Worst Neckdive You've Experienced

[Rollin Thunder]

Epiphone T bird pro IV. neck dive, body dive from top rolled over like a dog wanting it's belly tickled, it sounded awesome but could only play it sat down. Sold it.

 

[LowEndOperative]

The Thunderbird I own now, even with a leather strap. Relocating the strap buttons did the trick, however.

Oddly enough, with an aforementioned (in this thread) T-40 I never had a problem.

 

[Gyver]

Ken Smith Burner 5-string (old Japanese-made version). Super light body and sturdy neck. It had terrible neck dive but was one of the best sounding and playing basses I've owned, I wish I still had it!

 

[Burwabit]

Flying V
Thumb bass

 

[ltsal]

At the London Bass Guitar show i was fooling around with some fuzz pedals at the Orange amps both and he bass i was playing was a Orange (Les paul shaped) p bass.
The Neckdive of this bass so bad, ether i was holding up or it went straight to the floor.

 

[Doctor Intrepid]

Worst for me was a BC Rich Mockingbird. I was really excited to buy it, and traded and Ibanzez for it. About a year later I was back to Ibanez.

 

[mmbass21]

My D'Angelico Excel bass. It's an absolute tone beast and I'll never get rid of it plus their customer service is top notch. Let go of the neck and it's straight to the floor, the headstock is huge.

 

[McFly]

SX Ursa 1 P-Bass. My 1st bass. I think the tuners
are made of lead.

 

[InhumanResource]

Never experienced this once. My basses stay where I put them. Of course I haven't tried any thumbs or thunderbirds which seem to be commonly cited as having this issue.

 

[squeakyd]

Peavey T-40.

Umm no, I think you're mistaken. As a player of one, it's the Ash bodies that are stupid heavy.

 

[dreamadream99]

Umm no, I think you're mistaken. As a player of one, it's the Ash bodies that are stupid heavy.

Yeah, it was 30 years ago. Probably remembering it wrong.

 

[baltodoc]

Warwick Thumb

 

[Tom Howland]

Rick Turner Hollowbody . There was neck dive when you sat down.

 

[M.R. Ogle]

Fender Kingman. Big ol maple jazz neck on an acoustic guitar body. Ridiculous neck dive.

 

[gazzatriumph]

I had a Gretsch hollow body that liked to point south. Horrible

Me too a Gretsch electromatic, it looked great but had to sell it, terrible neck dive, I have a Kramer 350B ally neck and not experienced any real neckdive problems, a comfort strapp helps alot but not with the Gretsch.

 

[StraffordMike]

I honestly think in the future if I find a bass I really like the sound and feel of that has neck dive issues I’m just gonna go for it. Looking at the strap pin placement on my ng2 and especially on the d-bird has definitely made me think “maybe I could have just moved the darn strap pins”

This is the d-bird their take on a thunderbird View attachment 2992136

View attachment 2992133Check out where the rear strap pin is on the ng2 also. Notice it’s not in the typical location. This was a little odd when I was attaching Wireless pack to the strap. I actually had to move the pack farther down than I’m used to so the cable had plenty of slack.but my ng2 has nice balance for a relatively light 5 string.
View attachment 2992135

My Epi. Paid a lot less than I would have for the DBird

 

[rodv66]

Love my Thunderbirds, and neck dive is a small p price to pay. I just always keep my left hand on the neck anytime I'm holding it up. I even move the strap button from the back because just don't like how it lays on the back. I like to keep my slung low and free.

 

[vegas532]

Any Gibson T Bird

I know people say they're all that way but I must have gotten lucky. My 2002 doesn't neck dive at all. To answer the question, it would be my Casady before I put Hipshot Ultralites on it.

 

[DDXdesign]

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...

It's like Gibson has been allergic to making basses with a proper upper horn for 70 years. I guess the Victory basses had them, and the newest EB iteration does, but the vast majority - rippers/grabbers, SG/EBs, LPs, Birds, you might get a 15th-fret strap placement if you're lucky. That really sucks for those of us who don't have monkey arms (I valiantly tried to main a Tbird for a little bit and just too far out to the left - I'd love a shorty tho)

 

[Thorsoundcore]

I know people say they're all that way but I must have gotten lucky. My 2002 doesn't neck dive at all. To answer the question, it would be my Casady before I put Hipshot Ultralites on it.

Nope, was just about to comment about my old standard Epi bird (which was definitely a diver). However, about 10 years ago there was a small chain here in the north east call "Daddy's junky music". My first and only experience playing an actual Gibson bird was there around that time as well, and I purposely grabbed a strap nearby to see what would happen.. What do you know?! No neck dive!

Anyway, I know some like to believe that all birds must dive. But, I'm certainly right there with the few who believe it isn't every single one ever produced thanks to this experience.