Pickguard doesnt fit with pickups

[cghsguitar]

So i have a pbody bass and I got a new pickguard (metal one) and I have been fixing it up. I just found that the pickguard doesnt fit around the pickups, because it is too small. How should I go about fixing this?

[ElBajista]

You can get an Hobby knife and shave some plastic either on the pickguard or the pickups. If you ever plan on swapping out the pickups later, I'd leave them alone and go at the pickguard.

How bad is it? Is the pickguard significantly too small, or just a few fractions of an inch?

[cghsguitar]

It is significantyly to small, infact if i do descide to fix it i will need a dremmel. Its a metal pickguard not plastic

[tplyons]

What kind of metal? Steel? Aluminum?