Fender Standard Precision Bass Short-Scale Owner Manual - Page 9

PICKUP SELECTOR SWITCH Some models with two pickups feature a Pickup Selector Switch. The Pickup Selector Switch allows you to select the bridge or neck pickup, or both simultaneously. Placing the toggle in the down position activates the bridge pickup; the up position activates the neck pickup; the middle position activates both sinultaneously. STRINGING Insert the string into the appropriate hole at the back of the bridge. Once the string is installed in the bridge, hold the other end at the appropriate tuning machine capstan and lift the string approximately 5 to 6 inches (12.7-15.2 cm) from the mid-point of the fingerboard. (This insures that you are allowing enough slack so the string can wrap around the peg about three times before the string reaches playing tension.) Bend the string at a 90° angle at this point and clip off the excess length, leaving an approximately 1/2" (1.3 cm) leader for vertical insertion into the capstan hole. Turn the tuning machine knob counterclockwise to wind the string onto the capstan, guiding the windings toward the base of the capstan. This method insures adequate downward pressure on the nut and prevents string slippage. 7