Reply With QuoteRobert, you do love gimmicks, don't you?
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If your guitar is neck heavy
Well, then Joe Naylor has the solution - http://www.headsupstrap.com
Cool idea. I might get one for my SX Jazz Bass.
Joe always make good quality stuff - he's a great guy.
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Robert, you do love gimmicks, don't you?
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I saw that, too. It might be good for certain applications.
The 8 oz. counter weights might make a neck heavy chambered Les Paul weigh as much as a solid body, which makes things a bit silly!
Then again, if you have a well made Brookwood Leather strap, you won't need the Heads Up strap!
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Cool idea. My Hag could use it sometimes. It can feel a bit head heavy if I grab the cheap nylon strap. Tig, are you saying a Brookwood strap also solves the issue?
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It might depend on just how heavy the neck is, but the Brookwood's wide, suede lined strap grips and secures really well. This may vary between different styles, but I'm thinking about the Classic and Cut To Size styles would work best.Originally Posted by sunvalleylaw
Maybe Bob can help. Also, didn't someone here get a Brookwood for his zoot suite SG?
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That would be bcdon. Paging Don....
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I have had a few neck heavy guitars...I corrected them all by shaving a nice chunck out of their necks...made them nicely more suited for the hand too in the process :-)
But, I also did once put some of those car wheel stabilizing sticker lead bits inside my V control cavity for the same effect...until I just shaved its neck thinner too :-)
Ahh, now I feel the need to mod some more guitar necks soon...
Dee
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I'm guessing your stone guitar is not one that is neck heavy. What is that like granite or something? LOL . I was looking at it in the pic of your mic settup you posted the other day. I was thinking that stone guitar looks like a good battle axe that could be used for gigs in some of the rougher bars in my area. If a fight broke out you could defend the stage and the equipment with it. You could hold your ground quite well with that axe!
LeadedEL84
Regular Fretter
Cool,let's say someone is gettin mouthy about your playin,just slap 'em across the head with your strap and say "Let's hear you play" and as he hit's the deck unconscience,Say "Yea I didn't so" LOL! Sumi
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I thought of a cheap and festive alternative! Just tie a few of these suckers to your headstock.
It could also lighten a dark toned guitar with airyness...
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Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass Short Scale
Amp: Fender Super Champ X2 Head, Egnater Tweaker 15, Fender Mustang I, Acoustic B20 1x12 bass amp
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Regular Fretter
Tig,you should clarify that you are suggesting using the helium balloons. I would hate to see some poor fretter attach his dogs leash to his headstock. Some dogs don't like the high notes and will take off running when you hit one. We don't need to see any of our fellow fretters chasing his dog down the street with his prized SG dragging behind!I thought of a cheap and festive alternative! Just tie a few of these suckers to your headstock.
It could also lighten a dark toned guitar with airyness...
LeadedEL84
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LOL yeah :-) it's soapstone actually. Pretty soft, so I could carve it at home with regular tools (although I guess I did ruin a few chisels and drill bits anyway.) If you happened to miss it, here's a demo of the guitar:
Totally cr*p to play, no truss rod etc. but it sounds just as good basically as any of my electrics, if anything the sound is tighter.
Dee
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Regular Fretter
Sorry Dee your demo isn't showing. I did see it a while back though. I think you posted it for me when we were discussing tone woods and stuff like that.
LeadedEL84
Regular Fretter
Relocating the strap button on the SG usually solves that problems. I seen some of the artists did just that.
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You are correct, sir! How could I be so careless?Tig,you should clarify that you are suggesting using the helium balloons. I would hate to see some poor fretter attach his dogs leash to his headstock. Some dogs don't like the high notes and will take off running when you hit one. We don't need to see any of our fellow fretters chasing his dog down the street with his prized SG dragging behind!
Here's a much safer helium ballon application that could be adopted to an SG.
Guitar: Gibson SG Standard Natural Burst, Squier CV 50's Tele, Hell Guitars No. 2, Squier CV 50's Strat, Reverend Club King 290, Taylor 522e 12-Fret mahogany,
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass Short Scale
Amp: Fender Super Champ X2 Head, Egnater Tweaker 15, Fender Mustang I, Acoustic B20 1x12 bass amp
Pedal: Budda Budwah wah, Wampler Ego Compressor, Electro-Harmonix Soul Food, Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, Wampler Velvet Fuzz, Seven Sisters Eve Tremolo, TC Electronics Gravy Tri Chorus & Vibrato, Catalinbread Echorec, TC Electronic Alter Ego 2 Delay, Hardwire Supernatural Ambient Verb, MXR Carbon Copy, Catalinbread RAH, Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker, BYOC Mouse 2.0 Distortion, BYOC Boost/OD-2
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You are correct, sir! How could I be so careless?
Here's a much safer helium ballon application that could be adopted to an SG.
LeadedEL84
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Yep, not only are Bob's guitar straps awesome looking they also cure all forms of guitar-neck-tile malfunction.
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I think it was 'Lawn Chair Larry' that was the first to do that crazt stunt. He reached an altitude of 16,000 feet !You are correct, sir! How could I be so careless?
Here's a much safer helium ballon application that could be adopted to an SG.
The story is covered here on the news and starts about 40 seconds in ~
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