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Rebosbro

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Just pulled out the 76 D-50 for some fresh strings. Ice storm Friday and now it’s going to be 62 on Wednesday (welcome to Virginia). This crack has been there, but it seems to have gotten worse since I cased her up a couple months ago. I hydrate her, but the sponge was dry when I pulled her out. I stole, err, borrowed her from my sister 15 years ago, and she never hydrated her.
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Take it right to the doctor. He'll re-hydrate, mend and cleat. It's running under the bridge so needs to be stopped.
I'd also slacken off the strings and take it out of playing rotation.
 

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Take the string tension down or take them off and start the humidification process if you have an 'in case' system. It'll decrease the time it takes to get it home.
 
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