PRS Silver Sky SE crooked knobs is it normal?

[poliveira]

Hello everyone!
I just got a Silver Sky SE for my birthday, I'm loving it so far, the sound is just a massive improvement from my mim strat.
But, I did notice that all the 3 knobs wobble a bit, the volume being the worst offender. Since I've never had a PRS before I'm not sure if this is a quirky thing for PRS or just an hardware issue.
What do you think?
VIDEO: https://streamable.com/8b9b30

Thanks!

 

[alantig]

The tones don't look too bad, but the volume is easily visible. I'd pop the volume knob off and see if the pot is straight. If it is, you've got a tilted knob (TWSS). If the pot is crooked, it's hopefully an easy fix - just a reset of the pot. If the shaft is bent, you may want a new pot (depends on how much it bugs you).

 

[poliveira]

The tones don't look too bad, but the volume is easily visible. I'd pop the volume knob off and see if the pot is straight. If it is, you've got a tilted knob (TWSS). If the pot is crooked, it's hopefully an easy fix - just a reset of the pot. If the shaft is bent, you may want a new pot (depends on how much it bugs you).

Thanks! I'll try to pop off the volume knob, I tried but I couldn't take if off, I was too afraid to break it with excessive force.

 

[alantig]

Thanks! I'll try to pop off the volume knob, I tried but I couldn't take if off, I was too afraid to break it with excessive force.

There's always the shoestring trick. My concern would be w/the pickguard, but that's mainly because I'm not sure I've ever pulled the knobs off a guitar w/a pickguard like that.

 

[poliveira]

I have to be honest... I had to fight my inner demons to be able to pop that knob off. I'm zen now.
But, during that great adventure I did notice that the pin was bent, I tried to fix it but as soon as I place the knob and push it in, it would go back to being crooked. I'm not sure what to do now, it's a bit of an eye sore, but it doesn't affect the guitar as far as I know.

https://imgur.com/2Lrpu5z

One other thing that I noticed while playing is that the guitar produces a bit of a hum until I touch any string with my finger, then it goes pretty much silent. I don't remember having this on my strat before, is that normal?