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Gibson SG bass neck dive solved with Hipshot ultralites. This is my go to bass, light, balanced, short scale. It is not perfect, the E string lacks a little something compared to my long scale basses. Chowny SWB-1 neck dive 95% sorted with some s/h BC Hipshots from a Cort. Strangely (in view of the Physics) the Chowny balances better with a strap-lock fitted to one of the neck bolts rather than the top horn. @Andyjr1515 has all the right answers (from my perspective as an ageing Physicist) on why short scale neck dive happens. Here's something I built a while back, 32" scale length. Absolutely no neck dive, 7.9 Lb and no Hipshots ... read on Anti dive provided by a 1 Lb block of lead at the bridge end and Retrovibe machine heads - a few g more than ultralites, way cheaper and just as good imo. Moments about pivots again. The parallel neck shape was an experiment following a 3 string CBG build. Not to be repeated.

£734.00 seems to be the starting price. 500W peak at 4 Ohms, 250 W peak at 8 Ohms.

There seems to be a lot of this around at the moment, likewise just recovering from similar, has taken about 3 weeks.

Mine was NOS, 2006 bass bought new in 2018 or so. Not quite sure how a warranty claim would have played out. Have owned my 1989 G&L SB-1 since about 1991, faultless.

A lucky 'break' with this one. My G&L 5er suffered wood compression at the nut end rather than the truss rod stripping. Result was a cracked fingerboard lifting from the neck around frets 1-3. Game over other than a very good repair by Jon Shuker - new fretboard, dual action truss rod and stainless frets. Better than new.

Following this thread I spent £32 on a Lekato WS70. Used in 2.5 hr rehearsal last night, no drop outs. It seems to drop a bit of volume. To my ears it has a bit of compression and loses some high end. These effects are liveable with. No hiss or any other discernible noise. Listened on headphones to detect the gating / low volume cut off effect reported by some but I was not able to detect this. Seems good so far, out for real on Saturday blues band gig. Next week it has a more demanding scenario, fretless bass in my prog-jazz-rock originals band. Weird not having a cable after 50+ years of attachment.

Or even stop playing and pick it up again from a known phrase / point / sensible restart point.

Did a dep gig about a year ago. 40 numbers to get sorted at short notice of which I had played about 3 or 4 before. Quite a lot of them had distinctive key bass lines e.g. We are family, Let's Dance. Big learning curve and disproportionate for the time and payback. Keyboard player in the band was a real godsend, the kind of musician you want by your side. Conclusion, not for me, I admire anyone who can do this well.

Thin they are but the ergonomics are pretty good. No neck dive even with regular non-lightweight machines. As a vertically challenged bass player the long horn puts the lower frets easily in reach. Two big bonuses are really lightweight and cheap. If it gets stolen at a gig, no great loss.

Highly under rated bargains in many cases, no idea why this is. The neck and fretwork on the two I have are excellent. Milestone III, £80, which also included a Hiscox case.

Where is the breakage happening? Is it on every string or just one? Is there a sharp edge or a burr on the tuner slot / hole? I have wrapped the thick part of flatwound strings round posts without issues (TIs and chromes). @ezbass makes a very relevant point.