Another P-Bass pickup question

ThePrettyDamned

Finishing my bass build today, hopefully.  In theory well, except the battery box, which I don't have...

Anyway, I'm screwing the pickup in - it goes straight into the wood, and I'm using a pair of screws and springs.  

Is this all I need, or should I have some foam underneath the pickup?  It's a Bartolini 8TC active pickup.  

steamabacus

It'll be more stable with some dense foam. Are you likely to be using  the edge of the pickup as a 'thunmb/finger rest'? If so, I'd definitely add some foam.

ThePrettyDamned

Cheers, I'll get something foamy from tesco tomorrow.

steamabacus

Have you got any old pickup boxes? The stuff Seymour Duncan use to hold the pickups works well for this.

ThePrettyDamned

Only OCP ones.  

I'm keeping the bass, it actually looks really quite lovely, so I figure I might as well dedicate and get the Gotoh double battery box.  

As it now has 4 tuners attached, it's looking more like a bass now.  Odd, I barely notice the tuners when I look at guitars, but without them they look weird!