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Neck dive...

#61
blue4 said:
Letting us know you are not serious and the post is intended as tongue in cheek would improve the conversation.

Also to the people who always point out that a 52" wide strap will fix a neck dive flaw, that is still acknowledging that there IS a flaw that needs to be addressed. My EB0 has a wide strap to fix neck dive, that doesn't mean the bass is permanently cured of it.
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Everything I say is tongue in cheek. Or, somewhere in between. Too much seriousness here. C'mon... Rock n Roll with it!!! SHEESH...
 
#63
Gilmourisgod said:
Life is too short to tolerate a neck diver. Nothing turns me off quicker, when I pick up a bass I’ve never tried, it’s the FIRST thing I check, then weight. Plenty of great sounding, balanced, light basses out there, better question is why anyone would buy a neck diver?
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So what your offering is a prelude to another neck dive thread?.:roflmao:.............:thumbsup:
 
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#64
I don't own any neck dive basses. When I'm onstage, if I drop my hands, the bass should maintain a 45 degree angle, not moving from when I touched it. And I won't tolerate a heavy bass. I own Ibanez basses, they have slim smaller headstocks and svelte lightweight tuners that work just fine thank you. So at the end of the night I don't have aching shoulders and didn't wrestle with my shirt or neck all night, I concentrated on my music.

The way I see it, it's the responsibility of the manufacturers to take care of neck dive. However, some classic style basses have been left unchanged for decades because they're so iconic. They have huge headstocks and tuners. Only for aesthetics of an iconic style. These tuners and designs contribute to the HIGHLY DISCUSSED DEAD SPOTS. In 1981 I split from the classic style basses to Ibanez and have never had a dead spot again. It seemed like every popular J or P I owned had a dead spot. Now, I've heard, if you get rid of those huge tuners and use lightweight tuners, the dead spots will disappear. I can't confirm because I have no interest in going back there.
 
#65
This is neck dive.
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#66
InhumanResource said:
I'll probably get hell for this (again) but I've never experienced this phenomenon and yes, I have played a variety of basses over the years. They always stay put. I think it has to do with the height that I hang them at, which I would describe as a reasonable location and somewhere between my lower jaw and my knee.
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Its a myth man, it doesnt exist.......... "VROOOOM"!........(vanishes into the universe driving an early 70's custom van with smoke billowing out the windows to the sound of Hawkwind's Silver Machine).......
 
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