Help! My body is cracking!

[witchking]

These little cracks are getting bigger and I'm not sure why they are occurring. I am very good to my instrument and keep it in its case in a humidity controlled environment. I don't do any weird tricks where i bend the neck off the body to get vibrato, so I have no idea why this is happening! This is my dream guitar please help!

As you can see the cracks are on the body on both sides of the neck...

 

[beej]

They are stress cracks- not uncommon in that same spot. If you're really concerned, contact the MM customer support folks (link in my signature) and let them advise you.

 

[DrKev]

As beej says, stress cracks are not uncommon on any bolt-on neck guitar, and 99% of the time they are purely cosmetic and not structural at all.

 

[sanderhermans]

Saw this posted on the ebmm facebook comunity and the answers you got there are correct. It is verry comon on bolt on designs that have a snug fit. There is no harm, just surface damage.

 

[BrickGlass]

Had it on a couple MM guitars and I've seen it on many others too. Common issue and just seems to be how it goes sometimes with a bolt on.

 

[banjoplayer]

saw this on fb too. Even Albert Lee himself said something. Indeed there are many threads about stress cracks here, and contacing CS will help the most. We can´t judge this by pics but are pretty sure that this are common stress cracks. That doesn´t make them better, I know. Many of us have them on their guitars

 

[ThatDude]

My axis is a week old and it has them. Like others have said, its super common, not structural related. Its most likely just in the clear coat on the surface

 

[Siddius]

My Silhouette came with one. I looked it up and wasn't concerned. It's a tool, not a baseball card. As noted earlier, it's a sign of a snug fit.

 

[Luc]

Hear hear, it's on on my favourite Luke as well for more than 10 years. Still better playing and sounding as my other Luke.

 

[witchking]

Awesome thanks for the replies guys. Yeah I posted this on Facebook after I thought that this didn't post for some reason. Glad to know that it's just cosmetic.