Weight, Does It Matter To You?

[Cirrus]

Thanks. That made no sense. People who don't follow traffic rules in the UK are primarily audi and BMW drivers. I'm an audi driver who actually knows how to use an indicator.

I think I've seen you about then

 

[DrewJD82]

I definitely prefer a guitar to have some weight and strongly agree with Eagle, too light and something feels off or like it’s a toy. I never once gave it a thought until I got my LP’s and the first band practice I had, an hour into it my shoulder/back was feeling it and I had to chuckle. Working on my feet my entire working life, standing for periods of a time isn’t an issue and it cracked me up to no end that a mere 9.5lbs was making me cry.

 

[itchyfingers]

Weight doesn't usually factor in for purchases, but I don't think anything >9lbs would stick around very long. My LP and D'angelico are the heaviest, weighing in about 8.5 lbs, but most of my guitars come in at the 6-7.5 lb range. I'd say 6.5 lbs is my Goldilocks weight, because a few of my favorites are right there. My back is F'd but I'll still rock the heavies for gigs, just gotta stretch and take my Aleve beforehand, and hit the hot tub after the show, lol.

 

[OrganicZed]

I like guitars around 7 pounds. My heavyiest guitar weights 8 lbs 2 oz and my lightest is about 6 lbs 4 oz. When shopping online I won't even consider buying a guitar much over 8 pounds.

 

[Rocco Crocco]

I’m old as fuck. I like them under 9.5 lbs. even lighter for strats.

 

[Rock Chalk]

Anything between 8.5 and 9 is just fine, but if I had my druthers it'd be right at 8.75

 

[EOengineer]

I care about weight, but only in that I’m always looking for guitars that balance a certain way naturally. My sweet spot is a 7lb telecaster with a fat neck, I find that tends to hit the spot. Les Pauls in the 9-9.5lb range with 50s necks do it too.

Last year I landed a <7lb LP Special with a giant 50s neck and it might be my favorite player.

 

[ChordInversion]

Yeah, it bothers me. I work out literally every day, and eat right, but can't shed the middle-aged spare tire. Thought about Ozempic, but they'll probably find out in 10 years that it causes the growth of a third eye or something.

If you already eat right, it won't help. The operative effect is to reduce eating impulses. It prevents eating too much more than anything else.

 

[ChordInversion]

I don't really mind. I do have some very light guitars, like my St. Vincents, my Vox Bobcats, and my Thinline Teles. But my Gretsch 5622Ts are in the 9 1/2-10 lb range, and it's never bothered me.

I come from odd stock, though. One late grandfather was a janitor well into his 60s. The other owned a small grocery store and was nearly 50 when my late father was born. 6'5" (despite being born into a poor village in Greece in 1895), lean, and very strong. He was observed into his late 60s taking stairs up from the storage cellar 2 at a time with a 50 pound potato sack over each shoulder. Never had a back issue. So I count myself lucky. I can absolutely see why some people care a lot about weight.