misterbeane
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Hey, all! This is my first post, so bear with me!
I just bought a used Silver Sky (2021, midnight rose, rosewood board, FWIW), and I’ve got a couple of issues:
1) The bridge tone pot post has a lot of wiggle/play in it, and I’m guessing that either during shipping or just during regular use, it was hit somehow and that’s what has caused it to be that way. It still functions, but I’d feel better if I just went ahead and replaced it. I see that PRS has 2 different kinds of tone pots for the SS listed on the accessory store site, one that just says "250k" and another that says "250k w/.1uf". The latter costs $18 (vs. $12) and has some kind of additional resistor soldered to the bottom, so clearly it's different somehow. What is the difference between the 2, and also, am I correct in assuming that both tone pots on the guitar itself are identical (except for the wiring, of course)?
2) I think the guy that I bought the SS from either over humidified his guitar room/storage area or it was just especially damp where he stored/played it, because there is what looks to be surface rust on a few of the saddles. Am I correct in assuming that the saddles are simply just unfinished stamped steel, and in that case, simply using some high grit sandpaper to remove the corrosion from the saddles would be fine? (Being sure to cover all electronics while doing so, of course).
Thanks for any help you can give me!
I just bought a used Silver Sky (2021, midnight rose, rosewood board, FWIW), and I’ve got a couple of issues:
1) The bridge tone pot post has a lot of wiggle/play in it, and I’m guessing that either during shipping or just during regular use, it was hit somehow and that’s what has caused it to be that way. It still functions, but I’d feel better if I just went ahead and replaced it. I see that PRS has 2 different kinds of tone pots for the SS listed on the accessory store site, one that just says "250k" and another that says "250k w/.1uf". The latter costs $18 (vs. $12) and has some kind of additional resistor soldered to the bottom, so clearly it's different somehow. What is the difference between the 2, and also, am I correct in assuming that both tone pots on the guitar itself are identical (except for the wiring, of course)?
2) I think the guy that I bought the SS from either over humidified his guitar room/storage area or it was just especially damp where he stored/played it, because there is what looks to be surface rust on a few of the saddles. Am I correct in assuming that the saddles are simply just unfinished stamped steel, and in that case, simply using some high grit sandpaper to remove the corrosion from the saddles would be fine? (Being sure to cover all electronics while doing so, of course).
Thanks for any help you can give me!