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  • #16
    Re: SG Neck Dive Fix: $10 and 5 minutes

    Originally posted by Mincer View Post
    I think Tony Iommi solved neck dive that way.
    Yeah, that's how I first came across it.
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    • #17
      Re: SG Neck Dive Fix: $10 and 5 minutes

      I would just use a strap with some grip, like leather or cotton instead of nylon. Replacing the tuner buttons is a cool idea though.

      Originally posted by Coma View Post
      I thought the neck dive issues on an SG could be easily solved by moving the strap pin to the upper horn, like on a strat. That's what I've heard anyway.
      I'm not sure how much that actually helps, if at all. Moving it up (towards the bass side) would make it worse, but moving it left (towards the headstock) would help. So the two combined would cancel out somewhat. The horn is pretty short.

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      Last edited by bigcupholder; 06-03-2020, 09:46 AM.

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      • #18
        Re: SG Neck Dive Fix: $10 and 5 minutes

        I have an SG that I mounted the strap button to the upper horn hoping to cure the neck dive. It only slightly helped...not much at all. But I like the better stability it offered even though only very slightly helping the dive issue.
        Originally Posted by IanBallard
        Rule of thumb... the more pot you have, the better your tone.

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        • #19
          Re: SG Neck Dive Fix: $10 and 5 minutes

          The strap button on the back of the body is definitely clunky. My ‘62 LP/SG is pretty light, but no neck dive. It does have the original Kluson tuners, which I’m sure helps. Also has the ebony block and Vibrola tailpiece, which are obviously heavier than an aluminum stop bar.
          “I can play the hell out of a riff. The rest of it’s all bulls**t anyway,” Gary Holt

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          • #20
            Re: SG Neck Dive Fix: $10 and 5 minutes

            I don't like the strap button on the back. It is on the back of my Eastman, which is like a 335. It makes the guitar want to spin away from me. I think it is just a bad design.
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            • #21
              Re: SG Neck Dive Fix: $10 and 5 minutes

              Do you hear a difference with the new plastic tuners? :o Not kidding;

              A norwegian guitarist named "Marius Muller" had a custom guitar made with bass guitar tuners...

              I've been wondering to replace the original metal tuners on my Wildkat with wooden ones,

              if that would make a difference in tone;
              or just balance.
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              • #22
                Re: SG Neck Dive Fix: $10 and 5 minutes

                Originally posted by Erlend_G View Post
                Do you hear a difference with the new plastic tuners? :o Not kidding;

                A norwegian guitarist named "Marius Muller" had a custom guitar made with bass guitar tuners...

                I've been wondering to replace the original metal tuners on my Wildkat with wooden ones,

                if that would make a difference in tone;
                or just balance.
                I personally do not, though I have heard of other people who say they can

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                • #23
                  Re: SG Neck Dive Fix: $10 and 5 minutes

                  Here's the one with P-90s

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                  Last edited by GuitarDoc; 06-07-2020, 09:10 PM.
                  Originally Posted by IanBallard
                  Rule of thumb... the more pot you have, the better your tone.

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                  • #24
                    Re: SG Neck Dive Fix: $10 and 5 minutes

                    This is not the one with humbuckers that I was mentioning previously, but you get the idea (for some reason I'm unable to load that image). But you can see that the strap attachment on this one is at the 12th fret and on an SG it is at the 17th or 18th fret. That makes a big difference.


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                    Originally Posted by IanBallard
                    Rule of thumb... the more pot you have, the better your tone.

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                    • #25
                      Re: SG Neck Dive Fix: $10 and 5 minutes

                      Oh my, purple! I love it!
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