How long does verigras take

[FLGuitar]

How long does verigras take to occur, for example on a custom Gibson SG, been in Hiscox case for 10 months, unopened, stored inside air conditioned
House, no humidifier inside case, strings tuned to pitched, phosphor. bronze 11s,

[runamuck]

What is "verigras"?

[ssjk]

Verdigris maybe? Corrosion on the strings due to humidity?

In which case the answer is likely to be “it depends”, but my uneducated guess would be around a year in the case as described.

[FLGuitar]

Should of clarified… I mean verdigras on the frets when they turn green and usually need to be cleaned off with either steel wool
Or some other safer near the covered pickups magnetic fields due to shavings. Would coated elixir strings last longer in this situation than traditional coated or phosphor bronze strings, prevent verigras from
Occurring as quickly?

[rule18]

Typically Elixir strings #1 & 2 are not coated.

[Silly Moustache]

The word is VERDIGIS, pronounced verdigee (yer actual French!)

It is a bright bluish-green encrustation or patina formed on copper or brass by atmospheric oxidation, consisting of basic copper carbonate.

I believe that it can occur on brass or anything with brass content.

[ssjk]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdigris


https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/...-impermanence/

[JayBee1404]

On a point of order - it’s spelled ‘verdigris’, and pronounced ‘ver-di-gree’.

Carry on….

[terryj47]

Originally Posted by FLGuitar

Should of clarified… I mean verdigras on the frets when they turn green and usually need to be cleaned off with either steel wool
Or some other safer near the covered pickups magnetic fields due to shavings. Would coated elixir strings last longer in this situation than traditional coated or phosphor bronze strings, prevent verigras from
Occurring as quickly?

I bought a Stratocaster from a pawn shop. It had green "crud" on the frets and some corrosion on the other metal parts. I think it was stored outside in a shed or garage for some period of time. The green "crud" on the frets cleaned up nicely with 0000 steel wool and the corrision on the hardware cleaned up with WD40. I disassembled most of the guitar to clean up the metal parts.

That was 10+ years ago. Still looks like a new guitar.

[raysachs]

It’s recommended to take it an hour before sex, so I think the answer is right there in the instructions…

-Ray

[joe white]

Originally Posted by raysachs

It’s recommended to take it an hour before sex, so I think the answer is right there in the instructions…

-Ray

My first thought as well!