Cracked Maple Fretboard On 4 Month Old Bass

[JIO]

Best advise - don't take it to a luthier unless you just want to chat about this and that (he's probably too busy to do that anyway) - just play it and stop taking highly magnified close-ups of what looks like a wood variance. It's wood, it's function is to act as a neck - it's for playing.

 

[Session1969]

Thanks , but this one is back up for sale , as is my other Stingray 5HH. I bought them both at the same time and have come to the realization that I prefer 19mm spacing. I love the way these sound, look and feel, though.

 

[mtdkingstonheir]

session1969 - that is one beautiful MusicMan. Wow. Glad things worked out OK and GLWTS.

 

[bassstrangler]

Pitchy grain...Is this the Randy Jackson model then? Nice basses, what are you going for next?

 

[Session1969]

Pitchy grain...Is this the Randy Jackson model then? Nice basses, what are you going for next?

Ha ! Good one.

 

[rogerbmiller]

That line looks like grain to me.

 

[jamro217]

Great news! Now relic it.

 

[Lo-E]

Thanks , but this one is back up for sale , as is my other Stingray 5HH. I bought them both at the same time and have come to the realization that I prefer 19mm spacing. I love the way these sound, look and feel, though.

I gave up a SR5 oh-so-many years ago for the very same reason. Fantastic bass, but I never liked the string spacing.

 

[Hopkins]

The fact that it continued on a straight line through the fret slot is a dead give away that it is definitely not a crack. The fret slot would have relieved the tension in the wood grain and if it cracked it would have stopped at the slot. It is definitely just a dark spot in the wood grain.

That is a helluva pretty instrument you have there.

 

[96tbird]

Off topic: fret slot? I don't see a fret slot. I see the optical illusion that makes some of you think there's a fret slot but I'm pretty sure it's just the lighting. Look at the other edge of the fret.

/derail.