Strap Balance

I've never come across a higher-end bass that didn't balance well. My roscoe has a little neck dive at times, but it's a 6-string and honestly i'd rather have the neck dive than have the overall weight increased for balance.

Side note: Where you at in philly man? We might live near each other.

 

philly representing!

danman

 

I also dislike the short horn and tiny body on my roscoe, but i'm used to crapy balance from playing six strings. It balances great on my leg thankfully.

Why on earth would you go to jersey from living in philly!?!?

 

I am yet to come across a mid-high range bass [ok, so I've only played a Stingray and Stingray5] with bad balance. My basses have good balance. My TangleWood Nevada 4 bass has horrible balance, but that's more because it's so top heavy. Can anyone tell me what the body on one of these is made out of?

 

Yo to that!

 

This is one of the worst issues I have with my Corvette 6 - it is a neck diver. I really love the tone, but the balance sucks....

 

I think most (if not all) manufacturers have figured out how to design basses with proper balance. Some,like Warwick, have just decided to ignore the issue on some models (Thumb Bass), but not on others (Streamer Bolt-On). In some cases, if you love the sound, you'll put up with bad balance. And, to a certain segment of the bass buying public, aesthetics come first. Why else would Traben put big chrome flames on their basses? Some people (not me) think it looks cool.

That being said, I'm glad that some manufacturers throw balance to the wind, and just build a bass that looks good. I may not want to buy it, but I'm glad it exists. If all the builders (and players) decided "Balance is King", there'd be even more similiar looking basses than there are now.

I'm glad that bass makers (especially the independents), keep coming up with new designs, rather than being stuck in the late 50's like g***** players.

Sorry if this was a little rambley. I just wanted to say...Damn! I forgot!