Very little to no neckdive, shaving a little off the headstock, mounting the strap button about 2" along the neck, fairly heavy bridge and ashtray, heavy pickups with steel bases all help adjust the balance The only slight downside with this bass is that I had to set the action slightly higher on the A and D strings so they mirrored the Hot rail guitar pickups curve. When I first set it up the low action caused the A and D to be markedly louder than the E and G. As a first non kit (ok I bought a body, neck and components) build I am really quite pleased with it, I may make another scratchplate with Jazz type pickups to compare but for now it is a good (if a somewhat dirty sounding) playable, and unique bass for less than £70 total cost (I already had the strings but still under a £100)