Marky L Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 (edited) Just looking to get a replacement scratch plate for my 76 P bass and am hitting an interesting question.. how many screw holes do I need. The metal one I have taken off, which fits very well, only has 10 and this must have been custom made. There are no other screw holes in the body that would have been hidden by the plate, but a couple of suppliers have said it should be 13 holes. Can any 70's owners give me some pointers? Thanks EDIT: Hmm looking a bit closer, I think that at some time back in it's past it's had a bit of a refinish as I think I can see a small pin prick or two which would like up with some of the other holes. Which makes me thing the after market plate was fited at the time of the re-finish. Probably! Edited February 11, 2009 by Marky L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artisan Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 13 is the norm' i think. at lease that's what all my P's had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~tl Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 The '57 Precision had an aluminium scratchplate with 10-holes, so I guess that is what's been fitted to your bass. Aside from that, 13-holes is standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky L Posted February 12, 2009 Author Share Posted February 12, 2009 [quote name='~tl' post='406760' date='Feb 11 2009, 06:14 PM']The '57 Precision had an aluminium scratchplate with 10-holes, so I guess that is what's been fitted to your bass. Aside from that, 13-holes is standard.[/quote] That's what my thinking is. An off the shelf metal plate, copied from the '57 style metal plate and then fitted to my bass. Poking around at it, I can definitely see the lost holes through the touching up paint job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 [url="http://imageshack.us"][/url] 13 on this model...precision special with jazz neck...AMXN model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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