P+JAssem Version 1.1
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1 December 2017
4.6.
Install the Pickups
Electrical connections are starting to come together!
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Ensure all of the 8 pickup mounting holes in the body are open and clean.
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Neck Pickup and Bridge Pickup differ in size; the neck pickup will not fit in the route for the bridge
pickup.
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Pass the wires for the bridge pickup through the passageway and into the control pocket.
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For each of the pickups, pass each of the pickup mounting screws through the pickup and then
through a mounting spring. Next carefully screw in 4 screws to hold each of the pickups down. Just get
the screws started so that the pickup is held firmly. We’ll tighten them further and get the pickup height
correct later in the process. Do not over tighten.
4.7.
Install the Pickguard/Controls
On P-style instruments, the controls are attached to the pickguard. On J-style instruments, there is a
seperate control plate. In both cases, we need to attach the ground line from the controls to the bridge.
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Confirm that at least 1/2” of wire is bare at the end of the lone ground wire coming off of the controls.
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Place the pickguard/control plate over the control hole, but keep it tilted up so that you can get your
fingers into the hole to do the next steps.
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J-style instruments: connect the bridge pickup to the controls using the snap together connector. You
can’t get this backwards, and there is only one connection.
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P-style instruments: The pickup’s electrical connection is already done.
Figure 21 Painters tape and screws installed
(guitar headstock shown in this image; same
procedure applies)
Figure 22 Pickup mounting holes x 8 (J-style).
P-style has only one pickup with 4 holes
