Installing bridge & pickups – Grizzly H8181 User Manual

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H8180/H8181 Bass Guitar Kit

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Installing Bridge &

Pickups

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.

Figure 22. Bridge installed.

Mounting

Screw

Figure 21. Ground wire above cavity.

Ground Wire

Figure 23. Installing pickups.

#2 x 1

3

/

8

"

Screw

Compression

Spring

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
1

3

/

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.

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 1

3

/

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.

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.

Saddle Adj.

Screw

Bridge Pickup

Neck Pickup

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