Tried one of these out at Sam Ash over the Winter:
Holy Neck Dive Batman!
Holy Neck Dive Batman!
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Worst Neckdive You've Experienced
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Most of the cool looking basses.. mocking bird, flying v, thunderbird, sg etc.
Fender Aerodyne. Unplayable as i had to support the neck with my left hand more than finger the notes.
Warwick Thumb 5 string. Would've sold it forever ago if it didn't sound so good. Will never part with it.
1976 Gibson Thunderbird, Warwick 2000 Infinity 5, they were both fantastic looking and sounding basses....
An Epiphone Thunderbird. Seriously, if I accidentally let go of the neck it would divebomb and hit the floor.
A Spector Rebop 5 that I kept for about a week. Another neck that was eager to visit the floor if you let it go.
My T-40 weighs 10.5 pounds (light for a T-40) and it dives a bit. The tuners are pretty heavy.
- they're not divers at all. My Ricks like to be parallel to the floor; but that's not diving, AFAIC. My violin basses don't dive, so much as being "slightly weight-biased towards the head stock" - but, holding the neck up on them is no worse than holding up a large candy bar - old and feeble as I am, I can still manage that OK. Nothing else I own could be considered a diver by even the pickiest player.. well, maybe a Frankenstein 12-string hollow body electric guitar, but it's just a wall hanger, really... But, the Kramer? I tried the 'grippy' strap thing with it once; Biiig mistake. When I let go of it, the head stock crash-dived for the floor like a panicked U-boat; the strap pulled my shirt out of the back of my pants, and tried really, really hard to pull it off over my head. And, I'm pretty sure that, if I had bent my head forward just a little, it would have managed it, too. Holding it up is like holding up a large cast-iron skillet, but I think the tone is worth it - as long as I don't have to hold it up for very long....
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Two that come to mind. NAMM show one of a kind ASAT bass- satin black with matching HEadstock, and ebony board , a true beauty. I even tried putting a weight on the strap button, I really wanted to keep that bass. The other was a 73 fretless p, that one was hopeless.
Never any problems with t- birds though, I just couldn’t reach the end of the neck.
Never any problems with t- birds though, I just couldn’t reach the end of the neck.
Ibanez Iceman ICB200, as pictured on top of this page by Killed_By_Death.
Headstock heads to the floor so fast you may not catch it in time.
A wide leather strap like recommended by many people who don't "get" how bad it can be would NOT help.
Probably tear your shirt instead.
First fix was adding 12 oz of lead to the control cavity, plus a cellphone belt case with another 8 oz on the strap. Balanced okay.
But the way it hangs from the behind-the-heel strap button is all wrong--the body wants to be too far to your left. I would get a crick in my neck from reaching waaayyy out to get to the first fret or tune.
So I took out all the lead and made a steel bar that screws to the back of the body. Now the strap button is out where it belongs at the 12th fret.
Super comfortable now, and a pound lighter than with the lead fix.
Headstock heads to the floor so fast you may not catch it in time.
A wide leather strap like recommended by many people who don't "get" how bad it can be would NOT help.
Probably tear your shirt instead.
First fix was adding 12 oz of lead to the control cavity, plus a cellphone belt case with another 8 oz on the strap. Balanced okay.
But the way it hangs from the behind-the-heel strap button is all wrong--the body wants to be too far to your left. I would get a crick in my neck from reaching waaayyy out to get to the first fret or tune.
So I took out all the lead and made a steel bar that screws to the back of the body. Now the strap button is out where it belongs at the 12th fret.
Super comfortable now, and a pound lighter than with the lead fix.
My SX p bass. But to be fair it wasn’t so bad until after I changed to pickups, knobs, and bridge. I do the strap loop through my belt trick and it makes it tolerable.
On a side note, is neck dive something that manufactures even consider? I’m kind of shocked a brand as reputable as Warwick would have that issue. Seems like something you’d only find on cheaper basses.
On a side note, is neck dive something that manufactures even consider? I’m kind of shocked a brand as reputable as Warwick would have that issue. Seems like something you’d only find on cheaper basses.
The one and only bass where I really noticed it was a fodera matt garrison bass.
That really surprised me!
That really surprised me!
I used to use a short length of belt looped around my thigh and strap to cancel neck dive.
It works.
The Laughing Boy Jackasses think it's REAL funny for some reason.
And yes.
If the manufactures would extend the horn to the twelfth fret area most basses would balance correctly.
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Gibson Ripper. Headstock literally dove toward the floor, and I had to catch it. Ended the love affair spawned by Gene Simmons' Gibson endorsement in 1974. Never tried a Grabber though...
