Weights and Measures

[bovinehost]

Lot of talk about weight lately so I broke out the postal scale and some old notes.

Some of these basses I still own, some not, but here's what I have:

Heinz trans green SR5: 9.1

Envy Green Bongo 5 HH: 9.7

Sapphire Black Bongo 5 HH: 10.3

Carbon Blue Bongo 4 HS: 9.7

Flaming Biff Bongo 4 HH: 9.6

Egyptian Smoke SR4: 10.4

Candy Red Bongo 5 H: 9.0

Graphite Pearl "BP" Bongo 4 H: 8.8

Blue Sparkle Sterling: 9.2

Blue Pearl Bongo 5 HS: 9.9

First number is pounds, second is ounces for you furners.

So what are your numbers?

Jack

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

Both 30th Stingrays I got in today were 9.6 lbs. So far that makes these 30th that I've gotten in averaging out at only 9.95 lbs which is a pound lighter than I anticipated.

 

[smallequestrian]

I'll play:

Medallion Gold Bongo H/p fretless: 8.1

Candy Red Bongo H: 9.0 or 9.3 I can't remember what the Dude said

The Lavender Pearl Sterling was: 8.4lbs

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

Candy Red Bongo H: 9.0 or 9.3 I can't remember what the Dude said

Lemme dig it out.

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

Was 9.2 Paul

 

[Figjam]

Man, heinz is pretty light, Jack!

 

[Dr Stankface]

Heinz is light compared to mine and Travis' SR5s coming in at 11 lbs. each.

Bongo 5 HH is 11 lbs. too.

 

[Figjam]

I want to weigh my two soon.

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

I want to weigh my two soon.

I show your SR5 HH weighing in at 10.9 lbs

 

[phatduckk]

i have a sterling that weighs a ton. i remember she went back home to get something fixed and came back with a new body and Jon even commented that its heavier ... remember the blue dawn i sent in Jon?

anywho ... i dont much care about the weight of my basses. i play punk - there's no way in hell ill even play a 3 hour set or anything. that would be like 50 songs.

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

Phatty,

I show your Sapphire Black Sterling HH at 10.2 lbs

 

[phatduckk]

Phatty,

I show your Sapphire Black Sterling HH at 10.2 lbs

my blue dawn is noticably heavier. the BC Sterling is noticably lighter ... they all rule

 

[overtime]

My basses come in at.

Pearl purple sr5 9.7 oz
honeyburst sr5 9.9 oz
autumn redburst sr5 11 lbs
teal sr4 9.1
autumn redburst sr4 8.14 oz


when i get a chance i will take som pic's

 

[phatduckk]

ps: steve did you lick my 30th Ray?

 

[phatduckk]

9.9

First number is pounds, second is ounces for you furners.

so 9 lbs 9 oz not 9.9 lbs??? am i the only one who's confused by that?

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

ps: steve did you lick my 30th Ray?

Not today...I got a bad cold but I did enclose a Mexican Adventure corn row bead.

 

[Figjam]

so 9 lbs 9 oz not 9.9 lbs??? am i the only one who's confused by that?

I noticed as well. Seeing something like 9.15 would confuse me You wouldnt think its almost 10 pounds at first sight.

 

[adouglas]

so 9 lbs 9 oz not 9.9 lbs??? am i the only one who's confused by that?

No, you're not.

Decimals are decimals. If you use a decimal, it is assumed that you mean 1/10 of the value of the previous unit, whatever unit that may be.

9.9 tons is 9 tons plus 9/10ths of a ton, not 9 tons plus 9 whatevers.... 9 tons, 9 grams; 9 tons, 9 ounces; 9 tons, 9 pounds; 9 tons, 9 Cartmans....

When my digital bathroom scale reads 175.5 pounds, it does not mean 175 pounds, 8 ounces.
Same with my digital postal scale.

If you're gonna report ounces, say ounces.

If you're gonna use cubits, bits, tads, RCH's (my favorite unit of measure), helluvalots, s-loads, f-loads, more-than-you-can-possibly-imagines or any other such illogical measurement system that deviates from standard practice it's only fair to tell us so up front.

 

[Mobay45]

OK, here the skinny on mine.

Graphite Pearl Bongo 5 H - 9lbs. 2oz.

Desert Gold Bongo 5 HH - 9lbs. 12oz.

Buttercream Bongo 5 HH - 10lbs. 10oz.

Being that there's a one and a half pound difference, I really feel it when I switch from the GP to the BC.

 

[Figjam]

I did some estimation weighing with my crappy scale.

Sterling: ~9
SR5: ~10.5 or so

My decimals are decimals.

Give or take. Basically no surprises here. Nothing extremely light or backbreaking.