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Alembic products => Alembic Basses & Guitars => Topic started by: richard on December 23, 2024, 06:12:26 AM

Title: Guitar weight
Post by: richard on December 23, 2024, 06:12:26 AM
Those of you who own Further or Tribute instruments, what do they weigh? And how many batteries do they take? Thank you.
Title: Re: Guitar weight
Post by: David Houck on December 23, 2024, 06:37:47 AM
Those of you who own Further or Tribute instruments, what do they weigh? And how many batteries do they take? Thank you.


I don't own either, but the product page for the Further says that it averages 8 pounds.

http://alembic.com/prod/further.html (http://alembic.com/prod/further.html)

And for the Tribute, 8.5 pounds.

http://alembic.com/prod/tribute.html (http://alembic.com/prod/tribute.html)

Those are averages.  Different woods can vary significantly, and even two guitars with the same woods can vary in weight.

My recollection is that they each require one 9v battery.
Title: Re: Guitar weight
Post by: jazzyvee on December 23, 2024, 06:53:52 AM
If the guitar has side LEDs, then extra batteries would be needed which would add a bit more weight.
Title: Re: Guitar weight
Post by: lbpesq on December 23, 2024, 08:57:23 AM
The LEDs on my Further take four 9v batteries.

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: Guitar weight
Post by: mica on December 23, 2024, 11:38:51 AM
Note that average weights are just that- any specific instrument can weigh more or less. Particularly true for Tributes in Cocobolo - that's a very dense wood.

There's one 9V battery for the electronics. There's 3 or 4 for the LEDs depending on the color.
Title: Re: Guitar weight
Post by: richard on December 24, 2024, 04:08:53 PM
Thank you everyone. Mica, is there an avg for the cocobolo tributes?
Title: Re: Guitar weight
Post by: Mlazarus on December 29, 2024, 02:49:17 PM
My 82' Series 1 weighs in at 10lbs 5 oz
Title: Re: Guitar weight
Post by: tomhug on January 04, 2025, 08:09:31 PM
There's a Koa Further on Reverb right now that states it weighs 7 lbs 5 oz. It is painfully beautiful - almost hard to look at. The ~ 30K tag does whack some sense back into my dazzled brain.