Epiphone Viola - Neck Dive

[Absolute Beginner]

Hi all.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do to help combat the above.....?

Many thanks,

Fraser.

[Les]

I have an epi EB-0 with the same problem. A wide leather strap helps a lot cos' it grips.

[ezbass]

Connect the strap to headstock?

[Colonel36]

There was this thread here: By Turk
http://basschat.co.uk/topic/213536-neck-dive-issue-sorted/page__p__2258831__hl__chronic%20neck%20dive__fromsearch__1#entry2258831
Great suede strap.

Plus this guy with a bit on the forward roll.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qGYMgGwuyA

[highwayone]

I had a wide suede strap for mine, the suede grips your t shirt/jumper/whathaveyou and stopped neck dive for me anyway.

[Killer Kadoogan]

I have a Jack Casady bass and that neck dives too. As mentioned above a wide (the wider the better) strap with a grippy back makes the bass much better to handle.

[Absolute Beginner]

Hi all.

Thanks for your responses.

Can any of you recommend a particular brand of strap, and also, advise where to buy it from.....?

Many thanks,

Fraser.

[Big_Stu]

I got my Levy one half price at a guitar show over 10 years ago; might be worth going to one of those you're interested or close enough anyway.