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Post subject: P & J Pick up and Bridge Covers
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 6:51 am
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I recently purchased chrome pick up and bridge covers for my Precision and Jazz basses. I ordered them on line and although they're made by Fender and Made in the USA (Hooray!) they did not come with screws! What's up with that? After I got them I saw another company that sells them wtih the screws. Rather than go thru the hassle or returning and re purchasing, does anyone know off hand what size and type screws I can and/or should use? THis is a very important question, I dont' want to screw either bass up (I will probably "practice" on my old Yamaha first just to be sure).

Also, I don't know if I'm recalling incorrectly, it looks like these are screwed in but didn't they used to have headless screws imbedded in the body and you used chrome knobs to screw on for the bridge coverrs? I don't see that anywhere but vaguely recall this is how the older P and J basses used to have the bridge covers fastened?


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Post subject: Re: P & J Pick up and Bridge Covers
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:30 am
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I recently purchased chrome pick up and bridge covers for my Precision and Jazz basses. I ordered them on line and although they're made by Fender and Made in the USA (Hooray!) they did not come with screws! What's up with that? After I got them I saw another company that sells them wtih the screws. Rather than go thru the hassle or returning and re purchasing, does anyone know off hand what size and type screws I can and/or should use? THis is a very important question, I dont' want to screw either bass up (I will probably "practice" on my old Yamaha first just to be sure).

Also, I don't know if I'm recalling incorrectly, it looks like these are screwed in but didn't they used to have headless screws imbedded in the body and you used chrome knobs to screw on for the bridge coverrs? I don't see that anywhere but vaguely recall this is how the older P and J basses used to have the bridge covers fastened?



what i'm going to do whenever i get pickup covers is velcro them, so i don't have to put more hole in the pick guard i already slaughtered trying to put a thumbrest on...

but i'd just take it to the hardware store find some 1/2 - 1 inch screws and see what ones fit in the holes, that should work great :D because the bridge cover i have i just got some screws that fit, gently drilled out the holes in the body, and it fits great :D

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Post subject: Re: P & J Pick up and Bridge Covers
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:42 am
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Velcro? Interseting option. I heard if you buy the vintage 62 Jazz Pick guard it has the upper thumb and pick up cover holes already pre drilled. So I'm thinking, if I screw up the Jazz, I spend the $34, get the vintage pick guard and cover up my mistakes! The P Bass like I said, I think I'll practice on my old Yamaha.

Thanks for the tip!


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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:08 am
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pmano wrote:
Velcro? Interseting option. I heard if you buy the vintage 62 Jazz Pick guard it has the upper thumb and pick up cover holes already pre drilled. So I'm thinking, if I screw up the Jazz, I spend the $34, get the vintage pick guard and cover up my mistakes! The P Bass like I said, I think I'll practice on my old Yamaha.

Thanks for the tip!


yeah, you buy those little velcro strips cut them so they are hidden under the cover and then no holes :D but i would only do that on the pickup cover because it goes through the pick guard, but the bridge cover i just drilled it in because it's directly into the body, and yeah the vintage pick guards are pre drilled, but i don't have one and i don't want to spend that much money, and since i've already painted the guard i dodn't care much, if i ever want to i'll replace it with a solid one and it'll cover all the holes in the body :D

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Post subject: Re: P & J Pick up and Bridge Covers
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:51 am
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DUDE O-P oo lah wee- just get some pick guard screws and use them. That's the dealeo .......????? Velcro????????- you obviously don't play bass in the band I'm in. No velcro alive could stand up to the rigors of full out, hammer down, honkin, loud, stompin, rockin, moving ,squeezin, swettin, ( not to mention the sun boiling the glue on the velcro into squishy mush moveable by babies mess ), intense playing performance . The Gods of Rock-N-Roll are voting to never let velcro come in contack with anything but cords and amplifiers- and then the Sun will still melt the glue into slick gooey snot like sticky butter not . Have you ever tried to get that stuff off your hands in between songs? I thought so. Now go and velcro your forehead to a windmill blade and get a buzz. Bless your souls I do declare!! :D :) :shock: :lol: :P :?: :mrgreen:


