Lefty Bass build: IB-6SL

[jarro_2783]

The body is looking great with many layers of poly on and I got it shiny with car polish. I'll post more photos later, for now I was doing some electronics and have a question about the pick ups.

Does the spring go on top of the pickup, or under the pickup next to the body?

To ask another way, does the pickup go all the way into the cavity, or does it sit up like I am holding it in the photo?



The screw is also quite long, if the head goes much past the top of the body the tip will come out the other side.

[Trevor Davies]

The body is looking great with many layers of poly on and I got it shiny with car polish. I'll post more photos later, for now I was doing some electronics and have a question about the pick ups.

Does the spring go on top of the pickup, or under the pickup next to the body?

To ask another way, does the pickup go all the way into the cavity, or does it sit up like I am holding it in the photo?



The screw is also quite long, if the head goes much past the top of the body the tip will come out the other side.

Hi Jarro,

the pup should sit out similar to your picture (though it will depend on the final height of the strings). The springs go between the body and the pup to push the pup away from the body (which allows for the adjustment distance from the strings). The screws should not come out the other side of the body.

Hopefully you have the correct size screws - but double check that they are quite a bit shorter than the body thickness!
My TB-4 kit had pups which worked the same way and the top of the screws are about 5 mm above the top of the body.