Dood Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Hey all! My go-to 4 stringer, an 80's PJBS has certainly seen a good life and is in superb condition for it's age, but the pickup covers are a little on the tatty side and I'd like to get some replacements. I'd tried in the past by getting a set of clones off of ebay but they didn't fit in the routs. They were too large. Anyone had to do this themselves or have any advice on ensuring I get the correct ones? Cheers! Dooooood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfist Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Is this particularly the J or the P one ? Or both of course ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share Posted April 29, 2014 oh both! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfist Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 How about putting the exact sizes of your routs on this thread and we can all look in our gear refuse drawers. If we have any appropriate sized pickup covers we could get in touch. I know I've got a few unused P pickup covers in my drawer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 That's very kind! Thank you! I'll get measuring later on. The pickups in question that are in the bass are nothing fancy, They are stock Japanese P and J pickups for this 80's bass. I bought some shells off ebay and they were slightly too big to fit in the routs - maybe just a millimetre in it - so I think I'll need to get my glasses out to make sure I read them correctly! Alternatively - I'd be interested to know who has upgraded the pickups in their own Jazz Bass Special and what pickups slotted straight in without work. I've seen EMG and Seymour Duncan upgrades so that *may* give an indication of size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kempy535 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 I have a Jazz Special that I put Wizards in. The new cover fitted on the Jazz pick up but I had to use the original on the P pick up as the new ones were a tiny bit to big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 My old one had Seymour Duncan pickups fitted in both positions and as the covers both had 'Basslines' written on them I guess that is a straight fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 Cheers Paul! - Ah yes, I'd panged for a second PJBS but alas funds didn't allow - so i've decided it's time to spruce this one up a bit! Thanks for the info - I'll check the sizes of mine against the Basslines - I'm sure mine must match in that case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 I finally got round to measuring the pickups! The P style has a shell that appears to me about 1mm shorter than many brands hence my problem with covers previously. It's dimensions are: 27mm x 55mm and to my eye it's around 59-60mm between the screw hole centres. The J pup is 94.5mm x 17.5mm and about 24mm across to the opposite screw hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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