Hans Guitars Rocket Lightweight | Super light, German master-built custom guitar with Kloppmann P90!

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This is the Hans Guitar Rocket Lightweight, and it’s the lightest electric guitar I’ve ever laid my hands on – this thing weighs a jaw dropping 2.2 kg, or 4.85 lbs.!

But it’s not all about the weight: the Rocket Lightweight is a stunning example of a modern guitar. Built by hand in Tübingen, Germany, in January 2021 by Thorsten Hans – Mr Hans Guitars – the Rocket Lightweight is a thoroughbred rock and roll machine ready for any stage.

The secret behind the guitar’s back-saving mass is the ultra-light body and neck, which are made of paulownia, a wood that’s similar to swamp ash. And elsewhere, no expenses have been spared to make the Rocket Lightweight the best it can be, so there’s a Kloppmann SB62 P90 pickup, a Göldo bridge, Gotoh stealth tuners, a bone nut, a treble bleed mod, and more.

As usual, I put the guitar through the mill by playing riffs from my favorite genres with different amounts of gain, so sit back and enjoy the sounds!

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Here are some links to the various playing samples and info bits:

00:00 Hello!
00:38 Introduction to Hans Guitars and the Rocket Lightweight
03:15 Rocket Lightweight specs and design
04:58 The secret behind the guitar’s low weight – paulownia!
08:12 Today’s rig

Clean channel on the amp
08:38 Clean open chords for reference
08:43 Atmospheric strummed pop chords
09:04 Indie pop barre chords
09:21 Droning indie chords
09:35 Classic singer songwriter chords and tone pot test sweep
10:35 Strummed country rock cowboy chords
10:55 Atmospheric chords/melody with extra reverb (from the amp)

Clean channel with Timmy pedal engaged
11:05 Picked indie arpeggios
11:24 Strummed indie chords
11:40 Indie pop lush open chords
11:53 Picked country ballad arpeggios
12:06 Country southern rock melodic riff
12:17 Choppy pop barre chords
12:27 Poppy indie barre chords
12:44 Hendrix inspired classic rock rhythm sound
13:02 Indie droning open chords
13:32 Indie rock octave chords riff
13:58 The Strokes inspired upbeat indie riff

Crunch channel on the amp
14:38 Classic rock rhythm sound
14:54 Airbourne inspired classic rock riff
15:07 AC/DC inspired classic rock riff
15:23 Hendrix inspired classic rock rhythm sound
15:41 Droning open-string indie rock riff
15:53 Indie barre chords
16:20 Volume pot test
16:52 Indie pop riff
17:09 Kings Of Leon inspired indie riff
17:25 Indie rock barre chord riff

Lead channel on the amp
17:39 Classic hard rock riff
17:56 Hard rock riff
18:13 Glam rock riff
18:27 Punk rock riff
18:42 Green Day inspired punk riff
18:55 Pop punk riff
19:08 Less Than Jake inspired punk rock riff
19:19 Alternative rock riff
19:46 Foo Fighters inspired rock tone

Lead channel with Timmy pedal engaged (Drop D tuning)
20:02 Progressive rock riff
20:17 Alternative rock palm-muted chords
20:41 Hardcore punk riff chugging test

Clean channel with Revv G3 pedal engaged (Drop D tuning)
20:57 Hardcore punk riff chugging test again!
21:16 Mastodon inspired metal riff
21:27 Hardcore punk riff
21:42 Hardcore chugging riff
21:52 Classic heavy metal riff

22:23 My thoughts and your opinions wanted!
22:49 The weight of the guitar – and the one downside of such a low weight (23:40)
24:50 Feel, playability and build quality
27:33 Sounds
29:09 Overall opinion on the guitar
29:52 The price… and what else you could buy for that money
30:49 Watch Thomas Blug and me compare the Rocket Lightweight with a 56 Les Paul Junior:
31:37 Check out Hans Guitars and goodbye!


My setup was as follows: I ran the Rocket Lightweight into a Paul Cochrane Timmy Pedal and a Revv G3 distortion pedal into my Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 head. That went from the Red Box DI straight into my Focusrite Scarlett 2i4, which went into Logic Pro X. That's it. No post-processing on the sounds was done.

Here’s some links to those bits of gear:

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H&K Black Spirit 200 head:
Revv G3:
Timmy: Good luck with that! Paul Cochrane doesn’t have a website, so your best bet when looking for a Timmy is to search used sites or stores (I bought mine used on eBay Marketplace), or check out the odd USA dealer who sometimes gets them in! Humbucker Music often has them listed (no affiliation!):
Focusrite 4i4 (this is the newer equivalent of my 2i4, which they don’t make any more!):
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Enjoy!


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Backing music from the YouTube Audio Library: Dusty Fingers – DJ Williams.

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