Nose driving TBird

You can put and extra strap button on the back which will help. But I found with my Thurnderbird all it took was a extra heavy duty wide leather strap. It (hardly) dives any more.
Cheers

 

I believe it's called Neck Dive :l

But putting terminology aside, try this perhaps:

http://www.lysator.liu.se/~wizkid/music/thunderbird_mod/

If you don't trust the link, he added a new strap button:

 

Yep; neck dive. One of the most common problems with T-Birds. Do a forum search - you'll find a couple hundred ways of fixing it.

 

A friend of mine who is a TBird player has his strap go over the front of the bottom left hand bout so that it holds the bass closer to his body and helps with the neck dive. Hope this makes sense.

 

The neck dive is easy to get used to ... I ended up just reseting my forearm on the body ... no big deal .. small sacrifice for great tone

 

1. strap button on back of neck heel.

2. wide leather strap.

I don't have a problem with my '76 Tbird at all. I can take my hands (and forearm) completely off the bass and it doesn't neck dive.

 

I have been playing tbirds since '76. Move the strap button to the heel of the neck, get a wide strap.......................and live with it !