NGD - The heaviest neck in the world

bluechargeboy

You need one of those emo kid wallet chains to keep the bugger in position. It only works if you have a heavy wallet though, so not ideal for a musician.

dogload

Tex Mexico said:

Yeah, honestly the easiest solution is a suede-type strap. The seatbelt one you have on there right now is the slippiest material known to man. I had a bass for a while with mad neck dive and a grippy strap took care of it. It did hang heavier on my left shoulder rather than spread the weight over my back as normal, and I had to make sure I wasn't wearing loose clothes but it did work pretty well and I didn't have to alter the bass in any way.

I have an Epiphone Firebird which I use with a suede-backed Levi's strap and it's fine. Having said that - maybe it's because it has those Steinberger Gearless tuners instead of the usual sort, but generally neck dive isn't really an issue.

This is great as it means I can take both hands off the guitar and wander round with it like I'm dead cool

Teyeplayer

There’s an easy solution, gift the guitar to me and it will no longer bother you. 

AK99

grayn said:

This guy has the best fix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9HTeCSEcko

That is brilliant

Schnozz

I'd wrap the strap round the headstock - Looks amazing btw

grungebob

Love firebirds. Gigged one for ages. 

Sat down there’s nothing you can do about neck dive but for standing; either buy a grabby strap or sew a pocket onto a strap and load some weights into it to counter balance. 

I’ve heard of putting weights in the control cavity too. 

Tikibird44

Change the tuners to Steinbergs and put a Bigsby on it.

Grangousier

This probably won't appeal to you (or anyone sane), but I had an Explorer-shaped bass (Hondo II, I think it was) with a bit of a neckdive problem, and my solution was to make the strap a little longer and hook it over the top of the bit that stuck out at the back of the guitar (so, instead of going behind the body, it went in front), pulling it against my body. Used a similar strategy with a Flying V (Epiphone). Probably not cool, but then looking cool was always a bit of a non-starter for me.  

Balrog68

I put another strap button on the heel of my TB70 bass and use nonslip strap.. Helps a lot, but doesn't solve it completely.. may be different on a six string.
Beautiful guitar by the way!