Bought the Mira with discount but bridge is slightly corroded which worries me.

[Luther]

A few days ago I bought the PRS Mira. My hapiness is somewhat tempered by noticing that the bridge is slightly corroded. It worries me. The price of the Mira was good (1200 euro, is 1320 USA dollar) and it was so because it was a showroom model. And according to the salesman it has full warantee/garantee.


I tried to clean the bridge with a microfiber cloth, but nothing happened. A new bridge is very expensive.


I don't like this little corrosion, but perhaps I worry to much about it. Perhaps it won't deteriorate when I keep it cased when I don't play.


Does anybody has any thoughts about this issue?

 

[wardog]

if the warranty is still valid, does it cover your concern. Also, I am a big fan of wraparound bridges with saddles. Ebay can help in finding one like yours or with saddles for cheaper than you may expect.

 

[László]

It's just the nickel plating reacting to people resting their palms on it, or perhaps environmental issues. But it's absolutely nothing to worry about. Nickel's soft, and tends to be sensitive. But PRS thinks it sounds better (only Paul can hear this stuff!).

Underneath the nickel plating, it's machined aluminum, and it won't rust or fall apart. It'll outlive you!

You can probably polish out that little bit of corrosion with some Flitz polish; though PRS recommends some magnesium wheel polishes for the nickel parts on the support part of the products website.

 

[gball]

Every guitar I've ever owned that had nickel plating did this same trick after a while. It's completely normal and unavoidable IMO. If you replace it with another nickel-plated piece you will get similar results, so I would either leave it or just polish it, but of course it will wear again after polishing.

 

[Luther]

Thanks for replies!! Good to hear that it is normal and that there is nothing to worry about, and that the complete bridge will outlive me! I think I do nothing about it, cause as I understand it is only a cosmetic issue and it won't affect the functionality in the long run.

 

[Bluesboy998]

This is normal I think it looks good a little dull

 

[TheRockGuitarGuy]

This is what your bridge will look like after you play it for 4 hours in a bar. If you want to clean it up, I've had a lot of success with Blue Magic metal polish. You should be able to find it in a hardware store or at an auto parts store. Just follow the directions on the container. It works well and will shine it right up... until you play your the next show!

 

[Luther]

Thanks al lot for all the reactions!! Although I planned to do nothing about it (cause I conclude it is harmless) I nevertheless get drawn into the subject of cleaning it.

Flitz and Blue Magic are unknown here in The Netherlands (Europe).

We do however have other metal cleaning products here, but it is not easy to search and find a product for nickel, it is mostly about other metal types.

I did find Silvo, perhaps I can buy that, it is cheap and according to this site it works also on nickel:
http://www.ehow.com/about_6365683_silvo-silver-polish-information.html (nickel is mentioned in the last sentence)

Just figured out what "magnesium wheel polish" (topic contributor LSchefman mentioned this) means in Dutch, we of course have that here, I can look into that.

 

[ADP]

You should be able to find Brasso and Silvo, which are pretty much the same thing if you look into it, here in Europe, and they're perfect for the job.