Useless amateur Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Trying to dry fit a few bits together and can’t get pick up covers to fit through scratch plate, I have tried 3 scratch plates and no way will they fit. It’s just standard precision stuff. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Trying to remember if I had to fettle anything although my basses all received new scratchplates from a chap here who isn't around any more. A bit of filing might be necessary (easily done). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Useless amateur Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 Ok thanks. I just didn’t want to start adjusting stuff if I didn’t have to. Thanks again Steve Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Also, for some reason not all P bass split coil pickup covers are exactly the same size. It might be that some will fit the holes AND the pickup, not necessarily the ones that came with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 No probs Jon. One other thing possibly worthy of note. You will see the pole pieces sit proud of the cover. For me (as someone who hooks their thumb onto the cover when they play) that meant there was less purchase for my thumb. I got round this by putting some cut up beer mat either side of the magnets so the cover was flush. That gives you more room for your thumb. The sound etc is completely unaffected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo.gwillim Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 It's a pain isn't it? My only suggestion is fit the scratch plate with the pickups wired up but loose. Then you can align them before screwing them in. It's probably what you tried anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 I have had to open the holes up on a couple of scratchplates in the past, as @Paul S said not all pickups / pickup covers are the same size, I had to junk a set of cheap pickups that actually sounded quite good where the covers were glued on to the pickup as they were too big to fit any scratchplate I had! One word of advice, don't drill any holes until you have test fitted everything (including the neck) together, I brought a really nice nitro finished body a few months ago where the builder had already fitted the scratchplate, by the time I had got the pots to fit in the cavity space and the neck sitting in the pocket correctly I had to re-drill all of the scratchplate holes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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