qed Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 hi all.. i'm currently putting together my 'bitza' precision, except that i want humbuckers in it and not single coils cos i prefer them (and i have a serious emg addiction).. so it will end up like a musicman i suppose (hey perhaps that was leo's original idea..) or even a modlus (which is a jazz with musicman pickups if you think about it.. albeit a bit better quality i suppose) anyrate.. i'd like some kind soul out there to measure up their musicman stingray and tell me the distance from the nut at the top of the neck to the first (neck) pickup and the second (bridge) pickup, so that i can get them in the right place.. also if anyone has a paper template for a precision pickguard i'd love a copy of it.. thanks all!! Quote
johnny dissident Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 sorry mate, would love to help , but my stinger's only got one pickup. Quote
qed Posted February 4, 2009 Author Posted February 4, 2009 >but my stinger's only got one pickup hi .. thx for replying .. actually if you get the time, the distance to the bridge pickup would be cool (leading edge to the nut).. i think i'm only going to put the bridge pickup on anyway.. what with emg's being the best part of ninety quid :-/ Quote
Al Heeley Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 (edited) Go here for a full scale P-bass pickguard template in pdf form. [url="http://www.terrapinisland.com/pdf3/PDF010609-FPB4.pdf"]http://www.terrapinisland.com/pdf3/PDF010609-FPB4.pdf[/url] They have a template for a musicman/OLP as well so you could use that to estimate distance of pickup to bridge. Edited February 4, 2009 by Al Heeley Quote
Monz Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 [quote name='qed' post='399939' date='Feb 4 2009, 01:26 PM']>but my stinger's only got one pickup hi .. thx for replying .. actually if you get the time, the distance to the bridge pickup would be cool (leading edge to the nut).. i think i'm only going to put the bridge pickup on anyway.. what with emg's being the best part of ninety quid :-/[/quote] 752mm from inside edge of nut to closest side of pickup HTH Quote
johnny dissident Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Sorry didn't reply , I couldn't find a measuring stick. Now I have ,I measured exactly the same as Monz 752mm. Quote
qed Posted February 11, 2009 Author Posted February 11, 2009 thats great guys.. thanks.. just what i needed.. now that i have all of the bits!! apologies for late reply.. been in hospital (routine, don't worry) Quote
rockpig Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 the stingray pick up is positioned at about the same distance from the bridge as the space between the 2nd and third fret so that it sits under a harmonic node. if possible i would suggest stringing up the bass before routing the pidk up cavities and finding the node on the strings and then putting the pick up in under it. Quote
qed Posted February 22, 2009 Author Posted February 22, 2009 thats great advice.. many thanks ;-) Quote
Al Heeley Posted March 1, 2009 Posted March 1, 2009 [quote name='rockpig' post='411653' date='Feb 17 2009, 01:22 AM']the stingray pick up is positioned at about the same distance from the bridge as the space between the 2nd and third fret so that it sits under a harmonic node...[/quote] As long as you only play open strings cos as soon as you fret it, the harmonic node will shift elsewhere... Quote
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