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yes, that's me - a Sahara where talent is concerned.

There is indeed only one Coalvile . I hadn't thought of curved chisels. Paulownia is very soft. That's a good suggestion and thank you also for the offer. Norris is kindly measuring his jazz bass pups for me so I can reply to the seller with "See? right size, wrong lugs" and be right, rather than look an idiot.

No it’s wrong to put closed covers on If you can’t see the pole pieces how on earth Will any talent seep in ?

Go and wash your mouth out RIGHT NOW you filthy scumbag. Closed covers? Heresy ! I’m still left with the lug location problem

he says he will sell me a pickup (don't want it, as I have Geddy Lee models), but it seems even his pickup covers are a different size. summary - the rear pickup cavity is the right size, but the lugs cutouts are in the right spot for a neck pickup. I've asked him to measure the covers he has for pole piece spacing, in case he can just send me a cover that fits his body . His poles are sadly 2mm further in. up a certain creek then

Just dump them in a tub of vinegar and green toilet duck for a few days - it’s not tricky

I’d replace them with something similar and keep the parts. Maybe relic the replacements so they don’t look odd?

Alex James called bass “musical glue”

I’m with you, I’ve owned guitars but never with any great enthusiasm i sold them all recent cent to build a jazz bass. Go figure

luckily one of my few talents is fluency in german, thanks for posting that

and they get paid a lot

you can buy copper shielding tape with conductive glue on ebay for about £4 - its a lot less hassle.

@Hellzero @dannyboy @Jimothey you don't need to do this if you use the copper tape with conductive adhesive. I just use a multimeter to check there is connectivity between each piece and the jack socket, and then switch to the resistance setting to check that resistance is low.

Anyone?

You can always join the pieces with solder

The things you screw the screws through ?

No, the lugs start at the bottom inserting it upside down tells me the cavity is the right size ? if the lugs are wrong it doesn’t fit at all when right way up

Could some with a recent “standard” jazz (ie not 90s squier or early mex) please measure the distance from the corner of the bridge pickup to the center of the lug? i have an awkward eBay seller who seems to think that just because “the cavity is the right size that’s all that matters then” my geddy lee pups fit upside down in the bridge but the lugs are in the right place for a neck pup

Ok I did that and if you look at the last picture (bridge pup cover upside down) you will see that the cover fits but the lugs are correctly placed for the neck pup (see middle picture) I’ve updated the seller and await his response

They are out of a geddy lee so I assume they are indeed standard ill measure at lunchtime to see 92ml and 94 ml long same width

It’s a steer that I got from @Norris

maybe Lindsey has had enough of it after 40 years and wants to enjoy the rest of his life. I'd get tired of being a jukebox

not for me, sadly- I have an allparts bridge I've been thinking about it and I can't live with the bodge, The bridge pickup is about three mm longer, with differently placed lugs, to allow for the wider string gap at the bridge. Early mex jazz basses used a bridge pickup in both locations and its totally obvious that the neck pickup poles don't align with the strings,. Having tried the bridge cover, the cavity is too small but I think a decent woodworker could widen and length it slightly. It wont look perfect, but better than a mis aligned neck pickup. regarding the seller, he DOES state the size. However he doesn't state that this is neck pup sized and as a seller myself, I'd be adding a caution note to the listing to avoid unhappy customers. He did offer to sell me two neck pups ....hmm

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