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Opend her up again and checked.. there was acutally a tiny copper wire that had snapped in two.. how? I was so damn careful removing the original cover. And ive done this 2 times before. :/ Luckily i have a spare 62 Vintage pickup-set and a new solderfree harness on its way.

Hi, i replaced my black pickup-covers with white ones - an operation that takes two minutes and simple as hell. However, once i was done, and had the bass connected to the amp - all i heard was a loud bbbrrrrrrrrr.. if i touch the poles - the brrsrrr gets even louder. If i touch the strings...

This really killed me. Dropped my phone, hit that spot and the laquer came off. Alot of laquer.

I replaced the old one with a this one, no. No issue with neck. I meant the gap along the whole front, from the neck to the the lower part :) and one does not see it from a normal view distance

More distress? Its a minor gap between the body and the pickguard: Is this considered normal?

More distress :) dinged it into the side of cupboard after playing an hour or so ☺️

Replaced the pickguard with a non-laqered one: The pickguard did fight abit, so i ended up with a scratch on the neck.

Ah hehe :) What "score" of distress / relic would this give me then ? :P

Just a smiley ? :p

So many awesome bass-guitars! Here,does this count as distressed? Also, i would like to ask if its stupid to replace it with an unlaquered 57 Gold Pickguard? Will it fit om my 58 ?

More relicing - laquer wearing off: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

I've also lost one of the pickup-cover screws... no idea how that happened.. However i got some vintage relic ones, that are abit shorter, but still the same thickness. can i use theese?

Thank you for that information regarding laquered pickguards :) Ohh, indeed, the combo of maple and anodized aluminium is superb. Sadly yes, mine is the same way - minor red color.. its more of a two tone color. I kinda like this one: Another 58- and almost all laquer has been worn off. And...

Cool! Always good with new info:) So, if i got this right, the original 57-58 and 59 had their pickguard laquered? ( too tired :P ) This beauty sat me back alot, but heck - it was worth it. Had it for 3 months now, already starting to age. You know, the clusters of scratches, a dent, etc etc...