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How do you remove a pickguard from a bass guitar?

Is it as simple as unscrewing it and lifting it off?
It’s a Fender Precision Bass, 1952 reissue.
I will be replacing it with another one.

To remove scratchplate from a fender Precision.

have a cloth handy to put over the bass body to prevent scratches from the electrics.

1. Remove the strings.
2. Take off volume and tone knobs. this is easier whilst the scratchplate is still on the bass.
3. unscrew the screws around the edge of the scratchplate.
4. CAREFULLY lift scratchplate – electrics will come up with the scratchplate. REMEMBER that there is an earth lead connecting electrics to the bridge. DO NOT BREAK THIS WIRE or the Bass will hum when you play it. Put cloth over body and lay electrics down on it.
5. release pickups from scratchplate
6.undo rings holding volume and tone potentiometers to the scratchplate.

Scratchplate should now be loose and can be put to one side.

Then to fit new scratchplate, reverse the process.

7. feed volume and tone pot spindles through holes in new scratchplate. Put on rings.
8. feed pickups through holes in scratchplate and attach.
9. lift scratchplate, pull out cloth and fit electrics into body caverty. Ensure all wires are in the caverty,and the scratchplate fits properly to the body.
10. replace scratchplate screws .
11. replace volume and tone knobs
12. restring and tune up
13 Rock on!

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