entitled to prefer 7.5lb guitars.  Rather than just put up with the discomfort because .. why? Because accordions are heavy?

It's also ok to have taps in your bathroom as well as your kitchen.

Brize

^^ It was a light-hearted observation.

Blueingreen

I was replying to this.

Completely agree about the 11lbs Les Paul thing - it's more the fussing about half a pound here or there, like the guy who wanted to buy my Strat until he found out that it weighed 7lbs 13oz. WTF?!

Schnozz

I used to play an 11lbs ESP Ltd in my teens and it balanced so well that I didn't feel it, but it was only when I joined a guitar forum that I realized it was above the norm.

Weight is more for comfort than tone IMO, as I've played some belters at 10lbs, as well as at 7.5lbs.

I'm not sure I'd go to 11lbs these days, unless it was that old ESP Ltd.