Hey Gang,I just came back from Las Vegas and naturally I stopped in at Ed Romans World Class Guitars to see the Buckeye triple omega series I that is posted on his website. http://edroman.com/guitar/alembic/seriesbass_ale.htm All I can say is that this bass is not for the faint of heart...or the weak of back!! The Ebony laminates give this thing a monsterous tone!! It was a truly beautiful
work of art. The Buckeye is fantastic!!!Extremely heavy though,I would not want to wear this bass all night! Mike

The weight there is mostly from the ebony neck lams and the large size of the body.  The buckeye top & back are actually quite light.  If that were a coco bolo or maple bass, for example, it'd be lot heavier.  Steve, at Superbass  has a 4 string Triple omega with buckeye top & back and he lists the weight at 9 pounds; being a 4 string and having purpleheart instead of ebony as neck laminates reduces the weight quite a bit.
 
Valentino