I've cut the screws with bench grinders and rounded the tip, cut using a slightly larger hole in cutters, then ground the end on a grinder, and used a dremel to cut/round the end. They all work, but none of those methods should be required. Also, the springs used are longer than the screws, which makes installing them a little tougher than it needs to be. Fender uses shorter screws, and the springs they provide are a little shorter than the screws so you don't have to try to start the threading with spring under compression. This is just common sense...
C'mon Seymour, give us some shorter screws, and shorter springs like fender provides. They are really cheap, like a penny a screw in bulk for stainless steel. We shouldn't have to mess around like this when paying $100 for a pickup when literally a nickel worth of screws and springs would avoid it. Talk about "a nickel holding up a dollar". Why not include both "gibson" and "fender" screws & springs in the pickup box. It really would cost very very little.
