Installing Bridge &

Pickups

To reduce humming in your amp, the ground wire must contact the bridge plate.

Components and Hardware Needed:

Qty

Guitar Body

1

Bridge

1

Screws #4 x 1"

5

Control Cover Plate

1

Screws #4 x 1/2"

5

Pickups

2

Screws #2 x 13/8"

5

Compression Springs

4

To install the bridge, control plate, and pick- ups:

1.Remove tape from the end of the ground wire and place the exposed portion of the wire over the edge of the ground wire cavity, as shown in Figure 21.

Ground Wire

Figure 21. Ground wire above cavity.

2.Place the bridge over the cavity so the plate contacts the wire.

3.Secure the bridge with the #4 x 1" screws, as shown in Figure 22, making sure the saddle adjustment screw heads point away from the neck.

Mounting

Screw

Saddle Adj.

Screw

Figure 22. Bridge installed.

4.Place the control cover plate on the body so it completely covers the control cavity, silver foil side down, and mark the mounting holes.

5.Using a 5/64" bit, drill the mounting holes— being careful not to break off the cavity edges, and secure the control cover plate with the #4 x 1/2" screws.

6.Remove tape from the pickups, and install each pickup into a cavity with the two #2 x 13/8" screws and compression springs, as shown in Figure 23. Install the bridge pickup, which has a silver and red wire into the bridge cavity; install the neck pickup, which has a white and silver wire in the cavity closest to the neck.

Neck Pickup

 

Bridge Pickup

 

Compression

#2 x 13/8"

Spring

Screw

Figure 23. Installing pickups.

Note: The top of each pickup should be flat or even with the body, not angled. You will adjust the heights of the pickups later in this manual.

H8180/H8181 Bass Guitar Kit

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