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Neck heavy?

Started by Aussie Mark, June 01, 2010, 05:26:41 PM

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Aussie Mark

I came across this on another forum.  Maybe we need a WTF section here.  Fancy adding 1.5lbs to your bass?

http://www.headsupstrap.com/
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TBird1958

#1
 I don't have too much trouble with my Reverses but it'd probably help my BaCH's out a bit........

Of course I could just man up too!   :gay:

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nofi

i have said this before but i don't see what all the grief is about neck dive. man up and play your bass and let guitar players and momma's boys worry about such stuff. :P

Dave W

It's a really big deal to me. I have no problem playing a 10 lb. bass if it's well balanced but I'll sell a lighter bass if it dives. It's not just about comfort, it's about playability. The worst I ever had was my Fender Coronado Bass. It was light but if you took your hand off the neck it would dive and the bass would rotate outward. I won't put up with having to wrestle the bass in order to play it.

Pilgrim

I figure that I can often fix moderate neck dive - usually with the right strap - but I can't make a bass lighter.  I have a 9.5 pound Jazz that's on the outer edge of the weight I'll work with.  Fortunately Jazz basses balance well.  Heavy AND neck diver would be an instant disqualification.
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Aussie Mark

I posted this because I've never found alleged neck heavy basses to be a problem at all, whether it's a Thunderbird, Ripper, EB4L, or LPB.  A wide leather strap with suede backing, coupled with not wearing the bass too high equates to zero neck dive for me.
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Nocturnal

I don't have any real worries with neck dive. The often mentioned wide strap with the rough (suede) back stop my T-birds from sliding around (not that they really do anyway).
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Dave W

Quote from: Aussie Mark on June 01, 2010, 09:53:25 PM
I posted this because I've never found alleged neck heavy basses to be a problem at all, whether it's a Thunderbird, Ripper, EB4L, or LPB.  A wide leather strap with suede backing, coupled with not wearing the bass too high equates to zero neck dive for me.

That works by transferring some of the imbalance to your body. If that works for you, more power to you. It doesn't work for me. I want the bass to be balanced to begin with.

Aussie Mark

Quote from: Dave W on June 01, 2010, 11:20:40 PM
It doesn't work for me. I want the bass to be balanced to begin with.

No Gibsons for you.
Cheers
Mark
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Dave W


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I've always felt that Dave has a distiinct Fender bias...

Mark... you don't think that nice pink smilie you use is girlie enough...? (no pleasin' some girls... :P)
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chromium

Sometimes I get neck heavy if I'm in a meeting with words like "quarterly blah blah...", "mandatory this or that", "employee engagement", or "methodology" in the title.  Oh the head-dive!

Despite this ergonomic defect, I still keep myself around  :)

Dave W

Quote from: Kenny Five-O on June 02, 2010, 11:20:05 AM
I've always felt that Dave has a distiinct Fender bias...

No. I like Fenders in general but I've played my share of unbalanced Fender basses, like the Coronado I mentioned.

Pilgrim

I suspect that Coronado wasn't a lot different than many hollowbody basses.  Their bodies generally don't weigh a lot, so the necks - even short scale - tend to dive.  I've worked on that with my Univox bass...it's not as bad as you describe the Coronado being.
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The Coronado was in a league of its own.