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Anyone have any suggestions for stopping neck dive on a Patriot? I have one of the Patriot "custom"s, old pic here:
I added a high-mass bridge (kept the old one in case I want to change it back to stock) without drilling any holes or harming it in any way, and while I notice a small increase in sustain and intonation accuracy, it barely made a difference in the neck diving despite the increase of mass at the end of the body.
Moving strap buttons would be a last resort, I don't want to butcher this excellent bass, and I love everything about the Grover Titan tuners, but when I play on the highest frets the neck dives like crazy and it kills my fretting hand making my playing a little sloppy. Any advice?
I added a high-mass bridge (kept the old one in case I want to change it back to stock) without drilling any holes or harming it in any way, and while I notice a small increase in sustain and intonation accuracy, it barely made a difference in the neck diving despite the increase of mass at the end of the body.
Moving strap buttons would be a last resort, I don't want to butcher this excellent bass, and I love everything about the Grover Titan tuners, but when I play on the highest frets the neck dives like crazy and it kills my fretting hand making my playing a little sloppy. Any advice?
Try one of the 4 inch wide leather straps. Eliminates the neck dive caused by a full pound (4 x 4 ounces per tuner) of metal at the end of the neck. I have the same problem with my Foundation S and the wide strap works great.
Or lighter tuners as suggested above. You would probably need to add 3 or 4 pounds of weight to the body to make it balanced.
Or lighter tuners as suggested above. You would probably need to add 3 or 4 pounds of weight to the body to make it balanced.
NicJimBass
Flossin'? I thought your name was Munson!
IIRC, those Babicz bridges are made of aluminum, so it's likely pretty light, even though it's billed as a high-mass bridge... actually, it's billed as a full-contact bridge, not high-mass. I would go with something like a Hipshot A-Style brass bridge to add some more weight. Or, you could add something to the control cavity. I did this with my Foundation 5, as it was neck-diving a bit. A while back I bought a strap that came with 3 lead weights that go in a pocket on the end to prevent neck-dive. The strap was never that comfortable, so I stopped using it, but I glued one of the weights to the back of the cavity cover, and all is well.
I might try the weights in the control cavity method, as I like the tuners (plus hipshot hardware is expensive! Probably would cost half what I paid for this bass) and the bass is pretty lightweight at the body. Thanks for all the suggestions!
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2 KJP
3 rockern
4 dj Wackerfriz
5 Showdown
6 FL Knifemaker
7 CYoung
8 Orca 87
9 Would'e ?
10 Blues Bass
11 Dr. Cheese
12 erochelle77
13 RDY2RMBL
14 Philbiker
15 Six String Poet
16 Tom Vass
17 Count Bassie
18 Jumbo Silverette
19 Phallpdx
20 Nasnederis
21 embellisher
22 oddio
23 jgsbass
24 dangnewt
25 Ken R
26 Woody G3
27 Scott in Dallas
28 CHILDISHGAMBINO
29 Ruggar
30 rok 51
31 smogg
32 Zachass
33 tenax
34 the hamsterman
35 swollen 303
36 alembic5
37 joe geezer
38 cb56
39 SkateRat
40 Sleeping buddha
41 ikestr
42 Neat Cirrus
43 jayp833
44 VS
45 Jumbo Friendly
46 basstones
47 RL6
48 Zooberwerx
49 Bo H
50 StarscreamG1
51 SUNNyday r.
52 Fissed
53 Im Uncle Sam
54 Clutchcargo
55 Alvaro Martan Gomez A.
56 classicrocker
57 Magnaken
58 sineas
59 OmegaZ27
60 crunge
61 I FlemoI
62 Gintaras
63 Xjeganz
64 Fretster
65 rad69cam
66 bassmaster 2010
67 blackiw 234
68 oldmark
69 Art and Music
70 Scottpro1969
71 madbassplaya
72 Farmingtonriver
73 Fletch
74 Psychicpet
75 Bigbee
76 Fourstringbliss
77 beaner
78 Ken Toby
79 Sam the bassist
80 Wishbon 7
81 BassicJohn
82 440426
83 Bett
84 millahh
85 Fellingextrover
86 Krugmeister
87 cereakKilla 1980
88 Sailboat
89 138BASS
90 Kokopelli 339
91 match
92 Kano 2864212
93 logicman 69
94 Kevmc 28
95 Hounddog
96 disturbed bass 13
97 countshockula
98 groove 4 christ
99 LilRay
100 mb94952
101 justpucky
102 MTMTEX
103 Pennington
104 Infernus
105 jaymi
106 Bassenstien
107 ulrich
108 timber22
109 z basstringer
110 Stevem627
111 StoBro
112 Steve Bennett
113 bassmanrocke
114 T-Forty
115 Navybass
116 Songwriter 21
117 lazytech
118 perfektspace 6
119 Nick In Mesa
120 nateh 415
121 Brian Krash pad
122 MNAirHead
123 shaky
124 uribam
125 Planet Boulder
126 Papa Jewrry
127 Shakey
128 sonicfrog
129 downtownblues
130 Nightsblood
131 Esstreel
132 FenderGibson
133 wildcat50
134 sweetwillyp
135 thebasssponge
136 xhawk5
137 mech
138 twistd
139 steveo33
140 ericw
141 JoeBelc
142 moonshine-gtrs
143 thunderbird32
144 oldrockerdude
145 Mackerd
146 LZBass
147 GenStormbringer
148 OldRookie
149 ShenmeTacos
150 OriginalKeyster
151 Floyd Eye
152 Volume4
153 davidgoldman
154 epic!
