Who has a Squier Classic Vibe 50's Tele ?

Funkfingers

Emp_Fab said:

I'll stick a strap on it later and see how it feels. If it's too unbalanced, I'll stick another body on it.

Too much information.

Emp_Fab

Perhaps I should just man-up and take comfort from the extra body weight giving me the tone and sustain most white men can only dream of.

thumpingrug

Read together, those last two posts conjure an image that will take some time to forget.

stonevibe

mikeyrob73 said:

@stonevibe mine is the white version, great guitars

I literally just got mine yesterday on my lunch break at work. Was an impulse buy, but it played so well and is really well made, I was astonished at the fit and finish of this guitar, so bought it as the double binding on black looks really smart.

Neil

9.2lbs?

That's the same weight as my Les Paul  . I thought these were pine?

Send it back and see if you can get a lighter one, that weight is a joke for a Tele. 

Emp_Fab

Do they vary in weight then ?  I thought that they were all CNC machined so would all weigh the same ?

Veganic

Density of wood, like people, can vary.

Emp_Fab

Neil said:

9.2lbs?

That's the same weight as my Les Paul  . I thought these were pine?

Send it back and see if you can get a lighter one, that weight is a joke for a Tele. 

Actually, I've just weighed it on my kitchen scales (which I didn't think would take it) and it weighs 4.3Kg - i.e. 9.48lbs !

I weight my other two solidbodies whilst I was at it and my PRS SE is 3.1Kg (6.83lbs) and my Jim Reed is 3.77Kg (8.31lbs).

I tried the Tele with a strap and it's better balanced than I imagined, but I can see that it would be very tiring to do a whole gig with it at that weight.  I think I'll have to send it back after all.

monquixote

That's a crazy weight!

I'm really surprised a pine guitar can be that heavy, the one I had was like a feather.

thegummy

monquixote said:

That's a crazy weight!

I'm really surprised a pine guitar can be that heavy, the one I had was like a feather.

It's just a pine cap. The main part of the body is lead.

BeardyAndy

Emp_Fab said:

Mine's just arrived.  Christ - it weighs a bloody ton, and is very unbalanced - very light neck, heavy body.  I don't have any scales that will accurately measure it as it's too heavy for my kitchen scales and too light to register on my digital bathroom scales, so I did a rough estimation based on my weight holding it and not holding it - I've calculated it to be 9.2lbs (4.2Kg).

Mine's also, disappointingly, "Crafted in China".  I thought these were Indonesian ?

A little trick with the bathroom scales, weigh yourself with and without the guitar.

Veganic

BeardyAndy said:

Emp_Fab said:

Mine's just arrived.  Christ - it weighs a bloody ton, and is very unbalanced - very light neck, heavy body.  I don't have any scales that will accurately measure it as it's too heavy for my kitchen scales and too light to register on my digital bathroom scales, so I did a rough estimation based on my weight holding it and not holding it - I've calculated it to be 9.2lbs (4.2Kg).

Mine's also, disappointingly, "Crafted in China".  I thought these were Indonesian ?

A little trick with the bathroom scales, weigh yourself with and without the guitar.

So you can weigh happiness?

stonevibe

Veganic said:

BeardyAndy said:

Emp_Fab said:

Mine's just arrived.  Christ - it weighs a bloody ton, and is very unbalanced - very light neck, heavy body.  I don't have any scales that will accurately measure it as it's too heavy for my kitchen scales and too light to register on my digital bathroom scales, so I did a rough estimation based on my weight holding it and not holding it - I've calculated it to be 9.2lbs (4.2Kg).

Mine's also, disappointingly, "Crafted in China".  I thought these were Indonesian ?

A little trick with the bathroom scales, weigh yourself with and without the guitar.

So you can weigh happiness?

Drop the kids off at the pool first, to get an accurate reading.

Emp_Fab

No need.  As long as you don't change your body weight between weighing yourself and yourself holding the guitar, it makes no difference.  Either way, I've decided not to change the body but to send the bugger back.... send the bugger back...  these aren't the ones I wanted... etc...

Veganic

Might be worth at least playing it first so you know whether to get an replacement?

Emp_Fab

True - but - how likely is it that another 50's CV Tele would weigh much less ?

monquixote

Emp_Fab said:

True - but - how likely is it that another 50's CV Tele would weigh much less ?

It's the luck of the draw.

Go to a shop that has a few.

mikeyrob73

or maybe just man up ?  

carlos

monquixote said:

How is this possible?

Have you just spent the day weighing it and complaining about it?

This is the most TheFretboard thing ever!

jonnyburgo

Have a run around the back garden until you get it down to 7lb