seeking MacGyver-esque tips for raising P pickup height...

When I changed the battery in my bass it rattled as the new one had no foam, I found cotton wool did the trick.

 

I've actually used layers of folded cardboard in the past!

All you do is figure the approximate height you need and fold an appropriately sized piece of cardboard over and over until you've got the right height.

If you need a little less height, just tear off one fold and if you need a little more, just insert another piece inside of the folded sections!

Pretty cheap - pretty simple!

 

A sponge would probably do the trick. You can also cut down the springs from ballpoint pens and thread the mounting screws through them.

Mike

 

Mouse pad.

 

I found that pieces of an old mouse pad works well...

 

I'm another Mouse Pad user.

 

2 strips of amber surgical tubing laid in channel. You can also insert the pup screws into the interior of short pieces of tubing. Gives you the flex you need, without getting gummy or giving out.

 

Another possible approach is to put springs or springy tubing on the screws between the bottom of the pickup and the body. Springs for a ballpoint pen may work, depending on the thickness of the screws.

 

What I've always used.

 

Duct Tape. Lots of it!!!!!!!

 

MacGuyver would have killed 4 BIC retracting pens and used the springs inside to go under the pickup but around the mounting screw.

danman

 

dried out sponges. i got em under my p pups, lets ya tighten (lower) em as much as you need but cuz they are dried they wont push up and down so easy.

 

OK...where can I get pup mounting screws for my 72 P bass? My foam's done give out, but the screws are done too, all buggered up... Might as well kill 2 birds and all that

 

Use the foam that your new PU came packed in. That's what SD recommends.

 

IME, that foam isn't dense enough and doesn't provide enough resistance.