dlevitan10
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There is a split in the finish along the neck seam. Anyone else experience this?
Thank you for the response. The guitar is about 15-20 years old. Kept in a case but not properly humidified but is now. Does not impact the sound/playability. Seems to be just the finishWelcome. Stick around - nice bunch of folks around here. I've never seen that in any my Guilds. Have you checked the truss rod? I can imagine a scenario where an over-tightened truss rod might do that. The guitar is adequately humdified?
I should have joined a while ago. I also have a guild D-25M from the mid seventies. Best sounding accoustic I ever playedAgreed, with all that gjmalcyon said above.
And I'm sorry that this trouble was what prompted you to join LTG!
LOTS of love around here for vintage D-25's.I should have joined a while ago. I also have a guild D-25M from the mid seventies. Best sounding accoustic I ever played
I'm seen that. Don't know why It happens.
The trust has never needed any adjustment.I asked Hans about a guitar I have with a similar crack and his guess was truss rod over-tightening, so that's my guess.
The guitar plays fine and sounds great. To me it’s just finish. In all these years never needed to adjust the trust rod. Neck is stable and plays wellsThat is one LOOOONG finish crack. I too suspect truss rod adjustment(s) as the cause. What I've seen before on some of the older 12-strings with dual truss rods are two cracks like that, but never the entire length of the neck like that. Wow. Still, right along the lines of the TR. Anyway, if your guitar is playing OK (playability, that is), I don't think it'd be too difficult to lacquer over this and cover it up. If it isn't, might need to have a neck reset performed on this before trying to fix the finish.
The trust has never needed any adjustment.
Neck is just perfect low action no buzz.
It’s been fine for a very long time.
GAD -Are you the original owner? Are you saying it spontaneously cracked without any adjustment, or that the crack's been there for a very long time with no apparent ill effect?