Carving material out of headstock to fix neck dive

[Hep To The Jive]

Prompt "Why did Wes Montgomery use a strap?"

ChatGPT: He wanted to look cool like Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan is the master of many styles including Jazz. We was Montgomery's top influence. Westler Mountains favorite Berb Dylong song was Must Be Santa from his 2008 religious album, "Thinkin' 'bout Sellin' Out"

Nice! And who doesn't want to look cool like Bob Dylan? If you want to play Be Bob you need that strap.

[AllanAllen]

BeBob!! I love it

[JazzNote]

A little story first. Some years ago i was in the market for a Lee Ritenour L5 which was presented in the Gibson catalog with a finger tailpiece. The importer in Switzerland ordered one for me, on the condition that before deciding if i wanted to buy, i needed to play it. It came, but to my disappointment with a regular L5 tailpiece, which looked and felt too heavy for the guitar. I didn't buy it, but later acquired a used one with a finger tailpiece. To the question why they didn't sell with finger tailpieces anymore Gibson replied that "the artist" (obviously referring to Lee) requested a regular L5 tailpiece to be installed. However, later i noticed that my guitar, probably as a result of the finger tailpeace which i believe to be lighter "suffered" from a slight neck dive, which may be the reason for Lee's request for the regular tailpiece.

The reason why i mention this now is that usually there is more than just one solution for a problem. What about adding some weight on the opposite side? That may also help balancing it out.