Will this help my neckheavy kelly?

[nidhogg]

I am thinking of moving the left strappoint at three diferent places...

Alternative one may be the best, but that meens drilling. Will this make the guitar sound worse? It may look like Im goin to place it at the neck, that is wrong. It will be placed at the wood under the neckplate.



What will work best. Any efect at all?
It's not my kelly on this picture by the way..

[txcharvel]

Re: Will this help my neckheavy kelly?

I think you might find the best solution in moving the other strap peg.

I experimented with this just recently on my Star and found that adjusting the angle of the strap as it goes behind my right arm made the biggest difference in how the guitar was balanced.

Get some duct tape and experiment to find the best spot, then drill away [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[ranalli]

Re: Will this help my neckheavy kelly?

I've done this and the best place to move the strap button is position 1. The button must be sticking out of the body in the direction of the headstock. This will stop the neck diving. If you want to change the picking position so it doesn't feel like the guitar is way out to your left...take the other pin and move it up the body about 2 inches.

The guitar was MUCH easier to play standing up after this. I don't understand why Jackson never did this right. Crummy design flaw IMO.

[dinkyjacksonman]

Re: Will this help my neckheavy kelly?

Or #4.
Put the strap pin behind of the headstock and use a strap like Acoustic guitar
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[nidhogg]

Re: Will this help my neckheavy kelly?

I did actualy think about #4, but I think I will be better off with #1 [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Ranalli, did you do both the mods to make the neckheavyness go away, or is what I call #3 enough. I actualy like guitars picing position.
The strap point should be same way as headstock. When it is like not, the guitar eazely falls off when bending over to find a dropped pic. I lost some paint on the guitars tip this way.

I will never buy a neckheavy guitar again [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[StukaJU87]

Re: Will this help my neckheavy kelly?

Put a few extra picks in your pocket so you don't have to retrieve one you dropped from the floor.

[Number Of The Priest]

Re: Will this help my neckheavy kelly?

I adjusted to my Kelly and didn't find it neckheavy any more. In fact, it balances better than my Soloist when standing up. All I do is simply place the right half of the strap OVER the body wing, which presses the guitar against you, and for whatever reason, this cured my neck diving as well.

[toejam]

Re: Will this help my neckheavy kelly?

Jeez, not this topic again. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[MOSHWITZ]

Re: Will this help my neckheavy kelly?

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Jeez, not this topic again. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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right here dude ..try one of these holes before you go drillin(use a smaller screw than the strap button one though) my KE-2 goes NOWHERE and sits perfect[img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[charveljunkie]

Re: Will this help my neckheavy kelly?

nidhogg,
saw this on ebay heres a button/buttons location for the kelly [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
he might be on/onto something [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Number Of The Priest]

Re: Will this help my neckheavy kelly?

[img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Looks like cow udders. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[nidhogg]

Re: Will this help my neckheavy kelly?

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nidhogg,
saw this on ebay heres a button/buttons location for the kelly [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
he might be on/onto something [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]


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It looks like that guy tried everything, and finaly gave up when he found out he could not make the guitar comfortable [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[jazzman]

Re: Will this help my neckheavy kelly?

I don't think there are enough strap buttons. There is clearly enough room for a few more. lol

[Newc]

Re: Will this help my neckheavy kelly?

Option 1 or Mosh's idea. It's not going to make it sound any different, but it will make it balance better. Wrapping the strap around the rear of the body just looks stupid IMO - the guy in 38 Special had an Explorer and did that - always though it looked dumb.

Newc

[Deneb]

Re: Will this help my neckheavy kelly?

Put a brick on the bottom of the body...that will help :0