Neck Dive only when sitting

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I have a new Fender American Professional II Precision Bass Guitar. I use a Neotech Mega Strap which is 4 inches wide. When I stand there is no neck dive. When I sit without the strap there is neck dive. When I sit down while using the strap and it’s under tension there is neck dive. What I ended up doing was following a YouTube video where the person ran the strap through his belt and the neck dive becomes impossible at that point. I would prefer not to do that.

So basically the neck dive while sitting is distracting. I’m coming along great with the lessons. I think the course is phenomenal and the teaching method is just perfect for me. If I could eliminate that distracting neck dive while sitting I would be able to concentrate more rather than have neck dive be an issue. The belt thing works. But it’s very inconvenient.

Any ideas in what I should do here?

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practice standing up?

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Maybe shorten the strap? Knees are below your hips when seated, right?

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That would work but I’m 65 years old and sitting to practice is important to me. It is a definite solution though.

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Whoa! Wait a minute. I followed your advice and I just shortened the strap and it worked. No more neck dive while sitting. I’ll find out more tomorrow when I put it through a full practice session but right now I’m encouraged. Thank you very much K_Miller.

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Glad it worked out! :smiley:

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