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Routing My Jazz

Discussion in 'Pickups & Electronics [BG]' started by Dan Muller, Dec 2, 2001.

  1. Dec 2, 2001 #1
    Dan Muller

    Dan Muller Guest

    Sep 28, 2001
    Baltimore, Maryland
    I wanna put either DiMarzio DP123s or Fender Custom Shop 60's pickups in my MIM Fender Jazz. What are the chances of a person screwing up the finish on the bass? Could I do it with a chisel? how much would it cost to have someone do it?
     
  2. Dec 2, 2001 #2
    HWK2

    HWK2

    Sep 1, 2000
    Portland, Oregon (Rainville, USA)
    I guess that all depends on you.... how good are you with that chisel?

    I'm still confused about why these things need to be carved into (the body I mean)... MIM's use two bridge pickups right? That is the big one... the hole routed into the bass for the neck pickup on my MIM jazz bass is about 1inch x 4inches and not at all fit to the pickup... Now the pickguard I can understand (small spacing on the screws) and maybe drilling new holes for the mounting screws... but why the body??
     
  3. Dec 3, 2001 #3
    throbbinnut

    throbbinnut

    Jun 20, 2000
    georgia....georgia........geor
    The MIM's use of the same pickup in both positions, but it's not a standard bridge pickup. So you have to remove about 1/8th inch of material from each end of the bridge route. I did both of my cheap basses with a sharp hand chisel. It's easy if you know how to do a little woodwork. I didn't screw up my finish.

    You also have to file a tiny bit on the pickguard to make it fit the screw-mount protrusions on the DP123's. No biggie.

    Chris