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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:29 pm
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looks like the kid just got put in his place :D

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Post subject: Re: P & J Pick up and Bridge Covers
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:33 pm
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This is'nt the forum to give rook advice on,TOO many old school bassists here for giving an un-sure answer(no offense there buddy),Dont overthink it,pickgaurd screws work great,I have done so many I just dot the holes position w/marker,make a little pilot hole (lightly tapped nail does well) grab the drill gun get the phillip head screwbit and put it on lowest tork,and let'er rip.
First timers should mark the spot,drill with the smallest drill pit(little thinner than pencil lead)put the bit all the way down in the drill so only a 1/8 in poking out and drill the hole,it will only travel so deep and dont push hard :idea: ,the drill can scuff the finish if you push down to hard,just get a little hole started.
I will get the p/gaurd screw and set it in without the covers yet,get the actual hole sized up first then add the covers,make sure they are drilled straight up and down,if angled the can push or pull against the other screw or take the other one out of line,which is why its good to one at a time to avoid one not lined up right.
takew what you need and leave the rest and remember NO VELCRO ALLOWED! :mrgreen:

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Post subject: Re: P & J Pick up and Bridge Covers
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:37 pm
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josey wales wrote:
looks like the kid just got put in his place :D


Kid :D Naw I was just going off. Nothin against you at all. We're like mafia brothers ya' know- NICP-- and all that. We stick together like velcro. Well that may be a bad analogy-- how about we stick together like flies on rice? Well that may not be a good analogy-- I know-- we stick together like chrome tape folded over onto itself-- now that is stuck man. :D


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Post subject: Re: P & J Pick up and Bridge Covers
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:39 pm
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lawsuitbass wrote:
This is'nt the forum to give rook advice on,TOO many old school bassists here for giving an un-sure answer(no offense there buddy),Dont overthink it,pickgaurd screws work great,I have done so many I just dot the holes position w/marker,make a little pilot hole (lightly tapped nail does well) grab the drill gun get the phillip head screwbit and put it on lowest tork,and let'er rip.
First timers should mark the spot,drill with the smallest drill pit(little thinner than pencil lead)put the bit all the way down in the drill so only a 1/8 in poking out and drill the hole,it will only travel so deep and dont push hard :idea: ,the drill can scuff the finish if you push down to hard,just get a little hole started.
I will get the p/gaurd screw and set it in without the covers yet,get the actual hole sized up first then add the covers,make sure they are drilled straight up and down,if angled the can push or pull against the other screw or take the other one out of line,which is why its good to one at a time to avoid one not lined up right.
takew what you need and leave the rest and remember NO VELCRO ALLOWED! :mrgreen:



I think velcro would work if you screwed it down first- the velcro that is..... :)


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Post subject: Re: P & J Pick up and Bridge Covers
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:08 pm
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I agree that Velcro is not the best solution. Fender used slotted screws on the covers that were a smaller diameter than pickguard screws and as this "old school" hack recalls they were slotted, not Phillips like modern pickguard screws, but yes pickguard screws will work.

I've offered this advice before, especially when drilling into polyester finishes. The finish tends to chip off in chunks when drilling through it around the hole which looks ugly when the covers are removed. Here is how to avoid this. Put down some masking tape approximately where the cover holes will be. Mark the hole locations on the tape. Double check with the covers in place from every angle you can think of. Only when 100% satisfied that is where they should live drill through the tape on the marks. Remove tape promptly and install the covers.

Also I drill through a screw on soda bottle cap first and then use the cap as a spacer so the drill bit can not possibly go all the way through the body no matter what! On single coil basses you can also ground the covers for a tad extra RFI rejection. On the single coil P-Basses only ground the pickup cover but on Jazzes you can get a little benefit from grounding both. It isn't a huge benefit but does help a tad.


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