Worst Neckdive You've Experienced

[Artman]

Worst: Old Aluminum neck Kramer
Second Worst : Gibson SG guitar.

 

[danesdad]

Kramer Duke. It was a Steinberger style bass with an aluminium neck.

 

[J-Bassomatic]

Peavey T-40.

I'm surprised by that, most owners report it as a heavy bass, you'd think the weight was in the body thus eliminating neck dive. I'm not challenging you on your observation. That was one heavy/neck headstock?

 

[dreamadream99]

I'm surprised by that, most owners report it as a heavy bass, you'd think the weight was in the body thus eliminating neck dive. I'm not challenging you on your observation. That was one heavy/neck headstock?

That’s the way I remember it. Could’ve been the silk shirt I was wearing, though.

 

[J-Bassomatic]

That’s the way I remember it. Could’ve been the silk shirt I was wearing, though.

 

[Oddly]

Another Epi Thunderbird vote here.
A shame, as apart from that, it was a fantastic bass.

 

[Fretless370]

Kramer "Duke" with an aluminum neck...

 

[Groove Doctor]

 

[arbiterusa]

Any Precision, for me, neckdives badly. But the king is my SX 32". Hard to complain about a $120 bass, but the dive is truly atrocious.

 

[Rocker47]

I had a Jack Casady in white for a while. Such great tones and was a really cool looking. It had the worst neck dive of any of my basses.......including my tbirds!

 

[lz4005]

Kramer "Duke" with an aluminum neck..

Weird. I have one set up as a piccolo bass that doesn't dive at all. It's definitely neck heavy but doesn't move when I let go of it.

I've had a Dean flying V, a Hofner Shorty and a Dearmond Starfire that were all much worse.

 

[Ross W. Lovell]

What's the absolute worst neckdive you've ever experienced in a bass? Today I went into my local pawn shop just to see what they had and there was this red cort 5 string with a musicman humbucker, big inline headstock. Not sure what model, anyway I don't own a 5 and it was really cheap so I thought maybe i would get it just to mess around with it. Hooked it up to my strap and put it on and the thing sank headfirst to the floor. Like it didn't just creep down, it dropped like a rock. Just surprised me how seemingly unplayable it would be (probably why it ended up in the pawn shop for 75 bucks)

Neck dive criticality is linked to his great the bass plays and sounds

 

[MEKer]

That’s the way I remember it. Could’ve been the silk shirt I was wearing, though.

Oh, I see. A member of the shiny shirt brigade. Lol---playing Howard Johnson's club circuit?
My buddy did for years and yep---shiney shirts, disco hair... ...but it paid the bills!

 

[PWRL]

My Japanese Squier Precision. Great sound, very resonant, comfortable to play, but neck dives straight to the floor. Plays well on the lap. I don't regret buying it, because it's a fun bass to play. But it sure does need the right strap.

 

[jamro217]

Most of mine have a bit of neck dive, but nothing out of the ordinary. Maybe I'm just so used to it I don't notice it anymore.

 

[J-Bassomatic]

Gibson EB0 (single PU) and a EB3 (long scale maybe?) I've posted before about them, I'd still have them otherwise.

 

[jackn1202]

Epi T-Bird. Kinda my fault though, I gutted it and wired it with one pickup and LPJ wiring, so there goes a bit of weight from the electronics. Then I threw strap locks on it but had to move the front strap button back almost two inches. The first time I put it on in that configuration I nearly broke the headstock on the floor... with the thing still fully strapped to me.

 

[Iridescentone]

Mid-60's Epiphone Embassy. Worst ergos imaginable. What the hell were they thinking?

 

[dbsfgyd1]

1970s Gibson EB-3 that my middle school had. That thing might as well have been an anti- compass; it always tried to point south... Wished I had their Ampeg flip top tube amp though.

Dang, I has two EB3 back in the 70s when I was a full time musician, never had an issue. I had a wide leather strap with laces around the outer edges, and maybe that’s why I didn’t notice it. My shirts were all stretched, and stained, but no neck dive that I can recall.

 

[J-Bassomatic]

Dang, I has two EB3 back in the 70s when I was a full time musician, never had an issue. I had a wide leather strap with laces around the outer edges, and maybe that’s why I didn’t notice it. My shirts were all stretched, and stained, but no neck dive that I can recall.

I KNOW. I wish I would've had one of those, but I just got tired of holding up that neck. I loved the bass, got good sound out of it.