ominous bear

5 hours ago, kwmlondon said:

Hmm. Bit worried about the wall-mounted guitar hanger then!

If it helps, I've just weighed the one I have (that exact model) and it's 9.1 lbs / 4.13 kg. 

Oh, and the pickups are nowhere near jazz shape, but sound pretty decent to my ears. 

I bought one B stock, for exactly the same reason as you. Really nice bass and an absolute bargain even at full price.  Assumed I'd end up buying a more expensive FL 5er if I liked it, but no need and would need to spend loads more to step up. 

Needed shielding and a good set up (particularly nut slots), plus the neck benefited from a sand, cos you could feel the joins between the different woods. 

But a cracking playing, decent sounding bass.