Old Horse Murphy Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I've decided to fit the chrome pickup covers to one o fmy 51 P basses and need a bit of advice on placement (are there any templates or measurements available?) and also how to stop the painwork getting damaged when I drill the hole. Any help woul dbe much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 [quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='1334909' date='Aug 10 2011, 01:01 PM']I've decided to fit the chrome pickup covers to one o fmy 51 P basses and need a bit of advice on placement (are there any templates or measurements available?) and also how to stop the painwork getting damaged when I drill the hole.[/quote] Placement can probably be done 'by eye' - I've not seen any templates floating around. If I'm drilling into a guitar I tend to use a strip of masking tape and mark the precise placement on that - the matt surface removes all risk of the drill bit scooting off in an unwanted direction when it hits a shiny surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I fitted the bridge cover on mine by feel, that is, if nothing is touching the bridge, that's it. I felt very pleased with myself for quite a long time, until someone pointed out I'd put it on the wrong way round. And I'd spent ages looking at pictures and was convinced I'd done it right. I still think the right way round looks ugly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 From memory the pickup one is almost but not actually touching the scratchplate and the bridge one is almost at the end of the body. Usually a bit of masking tape over the paintwork but if you use a small drill its not going to chip anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow_22 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 spineynorman - im about to fit a p bass bridge cover. Do you mean the cover should be touching the bridge i.e pushed up against it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillbilly deluxe Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 The cover should not contact the bridge at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Surprised it doesn't have the holes, did it not come with the ashtrays? Tape and a braddle to make the holes. Easier to avoid disaster than with a drill with such small holes. Look up pics on Google and find references for position. Some here:http://www.bass-guitar-museum.com/bass-14584-1951-51-Reissue-Fender-Precision-P-Bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 [quote name='4 Strings' post='1358018' date='Aug 31 2011, 08:28 PM']Surprised it doesn't have the holes, did it not come with the ashtrays? Tape and a [size=3][color="#FF0000"]braddle[/color][/size] to make the holes. Easier to avoid disaster than with a drill with such small holes. Look up pics on Google and find references for position. Some here:http://www.bass-guitar-museum.com/bass-14584-1951-51-Reissue-Fender-Precision-P-Bass[/quote] That'll be a 'bradawl' a sharp pointy thing with a handle, used for making holes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 That's the one, thanks case of being really tired and tried all sorts of other wrong spellings before settling on that one. Embarrassed but just seemed using a drill rather over kill for starting off such little screws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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