Bridge cover and pickup height on a new 360

[SDeDanaan]

Well, I bit the bullet and bought a new JetGlo 360 to keep my old FireGlo 450 company. Liking the action quite low, I went to work lowering the bridge and discovered two little issues. The first is, when lowering the bridge to the point I like (and without buzzing), the high E actually rests on the bridge pickup and, as one of the Marx brothers said 'datsa no good'. The second is when the bridge cover is snugly in place, the bridge cover screws cause the bridge to raise up from where I want it. I know I can easily cure that by either grinding down the screws so they never touch the plate underneath the bridge or by adding a washer to each on so they lock the cover down nicely without protruding through the bridge. The first issue, however, has me perplexed. I need to lower the bridge pickup. I've found the screws that hold the pickup in place (there seem to be six of them) are tighter than a well digger's posterior. Is there a trick that I'm somehow missing here? I've scoured the net looking for information on lowering a pickup on a 360 but have come up short and I'm a bit uneasy about putting my shoulder into it with a screwdriver. Any help, instructions, or tips would be very much appreciated.

[jdogric12]

Bought new? First try to exchange it for another. If the store doesn't have another, and you really bought new and filled out your warranty card and sent it in, contact RIC and see if they can fix it. If none of these options are available to you, unload it on the next unlucky sucker (ebay?) and find a nice old one to replace it with. I particularly like mid 80's 360's.

[jps]

I need to lower the bridge pickup. I've found the screws that hold the pickup in place (there seem to be six of them)...

Only the ones in the middle of the pickups are the height adjustment screws, the ones in the corners are what hold the pickup, itself, together. The height adjustment screws are wood screws so they may take a bit of torque, but as a precautionary measure unscrew them first to see just how tight they are. Hw compressed is the foam ring under the pickup, maybe it is as low as it can get, already. Good, sharp photos would greatly help us help you.