Double Bass Fitting a pickup

[MartinBorgen]

I did not find anything with the search or newbie links. I have got my hands on a pickup built by a local who builds pickups. It's of the kind you fit in under your "side wing" on the bridge. However, the I need to get a bigger gap. Do i just take one of those sand paper on a stick and start working? and if i cannot fit a sandpaper on a stick?

I'm about to replace the bridge on my plywood bass anyways sometime, so if i screw up it's no biggie

EDIT: It's very similiar to an underwood pickup.

 

[Michael Eisenman]

A wood file will work. Assuming the pickup has parallel faces, file the body of the bridge instead of the wing for more contact area. File parallel to the wing face.

 

[MartinBorgen]

ah oke.

 

[Francois Blais]

Did you check the Setup & Repair forum too?

 

[MartinBorgen]

Not that FAQ links now that you mention it. But i searhengined the whole DB forums.