155 iriegnome
156 treeman1983
157 PeaveyCirrus4
158 stringray56funk
159 TYS_MIKE
160 TL5
161 tk421
162 nealpolitan
163 Lucho.Metal
164 ubnomnar
165 Strebs27
166 Wademeister63
167 lfbassguy
168 rickenbaker
169 propar
170 coreyw666
171 pickelbarrel
172 Stacatto
173 PeaveyPippin
174 pinz
175 No Neck Shrek
176 audiomitch
177 k5koy
178 Yetiparty
179 mr.bigglesworth
180 Deep Rich Tones
181 kkapalla
182 RawOrange
183 jurberg
184 kjpollo
185 DonovanJM
186 lefty1979
187 TinIndian
188 Basstovsky
189 boynamedsuse
190 Basshappi
191 ack
192 nutricous
193 cheapbasslovin
194 Jeff 66
195 nocontrols
196 RandyMolson
197 XsSpeed
198 K-roth
199 tabdog
200 Steady
201 Auriaprottu
202 dinsdal3
203 oldrockerdude
204 Josh Emmons
205 ProfGumby
206 LowEndMan2112
207 Blisterfinger
208 Ursus Tyrannus
209 DarkShadesBill
210 afranks
211 kiel83
212 Sbociol
213 Kenova
214 Grebnaws
215 OldDude420
216 MKoby
217 mark beam
218 Rick Moors
219 Blues Bass 2
220 JLS
221 pnut166
222 drummer5359
223 maxoges
224 who
225 bassfreakah
226 metlman72
227 fuzzychaos
228 alecduncan
229 jbravo
230 ajish4
231 rusthoneybass
232 sgl
233 Imaginos
234 Bean1871
235 jweber76
236 bassnuzzle
237 gfaulkner
238 llamalor2112
239 ejaggers
240 Geroi Asfalta
241 buckeyebragi
242 troutbum22
243 IndustrialArts
244 tgriley62
245 BoRadBass
246 Treebeard1989
247 Andy_D
248 Templar
249 naetog
250 Jason P Bass
251 onetimeoneplace
252 Jamarvic
253 darryljr23
254 Mavstang73
255 66ludwig
256 comicbookguy95
257 jjk2007
258 McThumpenstein
259 CrewsControl
260 vasco88
261 sharkwagon
262 JPATA
263 hip63
264 LunaticAviation
265 bootsox
266 RyanJD
267 Dluxe
268 thebrassthief
269 TheDude007
270 keithbroussard
271 Citizen Snips
272 Eilif
273 Ken J
274 tore00
275 Paladin54
276 BritFunk
277 Day
278 FrankenIbanez70
279 BOOCAKE4U
280 Ratman2356
281 fatdoggie
282 landau roof
283 Tonefloat
284 faviobarrio
285 gadget10k
286 Hangfire
287 tank73
288 tonybassman
289 ilovenofrets
Please let me know if I missed anyone.
This was the fix! I was able to squeeze the metal back into the "elephant ear" slot. Then I added super glue and it is strong.
That's a reflection, I'm pretty sure. Only the Plus model had the matching headstock and I think even then it only came with the birdseye maple board. And the Plus models have a Flame Maple top.
Thanks. I have a feeling that I'm really going to like the Millennium.
If it's anything close to the RJ-IV, I'm gonna love it.
If it's anything close to the RJ-IV, I'm gonna love it.
Have a number just wanted to share again,put some inlay stickers on there
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That's really a great looking bass.
Does anyone know where I can pick up a pair of Super Ferrite 5's for a mid 90's Foundation 5?
Best I remember the 4 string and 5 string Foundations used the same pickup sets (same as DynaBass). There was no wider 5 string version. Be aware that they are a set with one being magnetically out of phase with the other so I would purchase as a set only and not individuals. When the tops of the PUs are put together they should lightly stick together and not repel each other. They show up on ebay occasionally.
mech
