Eclipse II weight ???
Eclipse II weight ???
If you pick one up thinking it should be a bit heavy, your going to be dissapointed. The Eclipse's are much lighter than their counter part (Gibsons) and thats a good thing! We have several ESP dealers here in my area and I just picked up one yesterday and played it for a bit. They are about as heavy as any normal (alder or mahoganey) body guitar. It feels a little weird because they look the part of a much heavier guitar. The pay off is in the comfort of these instruments because the lighter weight is by far a better thing when your on that instrument for long periods of time. Hope this helps! Now, order me one in ACSB! :)
I weighed both my eclipses on a regular scale so it's not very accurate. Both seem to weigh in somewhere around 8 pounds.
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+, - 2 pounds for possible error/inaccuracy, and its about 6-10 pound range. I'm a small guy, 5'6 about 140 pounds and I play at band practice standing up for 3 hours straight and it doesn't bother me. I also go nuts when I play shows(30-45 min) and the weight doesn't bother me. I doubt you will find the guitar heavy.
I never weighed mine, but I'm going to guess they are around seven pounds. They are not heavy guitars because they are not full thickness, I'm sure you would be fine.