Bridgeplate/ Pickup Trouble

Got a Pro Tube bridge pup a few days ago. Ordered it for my current build.

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It looks great, but when I was trying to test fit it to the bridge (a StewMac #4583 traditional style), I found that the pickup adjustment screw holes on the pickup baseplate are not placed properly. The pup fits the hole, but the screws don't!

I know the bridge is correct. I have other pups, both Fender and others, that do fit. It seems the screw hole nearest the neck is slightly too far forward.

I can't redrill/ retap the baseplate because the new hole would overlap the mislocated hole. Only thing I can think of is to extend the hole on the bridge to accommodate the pickup and maybe cover the elongated hole with a small washer. Not ideal...

Anybody got an idea on how to fix? Or at least how to make it work?

One possibility might be to elongate the hole in the p/u baseplate in the correct direction and then attach a nut of the appropriate size and threads above or beneath the baseplate at the correct location w/ some Solder or Epoxy.

Good idea. I like this possibility better than a washer on top of the bridge plate. Thanks.

No worries, I had to do something similar (though not involving the mis-registered holes) on a Bill Lawrence USA (crap compared to the real thing of course) L500 that had a stripped hole in the plastic baseplate. Worked like a charm, too bad the pickup crapped out electrically...