What strat body weighs more?

[back2thefutre]

What would weigh more: A hardtail strat, or a tremolo one? everything the same execpt for the bridge.
The hardtail has the extra wood, but the tremolo has the trem block and springs and stuff. Whatcha guys think? :icon_scratch:

 

[line6man]

I'm guessing that the mass of the bridge block would cancel out the weight of the wood you are removing, but it would depend on how heavy the block is.

I don't know how heavy string ferrules are though?

How is this relevant to anything?

 

[-CB-]

Hardtail weighs more...  there's a LOT of wood taken out for a trem

 

[rockskate4x]

depends on the trem but I'd guess that hardtail bodies would be heavier for the most part. Floyds and Khalers tend to be heavier so I bet that they might be on par with hardtail bodies in weight but that's just my guess.

 

[-CB-]

Yah I'm thinkin vintage type trem with not-so-heavy block

 

[back2thefutre]

i guess this was kinda a dumb question cause it all depends

 

[jackthehack]

I doubt there'd be a tremendous, noticable difference, given the same body wood.

 

[rockskate4x]

hardtail or trem should be a choice that you make based off your playing style, and not off of whether you can gain or shed a few ounces with one or the other. If you want a lighter or heavier body, all of the general weights of woods (along with more of those woods' features) that warmoth uses are listed here...

http://www.warmoth.com/Guitar/Bodies/Options/BodyWoodOptions.aspx

 

[dbw]

I think this is actually a good question... it obviously has to vary from trem to trem, as they have different weights and different routs.  Maybe a non-recessed FR weighs more than a hardtail.  I'm sure a vintage strat trem weighs less than hardtail.

 

[back2thefutre]

I think this is actually a good question... it obviously has to vary from trem to trem, as they have different weights and different routs.  Maybe a non-recessed FR weighs more than a hardtail.  I'm sure a vintage strat trem weighs less than hardtail.

I agree

 

[line6man]

I think this is actually a good question... it obviously has to vary from trem to trem, as they have different weights and different routs.  Maybe a non-recessed FR weighs more than a hardtail.  I'm sure a vintage strat trem weighs less than hardtail.

I agree

Then why did you ask the question in the first place? :icon_scratch:

 

[tfarny]

Line6, you really hate this question huh?  :glasses9:

Looked it up: Gotoh hardtail bridge is 5 oz, gotoh 6 hole trem is 16 oz. I doubt they remove 11 oz of wood for most bodies.

 

[Tonar8352]

I played a 1958 Fender Strat hard tale a few years back and it was super light and probably the second best sounding Strat I have ever played.  If you were to look at 2 bodies on the Showcase of equal weight one being a hard tail the other a vintage trem and assembled them with similar weighted necks the hard tale would be lighter. IMO   

 

[jimh]

I doubt there'd be a tremendous, noticable difference, given the same body wood.

trem-endous....... I see what you did there Jack

 

[line6man]

Line6, you really hate this question huh?  :glasses9:

Meh. It's just that, for the life of me, I can't find any relevance in the question to anything. :icon_scratch:

 

[jackthehack]

I'm relatively unaffected by weight unless a build weighs well over 10 lbs, don't see what the big whoop is.....