Weight Of Mosrite Guitars

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Weight Of Mosrite Guitars

Postby duojet55 » Fri May 22, 2020 4:00 pm

Most Mosrite Ventures Mark I guitars I've played seemed lighter than my '66 Ventures. The other day a friend brought his '68 into the shop, so I put it, my wife's '67 and my '66 on the scale to check it out. The ''68 weighed in at 7 lbs. 9 oz., the '67 was 7 lbs. 8 oz., but my '66 weighed in at a hefty 8 lbs. 11 oz. Has anyone else checked the weight of their Ventures Mk I?

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Postby Greg_L » Fri May 22, 2020 7:11 pm

duojet55 wrote:Most Mosrite Ventures Mark I guitars I've played seemed lighter than my '66 Ventures. The other day a friend brought his '68 into the shop, so I put it, my wife's '67 and my '66 on the scale to check it out. The ''68 weighed in at 7 lbs. 9 oz., the '67 was 7 lbs. 8 oz., but my '66 weighed in at a hefty 8 lbs. 11 oz. Has anyone else checked the weight of their Ventures Mk I?


My late 1965 Mk1 weighs 8.2 lbs.

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Postby 101Volts » Mon May 25, 2020 7:07 am

I don't have a very accurate way of measuring. My scale is an inaccurate digital bathroom scale, which tells me that I'm 177/178 Lbs when I'm 170/171, so it's about 5% optimistic. I have to measure the guitar's weight with this, and I have to hold it while weighing myself on this silly scale. With that in mind, here are the figures.

March 1966 Ventures II (Carved, MK V Body type) weighed in at 7 Lbs 4 Oz. May be closer to 6 Lbs, 13 Oz. Keep in mind, I don't have all original parts on this guitar, but they're as close as I could get.

1976 Brass Rail Deluxe #10 - 9 Lbs 4 Oz. May be closer to 8 Lbs, 13 Oz.

Again, these are rough figures, considering my silly scale. I did check the scale to see if I could adjust it, and there are no buttons for that.

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1970s "Not a Blues Bender" Bodies: 2.
1976 Brass Rail Deluxe #10.
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Postby duojet55 » Mon May 25, 2020 10:58 am

If you have a friendly Post Office employee or shipping contractor like FedEx or UPS, they might let you weigh your guitar on their scale. I have an old electronic scale at our shop we use for shipping and it's very convenient.

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Postby 101Volts » Mon May 25, 2020 12:24 pm

duojet55 wrote:If you have a friendly Post Office employee or shipping contractor like FedEx or UPS, they might let you weigh your guitar on their scale. I have an old electronic scale at our shop we use for shipping and it's very convenient.


Good point, thanks.

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Postby Greg_L » Mon May 25, 2020 8:13 pm

Is the weight of a guitar really so important that you need it accurate down to the last microgram? Just play the thing.

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Postby duojet55 » Mon May 25, 2020 10:21 pm

Greg_L wrote:Is the weight of a guitar really so important that you need it accurate down to the last microgram? Just play the thing.


If that's true, then what are we even discussing Mosrite guitars for?

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Postby Greg_L » Tue May 26, 2020 5:45 am

duojet55 wrote:
Greg_L wrote:Is the weight of a guitar really so important that you need it accurate down to the last microgram? Just play the thing.


If that's true, then what are we even discussing Mosrite guitars for?

It is true, and my comment was about doing things like hunting down surgical scales that have been freshly calibrated by the US Dept of Weights and Measures when in reality a bathroom scale is just fine.

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Postby duojet55 » Tue May 26, 2020 11:01 am

Sorry, I hadn't realized that the weight of guitars was a sore subject.

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Postby Greg_L » Tue May 26, 2020 10:16 pm

duojet55 wrote:Sorry, I hadn't realized that the weight of guitars was a sore subject.

Lol dude, it isn't. I'm asking, does it really matter?


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