Weird War Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 (edited) I'm trying to lower the bridge pickup on one of my Jazzes. There's some black foam underneath which is mounted on an earthing plate. Although I can push the pickup down with my fingers, the screws refuse to turn after a certain point so I can't get it as low as I'd like. (The neck pickup is quite a bit lower so no problem there.) Might the screw holes be too shallow? Any ideas appreciated - thanks. Edited October 29, 2007 by Weird War Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burpster Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Thats normally the case, you may want to carefully deepen the holes and then lube the screws as you put 'em in with lard (or nice silicone grease if you have some) but dont overdo this as you dont want 'em sloppy..... A teeny bit on teh bottom 2/3 threds is all thats neccasary, so that cutting the new thread in teh wood doesnt twist he screws off which would be bad..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weird War Posted October 29, 2007 Author Share Posted October 29, 2007 [quote name='The Burpster' post='80802' date='Oct 29 2007, 01:53 PM']Thats normally the case, you may want to carefully deepen the holes and then lube the screws as you put 'em in with lard (or nice silicone grease if you have some) but dont overdo this as you dont want 'em sloppy..... A teeny bit on teh bottom 2/3 threds is all thats neccasary, so that cutting the new thread in teh wood doesnt twist he screws off which would be bad.....[/quote] Thanks for that; I'll have a look tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppet Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Agreed - a tiny pilot hole with a dremel works for me, but only a tiny hole mind. The pickup screws are self tapping so the pilot will be fine. The problems I've found is that if you try too hard then all you end up doing is mashing the screw head and then it's fun.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weird War Posted October 29, 2007 Author Share Posted October 29, 2007 Well, I followed The Burpster's sage advice and it worked out perfectly. I used a tiny drill bit to manually deepen the hole a tad and put a little Vaseline on the screw ends to ease them in. Result - both pickups lower and a nice lower action following saddle height adjustment and a tweak of the truss rod. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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