masonstark18
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I purchased a PRS Silver Sky Core model about a year and a half ago and I have been satisfied with its overall performance and sound of it so far. Besides the top layer of the finish wearing off very easily in a few places, it has been a spectacular instrument.
My one big problem lies with the intense rust it has been developing on the saddles so far. I live in North Carolina where we deal with somewhat intense humidity from time to time, but for the first year, it was manageable. I barely brought it outside, kept it in its case with a drying pack and it seemed to hold its own.
This past summer, just a few months ago, the rust got so bad that my strings continuously kept snapping, even my low A string. I use Ernie Ball Slinkys, which I have never had a problem with breaking whatsoever, but the rust on the saddles has gotten to the point where the strings snap with any real heavy force applied to them. Luckily, the lower saddles (Low E-G) have been affected more instead of my high E and B but they too are developing a lot of rust.
I took all the saddles off just a few months ago and soaked them in Vinegar for 24 hours, neutralized them in baking soda, and then scraped off almost all the rust that hadn't come off already with some steel wool. This got almost all of the surface rust off and seemed to do the trick. Just a few months later after leaving it in storage with a humidity pack I come back to find the rust was worse than it had developed over the entire year of my having it before then, something that almost every one of my other guitars did not suffer.
Why do these guitars' saddles rust so aggressively? Most of my other ones including a Fender Player Strat did not have anywhere near as much rust in twice the amount of time as owning it. It is happening so fast that I do not think taking off all the saddles and soaking them in vinegar or some other anti-rust solution every few months is a sustainable solution for how much I like to play it.
Is anyone else having this problem? How can I keep my Silver Sky from rusting this bad? The pickups have also started to develop a lot of brown spots but not anywhere near as dramatic as the saddles. How can I keep this from happening?
My one big problem lies with the intense rust it has been developing on the saddles so far. I live in North Carolina where we deal with somewhat intense humidity from time to time, but for the first year, it was manageable. I barely brought it outside, kept it in its case with a drying pack and it seemed to hold its own.
This past summer, just a few months ago, the rust got so bad that my strings continuously kept snapping, even my low A string. I use Ernie Ball Slinkys, which I have never had a problem with breaking whatsoever, but the rust on the saddles has gotten to the point where the strings snap with any real heavy force applied to them. Luckily, the lower saddles (Low E-G) have been affected more instead of my high E and B but they too are developing a lot of rust.
I took all the saddles off just a few months ago and soaked them in Vinegar for 24 hours, neutralized them in baking soda, and then scraped off almost all the rust that hadn't come off already with some steel wool. This got almost all of the surface rust off and seemed to do the trick. Just a few months later after leaving it in storage with a humidity pack I come back to find the rust was worse than it had developed over the entire year of my having it before then, something that almost every one of my other guitars did not suffer.
Why do these guitars' saddles rust so aggressively? Most of my other ones including a Fender Player Strat did not have anywhere near as much rust in twice the amount of time as owning it. It is happening so fast that I do not think taking off all the saddles and soaking them in vinegar or some other anti-rust solution every few months is a sustainable solution for how much I like to play it.
Is anyone else having this problem? How can I keep my Silver Sky from rusting this bad? The pickups have also started to develop a lot of brown spots but not anywhere near as dramatic as the saddles. How can I keep this from happening?
