Body Weight

Kevin L. · Jul 20, 2015

Perhaps an odd question. Does anyone know the weight of a Les Paul body only, both mahogany and maple, before anything else is added?

Somewhere I have seen a link that lists the weight of the mahogany used in R7s, R8s, and R9s. That would be helpful too, but I am wondering what both woods together weigh.

Thanks in advance for any help.

zacknorton · Jul 20, 2015

They post average weights at the gibson site don't they?

renderit · Jul 21, 2015

Most of mine are "frail" or "sand got kicked in my face at the beach with my girl" weight. I have played some "normal as claimed by doctors" and they were fine as well. I do like some that I would call "husky" and one or two that a mother would call "he's just big boned, leave him alone!". They are all different and that's what makes this fun.

Kevin L. · Jul 21, 2015

Well....there's a method to my madness, so to speak. A luthier friend is making his first attempt at building a mahogany/maple solidbody. I am interested/helping with information and would like toi have him build one for me. The weights of the mahogany bodies and maple tops together are about 5.5 to 6 pounds. We are wondering whether we are in the correct ballpark for a Les Paul style guitar.

Kevin L. · Jul 21, 2015

zacknorton said:
They post average weights at the gibson site don't they?

Do they post average weights of guitars? I have seen target weights for the mahogany body blanks. We are looking for both body sections together.

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