Adjusting pickup height on Sire V7

[Paolo85]

Hi all, I have one question/issue for which I'd love some advice.

I've recently got a Sire V7 fretless from Thomann. Tonight I tried to adjust pickup height but I could not turn the screws. Granted, my screwdriver is not a very good one but my experience with other basses was that the screws are very easy to turn - which makes sense as there should be foam/springs underneath so not a lot of pressure on the screw.

 

Is that normal? I definitely don't want to force it unless I am sure it is normal on this bass..

 

 

 

 

[Horizontalste]

You could try pushing down on the pickup near the screw just enough to take the pressure off, it's what I do every time I adjust any of mine.

[Paolo85]

Thanks! No success unfortunatley

[ezbass]

Can you undo the screws? It might be that they’re bottomed out.

[Paolo85]

No, I cannot undo them either. I gather from the answers that this is not normal really

 

I was already sending it to Thomann to fix because it came with a wonky tone control that works intermittently. I guess now I'd just ask for a replacement..