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Old 04-13-2009, 07:39 PM
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Jazz bass pickguard with P-bass pickup

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Hey all. Wasn't sure where to post this, so I'll do it here.

Does anyone know where I can get a Jazz bass pickguard with a cutout for a P-bass pickup?

I've done about a dozen searches, and can't find exactly what I'm looking for. I've found places that will take custom templates, etc etc, but I'm looking to just place an order for one and be done with it. It doesn't seem like that odd of an item, but I just can't find em.

Any tips would be great. Thanks a lot, folks.
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Old 04-13-2009, 08:20 PM
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Most P/J basses have a P Bass pick guard. I've never see a Jazz Bass with a P Bass pick up. Make sure it is a Jazz bass body. I will have a "sculpered" body, where the P Bass will have a "rounded" body. Hope this helps.
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Old 04-13-2009, 08:24 PM
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I was looking at a Fender Reggie Hamilton Jazz recently, and it was a J body with a P neck p/u and a J bridge p/u. Sounds like what you're describing, but I can't tell you where to get the pickguard. Sorry.
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Old 04-13-2009, 08:30 PM
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A P-bass pickup will break through the back edge of a Jazz pickguard. Won't fit. You could simply not care about that, and roll your own, but I don't think you can buy one that way.
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Rondo used to sell them for their SX PJ jazz basses but I'm not sure how they would fit a Fender.
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Old 04-13-2009, 08:34 PM
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Go to the warmoth website or if you can, find a reggie pickguard. That would work too. What kind of jazz do you have? Are you routing out a hole to do it?
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Go to the warmoth website or if you can, find a reggie pickguard. That would work too. What kind of jazz do you have? Are you routing out a hole to do it?
It's just a mex jazz, so yea I'm actually in the process of routing out the extra space right now.
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Old 04-13-2009, 09:14 PM
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Old 04-13-2009, 09:41 PM
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It's just a mex jazz, so yea I'm actually in the process of routing out the extra space right now.
A fellow tb'r informed me that in the newer mexicans, there is actually enough space in the neck pup's rout to put in a p pickup without any extra routing. If yours is so, apparently you can use a mexican reggie pickguard with no routing at all.
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Old 04-13-2009, 10:18 PM
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A P-bass pickup will break through the back edge of a Jazz pickguard. Won't fit. .
True for a standard shaped jazz pickguard

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You could simply not care about that, and roll your own, but I don't think you can buy one that way.
You can make one where it doesn't do this...

Roger Sadowsky does it all the time...

check out the vintage 4 p/j on this page

http://www.sadowsky.com/instruments/nyc_basses.html
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Old 04-13-2009, 11:12 PM
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Also there are scads of custom pickguard companies that can make one for you in any color you like. The only tricky part is getting their custom guard's pup holes to match up with the routing you do in the bass body. So what I'd do is send them your existing Jazz pg, and tell them to cut it for a p pup instead of a J pup, and then when you get the new pg, attach it to your bass, and trace the outline of the new P shape hole in the pg onto the bass body, as a guide for doing the routing.
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Old 04-14-2009, 04:26 AM
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Thanks for all the suggestions guys. I looked at Warmoth's site once again, and realized they do have what I'm looking for. Their new layout is just less intuitive than the old one, so I couldn't find it right away. Thanks again.
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isn't the mark hoppus sig bass sort of like that?
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isn't the mark hoppus sig bass sort of like that?
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