Weights and Measures

[Steve Dude Barr]

My decimals are decimals.

 

[adouglas]

My decimals are decimals too.

But they may be shifted to the right or left a bit. Generally to the left.

A few days ago I went to a client meeting. One member of the couple we interviewed was a Rockefeller (half-mile driveway, million-dollar paintings on the wall, etc.).

The value on their house had a bunch of zeroes attached to it. How many I'm not sure, but it was a lot. A whole lot. They were just on the other side of the decimal point from the zeroes attached to my house.



At least my home-sweet-hovel is paid for.

 

[RockinRayDuke]

I use padded straps, heavy basses don't bother me much. Though I'd rather have a light one, no biggie.

 

[bdgotoh]

I'm only going to do the current ones I have, from left to right in that pic.

Candy Red Bongo H4 - 8.6
Cutlass II - 10.3
20th Anniversary Stingray - 8.8
Buttercream Sterling HH - 9.4
Sabre - 8.9
Copper Stingray - 9.3
Copper Sterling - 8.7
1989 Stingray - 7.9
1991 Stingray - 8.6

 

[eric B]

I remember having a 10.5 lb. Sterling and an 8.5 lb. Stingray...it was kinda weird that the smaller one seemed to weigh a ton while the bigger Ray was as light as a feather. I'm on a quest to find a lightweight Sterling at the moment.

 

[82Daion]

The Bongo weighs about 9.5 pounds, whereas the Daion weighs about 10.5-11 pounds. It ain't no lightweight, which is why the Bongo's nice for longer things.

Steve-Any thoughts?

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

Steve-Any thoughts?

Tough one for sure...but you have PM

 

[bovinehost]

You're not going to make that poor boy change his user name, are you?

 

[tkarter]

SR5 is 10 pounds even.

Bongo 5 H 9.4

I can play either 6 hours standing without anything more than enough beer to drink too keep me healthy.

tk

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

You're not going to make that poor boy change his user name, are you?

Probably not for the best trade-in offer I could muster.

 

[82Daion]

Probably not for the best trade-in offer I could muster.

Well, that's what I get for sticking with unknown quantities.

Thank you for being so generous, anyway. If I need an EBMM bass in the future, you can expect me to go through you guys.

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

You're welcome...you just saved me a major azz kicking from BP had I gave you what I offered you on trade so all is well.

 

[Aussie Mark]

I use padded straps, heavy basses don't bother me much. Though I'd rather have a light one, no biggie.

+1

Using my "analogue" bathroom scales, my EBMM's weigh as follows -

Bongo 4HH 9 lbs
'98 SR4 10 lbs
'76 SR 10 1/2lbs


At other extremes, there's my Gibson LPB-3 Plus, which weighs 13 1/2 lbs, and my Thunderbird, which weighs 7 1/2 lbs.

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

Mark, Mark, Mark you disappoint me...here I was waiting for someone to pop in with kilograms too.

 

[strummer]

Hmm, this is confusing...

I have the Envy Green Bongo 5 HH at 9.5 lbs, while jack says 9.7. I hope all's well, as my measurement is decimal.
The Desert Gold Bongo 5 HH is 10.1 lbs.

 

[tkarter]

When you get down to the .? I reckon relative humidity should be taken into account.

tk

 

[strummer]

When you get down to the .? I reckon relative humidity should be taken into account.

tk

That might be it, though I had Dallas as a pretty dry place?

 

[tkarter]

Can get humid and sticky. Can also get hot and dry. Dallas is... well maybe I should let a resident of Dallas tell ya about it.

tk

 

[strummer]

Can get humid and sticky. Can also get hot and dry. Dallas is... well maybe I should let a resident of Dallas tell ya about it.

tk

Maybe Boho's sig says it all? Dall-ass...

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

Try living in Phoenix sometime...Dal-ass ain't sheet...