Where To Place Pickups

[bassbuilder]

i'm currently building my first bass and am going to use a p bass style pickups. where should the magnets be orentated in assoication with the strings like should they be on ether side or what? i'm not to shure so i'm asking u guys.

[frank falbo]

Copy Fender. Either go to a shop and measure the Fender or Fender copy, or create a formula where you can extract the measurement from ratios using a good photograph.