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Post subject: Is this possible? control plate on 1 piece jazz.
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:16 pm
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Wasn't really sure how to word this in the title to i'll clarify everything here.

I recently acquired this bass, and was wondering if it would be possible to fit one of the chrome control plates, and a regular pickguard on it.

I don't mind drilling extra holes, i just want to make sure all the previous holes, especially around the controls will be covered. Im most worried about the two screws on either side of the last tone knob.

If anybody has done this before, or has any information on the size of a typical. 4 hole control plate, that would be great.

Oh and if anybody wants to know, its a MIM fender "squier series" Jazz bass.

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Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:23 pm
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One piece Jazz Bass pickguards/control plates were very common for a 1983 Standard Jazz Bass. These early-to-mid 1980s basses also featured J-Bass pickups with white covers.

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The standard three knob control plate should cover the old holes, but I would try one out before drilling any new holes.

Actually , you should start this project with a new pickguard and control plate and I would rec. that you install the pickguard first, and then the control plate, because it is very easy to install the control plate off center and make your pickguard not fit around the pickup.

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Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 4:12 pm
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Alright, do you think they did this as a cost cutting measure? of are there other reasons.

And thanks i was just hoping the holes would all get covered.

So yeah align the pickguard first, and mount it. then attatch the control plate.

Is there any reason to not do this?


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Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:06 pm
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Given that it is a Squier, there's not much risk of devaluation (no offense!). The only thing I can think of is that the current pickguard may have shielding on the back. Since the new control plate will shield, you may want to be sure that the replacement pickguard has shielding from the pickups down through any wire routing over to the new control plate.


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The reason for the one piece pickguard?

They did this on the US Fender Jazz basses in 1983 and they had white pickup covers to go along with the one piece guard.
The whole American standard line of guitars and basses had white picguards and white pickups that year.

The only reason for doing it that I can think of, is that that was the year the Elite series was introduced, and I think that Fender wanted a notable difference between their standard line and the Elites.

Not only was that pickguard one piece, it was also single ply. So this Jazz bass was the plainest jane ever put out as a USA Jazz bass.

The Squire line has prodiced all kinds of variations so I think their use of the one piece pickguard is just cost cutting.

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