It's been an EXTREMELY rough winter for my Petrucci

[dkannen]

the only time i've seen that happen to guitars was on a few Nitro sprayed guitars some local bands took on the road in the Canadian winter... they were low funded and had a U-Haul trailer for their gear... somewhere from Montreal to Toronto their guitarists axes had the finnishes start to crack... i figured it was from being freezing cold and then taking them into warm motels and bars...

Yeah, that's what I thought caused these kinds of cracks. My house is heated, we keep it at a steady 67 degrees, and it was a huge shocker to see this when I picked it up to play. No extreme weather by any stretch :/

[cm_17]

That happened under permanent heating? Do you have an idea about the humidity levels in your place? I could imagine there was some tiny chipping before that wasn't noticeable, but got worse when the air started drying up. Just a thought.