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Originally Posted by Carlis Hsu
Do you remember any Ken Smith bass that was particularly light in weight?
I wonder how important the weight as a factor would be for a good tone, and if a light weight would compromise that tone.
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Light in weight? Given that the Necks and everything else would all be the same, only the body wings would be different. I think from medium woods, you can go up a pound for the heavier woods and down a pound for the lightest possible woods.
If we use a 3-pc neck, it will be lighter than the 5pc. The laminated heel with just maple, is also lighter. Morado fingerboard is again lighter.
The lightest core wood we ever used was Palownia. It looks like swamp ash but feels half the weight. But, it's soft and doesn't sand easily against the other woods so we only tried it once that I can recall. Plain un-figured walnut is about the lightest top wood we have used.
If the body is too light and the neck is normal, the bass could be neck heavy. Balance is the key, not light on one end of the instrument.