warlock neckdive elimination

beyondhairy · #1 12-11-2006, 07:43 PM

i just got a warlock platinum and its an awesom ebass, but this neck dive is insane...

anyway to eliminate it? i doubt the thunderbird trick would work on this one...

edit:

i was just thinking, if the strap moving doesnt work, is it possible to find clip on weights for the body to balance out the neck?

JacksonsMen · #2 12-12-2006, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by beyondhairy

i just got a warlock platinum and its an awesom ebass, but this neck dive is insane...

anyway to eliminate it? i doubt the thunderbird trick would work on this one...

edit:

i was just thinking, if the strap moving doesnt work, is it possible to find clip on weights for the body to balance out the neck?

ive never heard of the thunderbird trick but i assume it involves moving the strap button placement.

ive never really looked into ways to solve neck dive, i know my spector has it bad but either it doesnt effect my playing, or ive just gotten so used to it that i play around it in a sense.

im taking my spector to my tech tomorow for a settup, ill ask while im there if no one else responds

beyondhairy · #3 12-12-2006, 08:38 AM

the epiphone thunderbird has a neck dive issue also, but it can be solved by moving the strap button from the "horn" to the back of the neck..

http://www.lysator.liu.se/~wizkid/mu...underbird_mod/

and thanks

i hope ur tech knows some sort of solution

SnoMan · #4 12-12-2006, 09:02 AM

It may be worth trying....I mean that guy sure does look happy in the final pic.

beyondhairy · #5 12-12-2006, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by SnoMan

It may be worth trying....I mean that guy sure does look happy in the final pic.

lol, that made me giggle out loud when i went to go back and look at him

i still dont know if itll work, these two basses are different weights and shapes and theres a different weight distribution on both basses.

im going to pick up a 5lb weight and attach it to the body of the bass and see what happens. that is if jacksonsmen's tech cant help me out with a solution

**Kelly Lee** · #6 12-12-2006, 09:45 AM

You could try what I did on my BCR Virgin. It's a little more invloved but there is ZERO neckdive now. I posted it somewhere on TB how I did it but here are the pics.

beyondhairy · #7 12-12-2006, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Kelly Lee

You could try what I did on my BCR Virgin. It's a little more invloved but there is ZERO neckdive now. I posted it somewhere on TB how I did it but here are the pics.

@_@!!!

i need to find this tutorial lol,

its sooo much better then my "duct tape a 5lb weight to my bass" idea lol

SnoMan · #8 12-12-2006, 09:54 AM

But....but....you don't have a before and after picture.....

**Kelly Lee** · #9 12-12-2006, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by SnoMan

But....but....you don't have a before and after picture.....

True. Well, just imagine the neck pointing to the 5 o'clock position before the mod!

EDIT: BTW, here is the link to the thread where I tell how I did it. Post #14 and #18. Hope it helps!

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showth...90#post2529290

beyondhairy · #10 12-12-2006, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Kelly Lee

True. Well, just imagine the neck pointing to the 5 o'clock position before the mod!

i was just doing a search for the tutorial that u mentioned and i cant for the life of me find it, can u help me out?

**Kelly Lee** · #11 12-12-2006, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by beyondhairy

i was just doing a search for the tutorial that u mentioned and i cant for the life of me find it, can u help me out?

Look up!

here it is again: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showth...90#post2529290

beyondhairy · #12 12-12-2006, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Kelly Lee

Look up!

lol, i was hoping the tutorial told me what the piece of metal was or where u got it

and i also noticed that the screw in the button doesnt look like its the one that came with the button cuz it looks shorter

**Kelly Lee** · #13 12-12-2006, 10:23 AM

DOH! My bad.

The material was a shelf bracket that I bought at Walmart for like $6. It is about an 1/8 inch thick and came in black. It had a curved over end as well.

I used the original strap button to hold the bracket in place using one of the existing holes on the bracket. I drilled a second hole so it would be stable and I used an identical screw for it.

The strap button I'm using is actually a straplock. I went to Ace Hardware and found a screw that would fit through the straplock but not interfere with the it. Then I bought a matching self-locking nut (the ones with plastic in them) and a washer.

Hope that sheds a little more light on it. If you have any more questions just ask.

mike phillips · #14 12-12-2006, 02:13 PM

speakin of major neck dive, has anyone found a solution for the neck dive on a jackson kelly. it is b-a-d, b-a-d, b-a-d.

beyondhairy · #15 12-12-2006, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Kelly Lee

DOH! My bad.

The material was a shelf bracket that I bought at Walmart for like $6. It is about an 1/8 inch thick and came in black. It had a curved over end as well.

I used the original strap button to hold the bracket in place using one of the existing holes on the bracket. I drilled a second hole so it would be stable and I used an identical screw for it.

The strap button I'm using is actually a straplock. I went to Ace Hardware and found a screw that would fit through the straplock but not interfere with the it. Then I bought a matching self-locking nut (the ones with plastic in them) and a washer.

Hope that sheds a little more light on it. If you have any more questions just ask.

walmart, is that like k-mart or walgreens? lol

do u have the sku number or anything?

if i cant find a nice piece, can i send u a money order for the piece and shipping of it and u purchase and mail it to me?

JacksonsMen · #16 12-12-2006, 06:51 PM

just got find a shelf bracket...

and you really dont know what wallmart is? wierd....its exactly like k mart

**Kelly Lee** · #17 12-12-2006, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by beyondhairy

walmart, is that like k-mart or walgreens? lol

do u have the sku number or anything?

if i cant find a nice piece, can i send u a money order for the piece and shipping of it and u purchase and mail it to me?

Walmart is sort of like K-mart in that it's a large department store. It's just not as good. (IMO

) Sorry, no sku or part #. If you really wanted me to I guess I get it and send it to you.

Let me look around first and maybe I can get the part # or maybe even a pic of the unmodified bracket.

beyondhairy · #18 12-12-2006, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Kelly Lee

Walmart is sort of like K-mart in that it's a large department store. It's just not as good. (IMO

) Sorry, no sku or part #. If you really wanted me to I guess I get it and send it to you.

Let me look around first and maybe I can get the part # or maybe even a pic of the unmodified bracket.

awesome

iv seen bracets like these, but not any with a small round off like that, i guess i havent really looked for them so i cant remember, ill look around too

u go one way and ill go the other and we meet in the middle..lol
(usualy what my friends and i say when we go into those large stores)