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Joined: Mar. 19 2024
From: Hunan, China
A little crack on the soundhole
Hi guys！How are you？Happy new year！
There is a little crack on the soundhole，and it‘s between two the topwood. I don‘t know when it appeared. I'm afraid it will continue to be worse. If you can help，I will appreciate！
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RE: A little crack on the soundhole (in reply to hxwhf72752003)
Least concern- the reason a guitar soundhole has a rosette is to stop the end grain from ripping open by gluing in perpendicular bands to the end grain.
There is a brace under the rosette, and an interior liner under the rosette, so while a crack might appear in that exact spot it’s not likey to open up beyond there because of the lateral brace under it.
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RE: A little crack on the soundhole (in reply to hxwhf72752003)
I have seen rosettes that split, even though they are designed as stated to stop those cracks (especially those along the sides of the fingerboard that head toward the sound hole). Remember it is wood and no force in the universe will stop it from splitting if water is expelled, Ramirez III talks about Egyptians splitting granite rock using the H2O expansion of chick peas . So keep your guitar with some humidity in the dry months. Let it dry slowly over time. Likely that little one is not an issue but feel the frets along the fingerboard, when they poke out use humidity control, when they feel normal, stop. That is a general rule I go by.
Posts: 262
Joined: Mar. 19 2024
From: Hunan, China
RE: A little crack on the soundhole (in reply to hxwhf72752003)
Thank you！I‘m living in a cold place these days and there are heaters in the house. So I worried about the humidity. The frets are in the normal condition. I will keep watching the crack. Now I am relieved
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. So keep your guitar with some humidity in the dry months. Let it dry slowly over time. Likely that little one is not an issue but feel the frets along the fingerboard, when they poke out use humidity control, when they feel normal, stop. That is a general rule I go by. 
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