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takesnogutz666
09-16-2007, 08:01 AM
does anybody know if these guitars (260 and/or 400) are balanced correctly? i know the EX isnt, but these are newer models so i didnt know if possibly they are balanced. if they arnt, is there a way i can fix it? i would love to have one of these guitars.
N3rdAl3rt
09-16-2007, 08:47 AM
is there a way i can fix it?

yes, move the strap button
daddydoomsday
09-16-2007, 08:11 PM
its balanced just like the EX. I bought a better strap and it helped it.
rockinhockey
09-16-2007, 08:41 PM
I play an sg and its really neck heavy but i mean you get used to it pretty easy. sure it sucks you have to always be holding it but i've grown to like it.
capoeiraesp
09-16-2007, 10:50 PM
I played my bro in laws fx-400 the other day and it balances fine with a strap
the run away
11-01-2007, 02:35 PM
yeah i own an EX and play it daily
and i play an fx-260 almost daily(on the days i work)
they both seem fine to me with a strap,
but stilling down, well any crazy shape guitar is gonna be hard to sit with,
but seriously,
crazy shape guitars, arnt rele ment to be sat down with, they are ment to be in your face and SCARY.
lol
but yeah, moving the button is a way to balance it, if it isnt up to you spec's
Microdomus
11-01-2007, 02:39 PM
A leather strap will help. But I found that axe(EX-400BD) to be unbareable nonthless. A change in placement of the strap button would be the solution IMO
Madness
11-02-2007, 07:56 AM
My FX400 is a tad neck heavy. It really isn't that uncomfortable to me. I have some guitars that are worse. The solutions have already been covered.
daddydoomsday
11-02-2007, 11:55 AM
My FX400 is a tad neck heavy. It really isn't that uncomfortable to me. I have some guitars that are worse. The solutions have already been covered.

Totally agree. I had a jackson KE-3 bolt-on that was really neck heavy. I was always catching myself having to hold up the neck with my fret hand while playing. I havnt had to do that at all with my FX-400, the only reason its a little neck heavy is that when you let go of the guitar with both hands, it slowly starts to drop. But it only goes as far as waist level and nothing more. So I dont even notice it really.