guitar keep nose diving!

[kazuki]

my mocking bird keep nose diving when sling, nose dive as in the headstock will point diagonalyl downwards almost to 45 degree.

any mocking bird ownerss here? is this normal?

i heard the arch top is like this too...

which are the gutiars that will stay 'balance' when sling XD

 

[Jiterator]

my strat seems to stay where i place it.. or maybe u could get a strap that's a little rougher?

 

[kerplunk182]

the neck heavier than the body. My Ibanez also like that. So when i play for quite long standing up, my wrists kinda hurts..

 

[Crawldaddy]

Hmm.

I did have that issue with my old guitar, which was a mockingbird. Ironically, I changed guitars.. only to get another neck-diving one.. the G-400.

But yes... a leather strap worked wonders for me. You guys really ought to check it out.

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

relocation of the bottom strap pin might work, but that wud be adding one more hole on the geetar..

 

[kahuna]

after buyin the planet waves leather strap the neck didnt dive anymore

 

[rx7]

May i know how much is it? My Exp neck dives too

 

[Crawldaddy]

Hmm.

The simple, no-frills one can be bought at Ranking for $20. For those who dunno where ranking is.. it's 3rd level Bras Basah Complex.

 

[kahuna]

at sweelee got it is 20bucks

 

[kazuki]

wow how does the leather strap helps?

increases friction at point of contact between strap and shoulder to prevent guitar from nose diving?

 

[Crawldaddy]

Hmm.

^^ Yes.

 

[kazuki]

are the any guitars which can stay in the neutral position without the need of straps? -.-

 

[df]

Strats! LPs! Unless you don't walk around...my strat and LP still dives down if I move around, so...I use my hand to support it...easy!

 

[Gr3y]

hmz till date i've yet got any guitar that nose dive down.. i uses normal nylon straps... it could be ur body structure, i mean human body

no offence

 

[AEnimic]

air guitar = NO STRAPS!!!

haha! I always had the problem,but I relocated the strap button..oh well,gotta try sometimes..

yeah,a leather strap would prove useful....very useful to stop neck diving

 

[Crawldaddy]

Hmm.

Another safe practise to prevent your neck from swinging down and hitting the floor when you bend down to tweak amp / pedals is to hook your arm underneath the neck and let it cradle inside your elbow.

But bear in mind that switching of the strap button location to the tip of an SG might cause cracking in the wood. Might only.

 

[kazuki]

thanks man,

i was wondering if adding weights at my body helps is stabalising the guitar?

 

[lightice]

i just hold my guitar, and use a normal nylon strap.

my bass doesn't have this problem either, its usually abt 30degrees facing upwards -> the headstock.

Very comfortable for me so no complaints.

 

[kazuki]

waaa mine is the opposite.. 30 degree down -.-