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Old January 5th, 2008, 12:18 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I find that a low/medium weight but well balanced guitar is easier on the back than a very light guitar that's neck heavy. Even a slight forward pull of the strap gets to me after a while...more so than a bit more weight hanging straight down on both strap ends.

And as I very much prefer a solid chunky neck to a modern slim one any very low weight body will result in a neck-heavy guitar.

From what I can tell a 4.5 to 5 pound body is usually about right.
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