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[Oldtoe]

I apologize too, Jack. Just on general principles.

Somebody buy this boy's bass so's he can buy another bass!

I'll trade you my CD collection of past band practice songs for it, Jack. Need a dog? Got that, too. Jackson's outgrown baby clothes? Right here, buddy.


Now if only I could get a certain someone to give me a thumbs-up or down on a certain whoreish bass trade proposal...

Hi, Doug!

 

[smallequestrian]

Jack, took my Bongo and my SR over to my parents house to weigh them today. discovered that it only does increments of .5 and it can't weigh things less than 15 pounds, so my brilliant plan for today was thwarted.

 

[adouglas]

it can't weigh things less than 15 pounds, so my brilliant plan for today was thwarted.

Not so.

Stand on the scale and weigh yourself.

Pick up the bass, and repeat.

Subtract your weight.

 

[smallequestrian]

Not so.

Stand on the scale and weigh yourself.

Pick up the bass, and repeat.

Subtract your weight.

Oh, I tried that, findings were less than conclusive. It still fails the accuracy test as the stupid scale only does half pound intervals. All I know is that the Bongo weighs less than the SR, but then again I already knew that. Plus I somehow managed to lose a pound after lunch and not going to the bathroom between wieghins.

 

[adouglas]

Oh, I tried that, findings were less than conclusive. It still fails the accuracy test as the stupid scale only does half pound intervals.

You can get around that too, but it's a PITA.

You'll need something that weighs exactly four ounces.

When you say the scale goes in .5 lb increments, that means that the displayed weight is right in the middle of a range that's bounded by trip points that make the display change.

For example, the scale will read 150.0 when you put a weight of 149.75 pounds on it, and won't flip over to 150.5 until you get to 150.25. You can weigh as much as .25 lb. less than, or .25 lb more than, 150 and you'll still read 150.

So if you pick up that .25 pound weight and it trips the display, then you know that you're in the upper end of the range (e.g. between 150 and 150.25), because the extra .25 lb will take you over 150.25....if the display doesn't trip, then you're below it (e.g. between 149.75 and 150).

Thus you can get within four ounces...assuming the scale really is accurate.

If you think about it, you can actually get finer resolution than that using the same principle, but why bother?

 

[bdgotoh]

I got tired of the bathroom scale method around a year ago and got a really nice digital scale off ebay. Here's my current MM stable:

80 Sabre - 8.9
89 Stingray - 7.9
91 Stingray - 8.6

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that my HH Buttercream Sterling will be light...