New (to me) Warwick

[spalka621]

So when I got home today I go up to my room and to my surprise I find a new Roadrunner bad sitting on my bed. When I open it(as you can probably guess from the title) there is a Warwick Thumb bolt on sitting in the bag. Needless to say I am very happy! But...after playing it for about five mins I notice a slight crack in the body starting right neer the bottom of the bass and it continues up the back. Its not deep at all or wide, maybe the width of a hair. I do have a fretless corvette and the wax. If I maintaine this bass right unlike the previous owner probably didnt, is the crack going to get worse???

[GabeN]

The body could just be dry. Wood basses tend to have gaps or hairline cracks open up along seams in the wood due to the wood shrinking. During a more moist time of year you'll probably see that crack disappear.

This happens every year with my 'vette. During the winter the seams open up a bit but in the summer it's all good.

[spalka621]

Thanks For the reply. Anybody else have anything to say, or is this the general consensus?