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Posted: **Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:05 am**

My friend has a flying V that he's been using for practice recently and a couple days ago I took a look at the back of the head stock and saw this:

It looks as though those are stress marks from the tuners, although I could be wrong. Do you guys think it's a big problem/could it get worse? Have you ever seen this stuff happen to Gibson guitars before? Any info on this will be greatly appreciated.

For a while he played .13 gauge strings and that caused his Nut to break about a year ago, since then he's had it serviced and set up.

Posted: **Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:07 am**

Just looks like paint/finish stressing to me, and if it is there shouldn't be anything to worry about.

Posted: **Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:11 am**

the problem is that it isa flying V for god's sake.....

Buy a tele.

Posted: **Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:17 am**

BobArsecake wrote:Just looks like paint/finish stressing to me, and if it is there shouldn't be anything to worry about.

+1. Should be fine, although your friend should prepare for it to only get worse with age. Still, purely cosmetic.

Posted: **Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:19 am**

If it's purely cosmetic then I wouldn't have a problem with it, I just hope that it doesn't lead to weakening the neck and leading to disaster in a few years.

Posted: **Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:20 am**

The screws for the tuners start little hairline cracks in the nitro that open up and spread with temperature changes. It happens and is totally normal.

Posted: **Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:26 am**

if anything, it looks cooler.
purely cosmetic.

Posted: **Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:18 am**

don't worry... same thing on my old SG Custom.

but mine is 35 years old!

Pat.

Posted: **Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:54 am**

It's normal for a Gibson.

Posted: **Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:36 pm**

Mike wrote:The neck is about to fall off.

Posted: **Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:08 pm**

hahaha

Posted: **Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:19 pm**

On a slightly different note, does anyone here actually monitor the level of humudity in the rooms you keep your guitars? To try and stop things like the above with wood expanding and contracting.... especially with acoustics and things like that?

Posted: **Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:19 pm**

Goots. wrote:My friend has a flying V

friend eh? a likely story... go on, admit it. it's yours, isn't it?

Posted: **Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:43 pm**

nomorebridge wrote:On a slightly different note, does anyone here actually monitor the level of humudity in the rooms you keep your guitars? To try and stop things like the above with wood expanding and contracting.... especially with acoustics and things like that?

My stepdad and his dad before him, always kept a bucket of water next to their Archtop and Acoustics.

I'm not even gonna pretend to know the scientific reasons why they do this, but I know they're serious archtop people and have been doing that for decades.

Posted: **Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:53 pm**

jcyphe wrote:
nomorebridge wrote:On a slightly different note, does anyone here actually monitor the level of humudity in the rooms you keep your guitars? To try and stop things like the above with wood expanding and contracting.... especially with acoustics and things like that?
My stepdad and his dad before him, always kept a bucket of water next to their Archtop and Acoustics.

I'm not even gonna pretend to know the scientific reasons why they do this, but I know they're serious archtop people and have been doing that for decades.

Captain Beefheart wrote: 9. Keep your guitar in a dark place

When you're not playin your guitar, cover it and keep it in a dark place. If you don't play your guitar for more than a day, be sure you put a saucer of water in with it.

Captain Beefheart's 10 Commandments of Guitar Playing

Captain Beefheart also wrote: 3. Practice in front of a bush

Wait until the moon is out, then go outside, eat a multi-grained bread and play your guitar to a bush. If the bush dosen't shake, eat another piece of bread.

Posted: **Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:29 pm**

Words to live by

8. Don't wipe the sweat off your instrument

You need that stink on there. Then you have to get that stink onto your music.

Posted: **Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:03 pm**

Captain Beefheart wrote: 9. Keep your guitar in a dark place

When you're not playin your guitar, cover it and keep it in a dark place. If you don't play your guitar for more than a day, be sure you put a saucer of water in with it.

I think this has less to do with humidity and is more like a metaphor for leaving a saucer of water for your dog.

Posted: **Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:59 pm**

yeah, i'm pretty sure thats what he's getting at too. but i figured it was relevant enough. haha

Posted: **Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:54 am**

i keep the sweat on my guitars, it's awesome. there's like sweet sweat trails.

Posted: **Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:13 am**

mickie08 wrote: BUY A TELE!

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