Is this neck dive?

[707GK]

I know that a lot of basses have neck dive and vice versa. 2 of my 3 have heavier bodies than necks and I never get neck dive. My 3rd bass has a light body and a chunky neck and it appears to be really well balanced. When releasing, it likes to "dive" a bit compared to the other 2, resting near where it's parallel to the ground. I can actually balance the bass at the neck plate...kind of like you would do to a nice knife at the hilt, so it seems to have a pretty good 50/50 weight ratio.

Am I weird for noticing this? Is this considered neck dive? The neck doesn't want to fall to the floor, just to the point where the neck and the body are equal...almost like in one of those old sets of scales.

No complaints, I love all 3 basses and in fact the 1 with "neck dive" in question is my preferred bass at the moment.

 

[Watchootognbout]

I would say so.
Personally,I don't want to support the neck while fretting.
My basses hang at a 45 degree angle.

I don't want any forearm muscle tension other than the fretting effort.
Can you post a pic?

 

[707GK]

Maybe when I get home I can get a pic!

The resting weight of my right hand on the body when playing is enough to push the neck back up to a comfortable playing position, so there’s nothing being supported by my left hand when playing. My left hand floats just like when it does playing my others.

 

[Watchootognbout]

Your plucking arm is pushing the bass down.
You don't want to have to push the bass down either.
Both arms(hands)should be floating.

 

[707GK]

Well technically my right hand is floating, my forearm is the thing resting on the back of the bass. I feel this is fairly standard and even why some manufacturers have the forearm contour.