Pickup Cover

[LarryK]

I recently bought a 1978 P bass. It has the original chrome cover for the bridge, but is missing the cover for the pickups. I would like to find a cover for the pickups to restore the bass to its original configuration, although I may hate trying to play the bass with it in place.

Question: are p bass pickup covers year specific or will any pickup cover from that era fit? And where is a good place to start looking to find one?

Thanks!

[Gord_oh]

to my knowledge they are all the same. finding an original one will be tricky. new and old ones pop up pretty regularly on ebay. but if its a vintage piece expect to pay more. i got lucky with my '73, it came with the original covers.

[C.Linton]

How concerned are you about replacing it with an actual 70's cover? You'll have to look on Ebay or maybe CL for that, but expect to pay an arm and a leg for one. If you're not concerned, then proper covers are easy to find . Musician's Friend, Allparts, BassPartsResource all have new ones for relatively cheap. I had a '78 P with both original covers on it, and the pickup cover got flattened once when it was off the bass, and I bought a new one and it fit perfectly

[DWBass]

Bass Parts Resource: Bass Covers/Ashtrays

Top left. I just bought one for my P-Bass.

[LarryK]

Thanks to all of you for the response. I will check out the chrome cover at Bass Parts Resource now that I know it will fit the '78.