High Flying pickup cover

jps · Post by **jps** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 2:18 pm

Does this guy have large hands?

jmh · Post by **jmh** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 5:34 pm

My cover was always that high too, so I removed it. Seemed high enough to be used as a carrying handle. BTW, is that neck showing the correct amount of relief, or is it straight? I'd like to see a picture as good as that showing the proper amount of relief.

jps · Post by **jps** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 5:50 pm

According to JH, the neck will intonate properly when it is straight.

As far as that PU cover goes, it and yours must have been mounted wrong. As it is shown, the cover must be positioned between the surround and the spring for the PU mounting plate. It should be positioned below the spring so that it can go up and down with the PU as you adjust it's height.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 6:09 pm

The old horseshoe pickup had a smaller space there ... the problem is on the E string I was sometimes either hitting the cover or the screwtop pickup ... there was one small range of adjustment that worked ...

Of course for those of us who remove the cover we don't notice how big the space is ...

And yes always make the neck as straight as you can ... this will vary bass by bass ...

seth_lorinczi · Post by **seth_lorinczi** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 7:32 pm

Unwittingly, I just bought one of the "extra-high" pickup covers for my '74 WG. I ended up putting spare nuts between the cover and the chrome pickup surround...works for me.

ojobob2 · Post by **ojobob2** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 1:14 am

That neck is SO straight - it will buzz like hell

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 8:29 am

Just put it below the springs and above the spacers and it should work fine Seth like Jeffrey said. They're not supposed to go right below the surround, that is what the problem is in the photo of the guy with big hands.

ojobob2 · Post by **ojobob2** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 8:35 am

Yeah unless you have one of the weird short ones like mine, it goes against the surround and is still normal height

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 8:44 am

Yeah I was going to mention that, I've never even seen one. did you get your neck straightened out? (that was not supposed to be a pun)

ojobob2 · Post by **ojobob2** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 8:49 am

indeed! i straightened out and hacksawed about 1/8 of an inch of the unthreaded part of the rods. Also bent an arch into the rods to add strength. The neck is now almost TOO straight but itll blatently back off a bit in a few days. Fretboard is reglued and the nuts are straight and easy to get the tool one.

Its still a beater, but a working one

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 8:55 am

Good, yeah I also bend an arch in the rods, seems to help.