My Tele is heavier than my Les Paul

hadded03

This isn’t the normal way of things… is it?

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Suspect it’s mostly the Tele’s fault - quite a hefty one I guess. 

chrisj1602

I think it’s bit of both, that’s a light Les Paul too.

Teyeplayer

Yeah the universe has been reversed. A black hole will open in your lounge later today.

hadded03

Teyeplayer said:

Yeah the universe has been reversed. A black hole will open in your lounge later today.

This is exactly what I’m worried about.  There’s clearly something deeply strange going on.  I just don’t know what to believe anymore. 

Teyeplayer

hadded03 said:

Teyeplayer said:

Yeah the universe has been reversed. A black hole will open in your lounge later today.

This is exactly what I’m worried about.  There’s clearly something deeply strange going on.  I just don’t know what to believe anymore. 

It’s Friday, it’s the bank holiday, you need to binge watch 3 Body Problem in search for answers.

fretfinder

What you have there is an unusually light Les Paul and a not so unusually heavy Tele. Congrats on the first, not so much on the second. 

stonevibe

I watched a video of a Les Paul that had a Tele bridge pickup yesterday, so the world is possibly going sideways

robgilmo

So what do we consider an average weight for either?

Fishboy7

7lb or less is optimal on an Ash bodied tele.

Don't really care how heavy a les paul is.

stonevibe

My John 5 Triple Tele is pretty heavy; I haven't weighed it, though. 

spir4L

Is that a FCS Tele?

Revolutions

My avri 52 tele is heavier & has a bigger neck than my Les Paul. Always makes me feel weird.

Basher

Some years ago, I was shocked to find that I had a heavy (8.75lb-ish) strat.

I'd owned a couple of Tokai LP copies and a Burny LP custom copy that *felt* a lot heavier. I don't think I weighed them as I'd be very suggestible to the new thinking that if they were heavy, they'd be crap. The Burny was a monster but I'm guessing the Tokais were around the typical 9lb weight. 

My, eventual, point is that the strat's more ergonomic design seemed to make it feel much lighter. Not sure if this applies to teles though. You seem surprised that it was heavier than the LP so maybe it does?

dazzajl

A Bigsby will restore balance to the universe here 

Teyeplayer

dazzajl said:

A Bigsby will restore balance to the universe here 

Two bigsbys, one on each. 

Kittyfrisk

My telly is heavier than both, this is normal.

greejn

I play sitting down. Weight is fairly irrelevant as far as I'm concerned, have some great hefty guitars.

Philly_Q

Kittyfrisk said:

My telly is heavier than both, this is normal.

Is it an old CRT?

hadded03

spir4L said:

Is that a FCS Tele?

No, it’s a mid-90s MIJ which I stripped and refinished.  Would have been even heavier before I guess, with the amount of poly lacquer that came off it. 

Bellycaster

It's pretty close, just take the strings off the Tele. Job done.

mankytom

They are both the right colours though!