Messages: 43, I think they're down to abuse by the user. Thrup'ny Bit , Mar 1, Groovey and Cerb like this. Chicago Matt likes this. Lock it up and only look at it. Yves , Mar 1, RL and CRobbins like this. I purchased a black alder body Strat with a neck crack similar to those you will see in various discussion threads. I stripped it back to bare wood and the crack was in the wood itself.
I don't think it would have got worse or caused any serious problems. I applied super glue and allowed it to soak into the crack but if the guitar has a finish then doing this may work but it will be a bit more difficult to do. Some think these cracks occur as a result of humidity changes and others that the cracks are due to stresses when handling and lifting the guitar by the neck.
It could also be due to the grain at the lowest point where the neck pocket is milled -it was at that area the crack started in my Alder body Strat. AngeloEvs , Mar 1, CFFF likes this. Age: 50 Messages: 5, Yves and Cerb like this. Age: 75 Messages: 6, Ronkirn , Mar 1, Tim S , Yves , EAllen and 1 other person like this. Contrary to popular internet belief polyurethane doesn't make wood waterproof, there is still an exhange of moisture with the surrounding air, breathing if you will.
The headstock veneer often keeps it attached to the neck, so gently slacken off the strings if the headstock is still attached. Get in touch with a good repairman by popping it in the case. Guitar pickups generate a magnetic field that vibrates strings, causing the sound. You need to learn how to fret chords and how to pick andstrum in order to have a good tone. Skip to content. Table of contents 1. Why Is My Guitar Cracking? Make sure your hands are clean before playing. A finish crack tends to wander across the grain, and most often is best left alone.
A repair of such damage is possible but very time-consuming, which usually makes it cost-prohibitive it involves repeated applications of a strong solvent and often more lacquer, allowing it to dry for a month or more, then leveling and repolishing.
For example, edges that are out of register must be brought back level with each other, which can sometimes be done by simply pushing the pieces back in place.
Other times, more force from a clamp or strong magnets is necessary to align the edges. A luthier will often use a caul made of plastic glass or another flat, smooth material in conjunction with various clamps to ensure that everything remains in line. Once all the pieces are back in place, glue typically aliphatic resin glue [Titebond] or hot hide glue is applied to the now closed crack—often by flexing the wood with gentle pressure from inside and rubbing the glue in from the outside.
Putting those pieces back into place means that repairs will take longer, but the essential repair technique will be the same as described above.
Guitars cracked due to extended exposure to low humidity will have to be aggressively humidified by placing at least two humidifiers into the case before taking any of the repair steps above. Finish checking, or weather checking as it is also known, refers to the pattern of small cracks, usually comprising a series of parallel lines, but sometimes loosely checkered, that can appear on certain guitars with nitrocellulose finishes.
The cracks may be loosely spaced or very tight, and can appear on any part of the guitar. But what causes the checking? As the two names suggest, these cracks are in the finish paint of the guitar and are caused by extreme changes in temperature. Typically a guitar that has got cold and then warmed too quickly: maybe travelling in a cold vehicle, then brought into a warm venue — or flown in an unheated aircraft hold before landing in a warm destination. But this does not mean guitars should not travel, only that they must be allowed to acclimatize gradually.
Guitars will typically travel in hard cases — this naturally protects the instrument from knocks and breakages, but will also protect from sunlight and temperature swings. The problems occur when the guitar is quickly brought indoors — perhaps into a hot club, under hotter stage lights. The rapid change in temperature causing the finish to crack; effectively the wood expands more quickly than the finish. So preventing these changes are as simple as waiting for some time before removing guitars from their hardcases, and allowing expansion to occur slowly.
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