P-bass pickup polepiece spacing

[KK Jale]

I have this P pickup. It came in a cream cover and I wanted to switch to black so I offered up some covers from to see if they'd fit - a Japanese Fender cover and a Lollar one. Nope. It seems that whereas many P pickups are 29mm this one is spaced at 28mm, which is just enough to make a regular cover not fit... not without filing the holes oval. TL:DR: anyone have any ideas?

 

Edited January 7, 2022 by KK Jale

[PaulThePlug]

bay - Pair of CLOSED PICKUP COVERS in BLACK, CREAM or WHITE to fit USA P Bass guitar - and drill ya own holes?

[hooky_lowdown]

I think this is a manufacturing thing, in the same way Japanese specs are slightly different from Western (i.e Europe and US), especially when it comes to Fender's. I have japanese pickups which are slightly bigger (wider), which don't directly fit into "standard" P bass covers.

[KK Jale]

@PaulThePlug cheers!

 

Not impossible but hellish tricky to do really accurately without a pillar drill IMO...

Edited July 23, 2021 by KK Jale

[KK Jale]

On 23/07/2021 at 15:51, hooky_lowdown said:

I think this is a manufacturing thing, in the same way Japanese specs are slightly different from Western (i.e Europe and US), especially when it comes to Fender's. I have japanese pickups which are slightly bigger (wider), which don't directly fit into "standard" P bass covers.

You could well be right. But I was surprised to see that USA Lollar covers matched MIJ Fender while the new pickup is the odd one out. 

Edited January 7, 2022 by KK Jale