I went around bass shopping today and i saw this really nice Ibanez SR506 6-string bass. I've looked around this forum and most people say thats its a heck of a good bass for the money and what not. I picked it up and played with it today and when i was about to put it back on the shelf i noticed the neck seemed to be way more heavy than the body. in fact the body seemed extremly light. now i didnt have a strap so it was sitting on my lap while playing. what i want to know is with the neck being heavier than the body wont it sort of be awkward when using a strap or is it just my wierdness and its better to have the neck heavy. has anyone else noticed this and think its ok or not???
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Ibanez SR506
- Thread starter quincsta
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I've had my SR-506 for about 7 months now. The neck is a little heavy, but I don't really experience any neck dive at all when playing. It's never been an issue for me that I can think of. BTW, I only use a standard 3" wide leather strap to support it. 
just bought it this week, great bass havent had any problems with the neck dive its slight but not much of a problem
I have an SR406, and I did experience a little neck dive from time to time. I corrected it with buying a leather strap though, so I'm pretty much all balanced out!
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-ryan-
Yep, wee bit neck heavy, but the rest of the instrument makes it really worth the money. That's what happens when you put a 6 string neck on a small body.
Actually, I put a crappy little thin strap on it at my GC (my own strap, used for acoustic guitar), and it balanced pretty well on my body. went down a bit more than my Jazz with 2.5 inch strap does, but not bad at all.
