I had a Jazz bass once that weighed over 12 pounds. I sold it pretty quickly.
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My Peavey T-40 is 12 lbs!!!
I donāt mind itā¦yetā¦.but I am guessing it is not going to be the bass I play in the Lake Buena Vista Retirement Community
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Mine was a Harley Benton. I might have kept a Peavey. 
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Pretty funny, @Barney
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lol I remember my step-brother had one of those old Peavey basses. And some heavy af Peavey amp to go with it.
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Meanwhile, this guy built a bass from an old wooden pallet XD
I think pallets are usually pine or some other cheap wood? 
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Itās not uncommon to find Les Paul guitars over 13 lbs 
early fender basses made from ash are usually pretty heavy. I think my Sire M7 is around 10 lbs, I find it more of a āproblemā that my Affinity Jazz bass feels too light.
I often walk around all day with a 20+ pound bag of gear or hike with a 40+ pound pack so 12 lbs doesnāt seem that heavy 
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Yep. Pine. Young cheap pine.
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Iām not so sure about that.
Have you ever tried to pull the nails out of a pallet to reclaim the wood?
To me they seem to be rough hardwoods not soft pine.
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You are correct, and, so am I.
Oak and/or southern yellow pine as it turns out.
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I want to build a barncaster some day if I ever come across some good old wood.
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Meanwhile, Iām waiting for the next section of my fence to fall down/need replacing 
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Semi-related:
I think this came up somewhere in here.
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Thank you, @Koldunya . . . 
Definitely a difference in tone . . . but the problem now is finding the right word(s) to accurately describe it: tighter, more brittle, sustain, superior sustain, etc. etc. 
Cheers
Joe
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More/less expensive.
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I was going to cheekily suggest we spend the extra money on a thesaurus and dictionary, but those are basically free onlineā¦
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I watched that earlier, actually. Well, thereās two of them, but Iāve seen both. I donāt remember which one that is off the top of my head.