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warlock neckdive elimination

#2
beyondhairy said:
i just got a warlock platinum and its an awesom ebass, but this neck dive is insane...

anyway to eliminate it? i doubt the thunderbird trick would work on this one...


edit:

i was just thinking, if the strap moving doesnt work, is it possible to find clip on weights for the body to balance out the neck?
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ive never heard of the thunderbird trick but i assume it involves moving the strap button placement.

ive never really looked into ways to solve neck dive, i know my spector has it bad but either it doesnt effect my playing, or ive just gotten so used to it that i play around it in a sense.

im taking my spector to my tech tomorow for a settup, ill ask while im there if no one else responds
 
#5
SnoMan said:
It may be worth trying....I mean that guy sure does look happy in the final pic.
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lol, that made me giggle out loud when i went to go back and look at him

i still dont know if itll work, these two basses are different weights and shapes and theres a different weight distribution on both basses.

im going to pick up a 5lb weight and attach it to the body of the bass and see what happens. that is if jacksonsmen's tech cant help me out with a solution
 
#6
You could try what I did on my BCR Virgin. It's a little more invloved but there is ZERO neckdive now. I posted it somewhere on TB how I did it but here are the pics.

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#13
DOH! My bad.

The material was a shelf bracket that I bought at Walmart for like $6. It is about an 1/8 inch thick and came in black. It had a curved over end as well.

I used the original strap button to hold the bracket in place using one of the existing holes on the bracket. I drilled a second hole so it would be stable and I used an identical screw for it.

The strap button I'm using is actually a straplock. I went to Ace Hardware and found a screw that would fit through the straplock but not interfere with the it. Then I bought a matching self-locking nut (the ones with plastic in them) and a washer.

Hope that sheds a little more light on it. If you have any more questions just ask.
 
#15
Kelly Lee said:
DOH! My bad.

The material was a shelf bracket that I bought at Walmart for like $6. It is about an 1/8 inch thick and came in black. It had a curved over end as well.

I used the original strap button to hold the bracket in place using one of the existing holes on the bracket. I drilled a second hole so it would be stable and I used an identical screw for it.

The strap button I'm using is actually a straplock. I went to Ace Hardware and found a screw that would fit through the straplock but not interfere with the it. Then I bought a matching self-locking nut (the ones with plastic in them) and a washer.

Hope that sheds a little more light on it. If you have any more questions just ask.
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walmart, is that like k-mart or walgreens? lol

do u have the sku number or anything?

if i cant find a nice piece, can i send u a money order for the piece and shipping of it and u purchase and mail it to me?
 
#17
beyondhairy said:
walmart, is that like k-mart or walgreens? lol

do u have the sku number or anything?

if i cant find a nice piece, can i send u a money order for the piece and shipping of it and u purchase and mail it to me?
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Walmart is sort of like K-mart in that it's a large department store. It's just not as good. (IMO :smug: ) Sorry, no sku or part #. If you really wanted me to I guess I get it and send it to you.

Let me look around first and maybe I can get the part # or maybe even a pic of the unmodified bracket.
 
#18
Kelly Lee said:
Walmart is sort of like K-mart in that it's a large department store. It's just not as good. (IMO :smug: ) Sorry, no sku or part #. If you really wanted me to I guess I get it and send it to you.

Let me look around first and maybe I can get the part # or maybe even a pic of the unmodified bracket.
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awesome:)

iv seen bracets like these, but not any with a small round off like that, i guess i havent really looked for them so i cant remember, ill look around too :)

u go one way and ill go the other and we meet in the middle..lol
(usualy what my friends and i say when we go into those large stores)
 

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