Heavyweight Les Paul

[flamesarewicked]

I do regret not ever weighing the 86 Custom I used to own.. it was uncomfortably heavy and I don’t mind some heft.. closest thing to it was the 01 Standard Gold Top I had and it was a svelt 10.5lbs. The Custom was easily 11.5 or more..

 

[jstarr823]

Yeah. It’s only a 7 year old thread. Probably worth revisiting.

 

[BKS]

Oh well
I did not look at that

 

[Angus Blackmore]

I have just weighed my Les Paul Studio. It's weight is 9 lb 12oz.
My 1963 Epiphone Olympic is 5lb 14oz. by comparison.
Is the Les Paul anywhere near the record for a stock Les Paul?

How much do y’all reckon the Studio would weigh if it had zero weight relief?

 

[budg]

Used to have a Traditional that weighed 13 lbs. Ended up selling the boat anchor. I now have a 17 Classic T that weighs almost 10. Much better for me.

 

[NorlinBlackBeauty]

'73 Norlin:

 

[afireinside]

I had a trad pro that was 11.5 sold it to heavy. I have a no 2016 weight relief traditional its 9lb 6oz and a a 2018 classic no weight relief thats just a touch lighter.

 

[Thrill]

My Trad Faded is 10 lbs on the dot. You dont usually think about 10 pounds being heavy, but in a guitar it just feels heavier than it is. I feel like Im doing curls or something pulling the thing outta the case lol. And thats with the swiss cheese holes. My Charvel super strat is a feather compared to my Les Paul.

I made a thread a few months ago about Les Paul weights, and some people have 11, 12, 13 pound Les Pauls. 10 seems light compared to a 13 pounder lol.

 

[1all's Pub]

Is the Les Paul anywhere near the record for a stock Les Paul?

No even close! There were some Norlin LPs from the 70s well into the teens... with I think the heaviest I remember being reported at 17 or 18 pounds.

 

[BKS]

No even close! There were some Norlin LPs from the 70s well into the teens... with I think the heaviest I remember being reported at 17 or 18 pounds.

 

[Axeman16]

check out something from the norlin era and your guitar will seem lighter lol

 

[Guitpicky]

My weight relieved 2016 Standard weighed in at 9.5lbs

My 2018 Modern LP Custom has no weight relief and weighs in at 9.5lbs

Go figure

 

[Brazilnut]

My Lesters have all been chambered, except for the first one I owned, a Studio Lite. Comes from starting life with Fender products, I guess.

 

[AlanBiker]

My '92 is over 10 lbs. Around 9lbs is about the average for the Traditionals it seems nowadays.

My 2016 Traditional weighs 10lb 4oz

Alan

 

[redcoats1976]

my 2005 standard faded was 13 pounds,way too much to want to hang around my neck after a hard day at work.my 2017 tribute GT is 8 pounds,just about right.

 

[ARandall]

My weight relieved 2016 Standard weighed in at 9.5lbs

My 2018 Modern LP Custom has no weight relief and weighs in at 9.5lbs

Go figure

Well, I've had similar sized Ash wood blanks be 4 times heavier as an extreme case.

 

[SGeoff]

Course lp's all seem heavy compared to the "68 sg, or the 2014 sg, which both come in at 7 lbs or below. however, i was lucky enough to get a good 2013 studio that is all the lp i need, it weighs 8.4

 

[grumphh]

No even close! There were some Norlin LPs from the 70s well into the teens... with I think the heaviest I remember being reported at 17 or 18 pounds.

I remember the heaviest i have ever heard about to be in the vicinity of 22 lbs...




....just to see if we can drive internet weight numbers higher - henceforth 22 lbs should be the weight people associate with Norlins.
After all, now "22 lbs" has been written on the almighty internet (a number freely invented by me), and hopefully some of you will remember this number in future threads on Norlin weight, so therefore it may well become the new weight record number for Norlins

 

[SGeoff]

wasn't it 23?

 

[BKS]

Well here is one of the lightest... Not a lp but single cut.
I read somewhere that in the seventies Gibson had made a solid brass lp....?