Another solid or chambered question

[Mincer]

Several years ago, I built a swamp ash & maple Strat body and paired it with a wenge neck. Wonderful guitar, but it was neck heavy.

I am thinking of having a black korina/maple top Velocity body made. I really don't want it to be neck heavy if I get a super light chambered body, but I also don't want a very heavy solid body. The neck will be Gibson scale roasted maple. So, for the most balanced instrument, should I go solid or chambered? I am not worried about the sound...chambered and solid sound close enough to me (I watched the video). The showcase Velocity bodies range from just over 3 lbs to almost 6 lbs, but none are black korina.

In the end, I want a lightweight, compact guitar that is balanced. Using the black korina (core)/maple formula with a roasted maple/ebony neck, what type of body is more likely to achieve my goal?

 

[BroccoliRob]

Bro, the velocity as much as i luv mine is not for ppl who are worried bout neck dive. pick a body with a upper horn if balance is a big deal. For me its not, cause you gotta hold the neck up to play NEway, lol

 

[Rick]

Or you could try moving the strap button forward, say putting a longer screw on the most northern neck plate screw, and putting the strap button there, but there are no quarantees that would work.

With the Z body the lower half is compactish, and the upper horn goes to the 12th fret.

 

[Mincer]

Teles themselves aren't inherently neck heavy, even most semi hollow ones. The Velocity is sort of a modified Tele design. I just don't want a solid korina body to weigh 6lbs, or a semi hollow one to be less than 3.5. Korina can really vary in weight (though mostly compared to mahogany), and I don't know which end of the spectrum Warmoth's current stock of korina is at. If anyone has gotten a korina body, of any size, I'd love to know the weights. In the showcase, there are a few solid korina bodies (jazzmasters, in this case) between 5 & 6 lbs.