Light Guitar Recommendations

Phil_aka_Pip

SG, ES-335, both mine are lighter than my LP. ES-339 might well be too

Not all Strats are heavy buggers either

ThePrettyDamned

I love bertie...

I was thinking of, depending on price, a chambered strat from a builder, like gspbasses or Warmoth. It needn't have an f hole, and it may sound a little different to normal, but strats are already sort of semi hollow where it matters. Or...

http://www.guitarfetish.com/Super-Lightweight-Unfinished-Tele-Style-Body-Solid-_p_4483.html

Okay, so it'd be a parts caster, but I doubt you'd go much lighter than that stuff!

Edit: didn't realise how cheap that was... I'd be tempted if I didn't already have a tele to work on!

Grumpyrocker

Thanks everyone for your suggestions.

munky

All my Pacificas are very light, especially the low end one.  About the lightest guitar I think I've picked up recently around that price was an SGJ - that was incredibly light.

Basher

Epiphone Casino?

grungebob

Fender mustang, very light and a tonefull thing

Grunfeld

I'm selling an Ibanez RG350 as soon as I can sort it.  And a lonestar strat too.

The RG is gigged but still a great working guitar.  Feels pretty light.  Trem is blocked off at the moment.  Basically looks like this:



The Strat is MIM and it's... er a Strat with a humbucker.  Fairly light.

Good call on the SG.  And, while a bit Marmite, my Flying V is probably the lightest guitar I've got.

Grumpyrocker

Always wanted a V, how light are they?

Grunfeld

Grumpyrocker said:

Always wanted a V, how light are they?

Very light.  I've got no way of weighing mine so can't give you an objective measurement but I've had a couple of SGs and I'd estimate the V weighs about the same or even slightly less.

Which makes sense because there's a bloody big space where other guitars have wood.

My heaviest guitar btw is a Breadwinner -- easily in neutron star territory.  It is the opposite of a V, it has wood everywhere.

EDIT:  The other thing, and it would be remiss not to mention it, is what about you?  Have you been to see anyone to see about getting yourself sorted out for the aches and pains?  It is definitely worth considering if you have not explored that route.  People can often write themselves off too quickly -- not saying you've done that because you've said nothing about what the cause is, and of course not everything can be fixed, but I know hundreds if not thousands of people who thought they "just had to live with it" but made massive improvements.

monquixote

Hmm a Les Paul fan who wants a light guitar. 

This should be perfect:

usedtobe

Dano 59 DC..

monquixote

Brainwave. 

The Classic Vibe 50's Tele is pine and thus stupidly light and it is also cheap and sounds good.

If you like Pauls they did a Studio Lite at one point, but I've no idea if it was any good.

Grumpyrocker

Grunfeld said:

EDIT:  The other thing, and it would be remiss not to mention it, is what about you?  Have you been to see anyone to see about getting yourself sorted out for the aches and pains?  It is definitely worth considering if you have not explored that route.  People can often write themselves off too quickly -- not saying you've done that because you've said nothing about what the cause is, and of course not everything can be fixed, but I know hundreds if not thousands of people who thought they "just had to live with it" but made massive improvements.

I have started to do more cardio and weights in recent weeks - on a slight delay as I've got the man-flu this week - but I'm hoping this will make a difference. Also looking to see if I can find a wider strap somewhere.

Grunfeld

Grumpyrocker said:
I have started to do more cardio and weights in recent weeks - on a slight delay as I've got the man-flu this week - but I'm hoping this will make a difference. Also looking to see if I can find a wider strap somewhere.

Good stuff.  And consider seeing a physio if you've not seen one already.  For example some "shoulder" pain is actually a problem with the neck, or that bit of the back between your shoulder blades.  (Which is a bugger to self-treat, which is why I see a physio every now and then and he jumps up and down on me in jack boots and it sorts me out.)

Strap wise, these are the most comfortable ones I've found so far.  (A bit like the blurb says there are cheap knock offs and being a tight bastard I've tried one but they are crap and useless cos they can break where the guitar attaches to the strap.)

"Comfort Strapp"  yeah, with a double "p"

ThePrettyDamned

Grunfeld said:

Grumpyrocker said:
I have started to do more cardio and weights in recent weeks - on a slight delay as I've got the man-flu this week - but I'm hoping this will make a difference. Also looking to see if I can find a wider strap somewhere.

Good stuff.  And consider seeing a physio if you've not seen one already.  For example some "shoulder" pain is actually a problem with the neck, or that bit of the back between your shoulder blades.  (Which is a bugger to self-treat, which is why I see a physio every now and then and he jumps up and down on me in jack boots and it sorts me out.)

Strap wise, these are the most comfortable ones I've found so far.  (A bit like the blurb says there are cheap knock offs and being a tight bastard I've tried one but they are crap and useless cos they can break where the guitar attaches to the strap.)

"Comfort Strapp"  yeah, with a double "p"

Wow, they're cheap! Good find.  

timmysoft

I had an ibanez sc420 for European touring because it was very light to travel with. Great guitar too and despite its body thickness, with decent pickup upgrades it really packed a punch

Jetfire

What about Parkers? The Cort Hyram bullock model is very light and really unusual.

Deadman

For a solid bodied guitar I'd suggest looking for something made out of empress.


http://www.gak.co.uk/en/dean-vendetta-xm-gn/17562


http://www.woodbrass.com/en/guitare-a%A9lectrique-stratocaster-dean-avldx-tbz-avalanche-deluxe-p166688-af833-gbp.html?gclid=CIvcocmIirwCFdShtAodd3QAtg

Grumpyrocker

timmysoft said:

I had an ibanez sc420 for European touring because it was very light to travel with. Great guitar too and despite its body thickness, with decent pickup upgrades it really packed a punch

I am leaning towards something like a light superstrat - partly because I miss my old Epiphone 435i - so killing two birds with one stone would be something for 80s whammy excess and shoulder friendly. 

@grunfeld thanks for the link to those straps.

Deadman