pariah223 Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Hey, im building my first bass, and im going with P style pickups. No J for now, but maybe in the future if all goes well. anyway, what is the best way to decide where to position the pickup? is there a certain distance from the bridge/neck that i should use? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Hey, im building my first bass, and im going with P style pickups. No J for now, but maybe in the future if all goes well. anyway, what is the best way to decide where to position the pickup? is there a certain distance from the bridge/neck that i should use? thanks. One way to do it would be take a P-bass pickguard, line it up with your neck pocket ...if that's to the same spec as a Fender, then that'll tell you where to put the pickups. And you'll have a template for routing the cavities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pariah223 Posted April 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 ah thats not a bad idea at all.. i actually have an old squire p bass in my closet i could use, tottally forgot i had that until u said that.. haha. now, say in the future i would possibly want a j pickup in there, is that going to affect the p position, and ill be doomed if i do it that way now? or can i just add a J under it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 ah thats not a bad idea at all.. i actually have an old squire p bass in my closet i could use, tottally forgot i had that until u said that.. haha. now, say in the future i would possibly want a j pickup in there, is that going to affect the p position, and ill be doomed if i do it that way now? or can i just add a J under it I think you can just add the J under it -- Fender already makes models with this mix of pickups, the precision pickups have the pickguard, the Jazz pickup is next to the bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pariah223 Posted April 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 yea, im not doing a pickguard tho, so i dont have to worry about all that. thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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