Hey my headless SII classic neck has begun splitting where the neck meets the body. WTF?! Its a graphite neck and I had no idea that was even possible! I'm in New Orleans and just played 2 weeks worth of grueling (and great!) gigs during our Jazz Fest without any hint of a problem then my bass was in its case for 2 days in my airconditioned home and when I took it out the fret board was separating from the bass of the neck (I always thought it was one solid piece..) I played at the fest on Thursday and had the bass in its flight case out in the sun with me the rest of the day and I guess that was the clincher. The rest of my gigs were late night club gigs. Has anyone else had this happen or heard of it? Guess I'll be buying a new neck. What a drag.

thanks,
Bru

Very strange, I would be curious to see a picture of the damage.
I also would be contacting Rob at the factory to ask his opinion.

I am curious to see pics too. Last time I was in NO was summer of 2002 and it was unbelievably hot and humid. On par with Southeast Asia on the miserability index. So perhaps such an extreme environment over time has an effect on the phenolic/graphite bind?? But as Enzo said, get Rob's opinion.

Gonna try and get some photos attached, may take me til tomorrow... I have sent Rob an email as well...

Weird. I bought a Stealth II from an estate sale in Arizona where the case was presumably sitting in someone's car trunk in the desert sun melting and buckling but the bass is still spot on.

The fret board is basically a strip of plastic that is glued onto the graphite neck. I guess anything's possible but I don't think I've ever seen this before!

Contact Rob straight away for his opinion and a solution!

Good luck

Contact Rob straight away for his opinion and a solution!

Confusious say...man with problem should sleep holding willy !
Man wake in morning with solution in hand !:D

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here's some pics, waiting to hear from Rob.

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Sorry bout that, figuring out how to post pictures!

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hope this works!

1 more. What a drag!

CRAP! :o

Repeat after me: overdoing it with the truss rod is a very bad thing :o)
OK looks pretty bad, hope that my Kingbass stays in one piece (knock on graphite) and that your problem is solved

OUCH!
Not seen that before. I'm sure Rob would be interested to see that.

In my expert opinion... I would say the neck is 'coming apart' like a bas***d!

;)

Rob's your man. I have never seen this before!

So tell us, in the end, how many home runs did you get with it? :D

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Crossed my mind as well, but the way it looks almost "warped" defies that theory!

I told ya those truss rod thingies were a bad idear,but does anyone listen ? NO.:o