PB-30R DIY Electric Bass Guitar Kit 30: Bridge Position

Hello:
I am new here. I have purchased a PB-30R DIY Electric Bass Guitar Kit 30 and I am working on setting it up. The problem is that I don't really know where to place the bridge since it doesn't have any markings. Where can I find a guide so I don't make a mistake? Sorry for my English, I am using a Spanish to English translator.

Hi Tino,
the Pit Bull Manual can be found at https://www.pitbullguitars.com/instruction-manual/.

But I'm not sure if it answers your question.

I would:

First: With the neck in place, you need to use the "E-strings Method" (for 6 strings, so it should be called the E & G strings method for bass guitars) to align the bridge sideways. That is, run string from the outer nut slots on the neck, to the outer bridge saddle slots - making sure they are parallel down the neck. I then use masking tape to mark these positions on the body.

Second: Determine the scale length (which should be close to 30 inches for the PB-30R!). 1. Adjust the high g-string saddle on the bridge to nearly all the way out. 2. Measure the distance from the back of the nut to the 12th fret. If you double this value it should be very close to the scale length. 3. Position the bridge so that the g- string saddle is at your measured scale length. I use masking tape again to mark this position.

You should then be good to screw down the bridge.

The pictures below show the ideas for a 6 string.

+1, I do it exactly as TD suggests. Whatever the measurement is from where the string leaves the nut to the middle of the 12th fret, double it... if you don't have a long straight edge, you can take the 1st measurement and and just measure from the middle of the 12th fret to where the string leaves the G string saddle.

One thing to remember is that you a little margin for error with the saddles since you can move the saddles forward and back several mm's. You want to be as precise as possible with the lateral measurements. I do it by eye-balling, but I spend quite a bit of time getting it in the right place.

One thing that sometimes helps with basses, is that if you string the A and the D strings, they should bracket the position dots on the neck pretty perfectly when you have the bridge properly centered. For some reasons this occasionally works better for me than aligning to the sides of the fingerboard with the E and G strings.

PBass is 34" scale length is it not, but what F3x has suggested will be the correct method on any guitar regardless of scale length

My Yamaha short scale bass is 30" and somewhat shorter than my PBass

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Originally Posted by dave.king1

PBass is 34" scale length is it not, but what F3x has suggested will be the correct method on any guitar regardless of scale length

My Yamaha short scale bass is 30" and somewhat shorter than my PBass

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The PB-30R kit is a short scale kit.

Thank you very much for your time.

Thank you very much

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Originally Posted by Trevor Davies

The PB-30R kit is a short scale kit.

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There ya go, mine is a PBH-4 at 34" as was my genuine L Series back in the 1960s

Fantástico!

FWIW, it's good to check the length to the 12th fret. It should be 15 inches on a "perfect" 30 inch scale bass neck... My old short scale bass was actually 30.5 inches, and I think that at least some short scale Fenders were also a little longer than 30 inch scale. So the safest way to check the scale length is to measure from where the string leaves the nut to the middle of the 12th fret and then double that. That will give you the most accurate scale length. Don't worry if it's off by a mm or two. You should be able to compensate for that by adjusting the saddles on the bridge.