New LTD Snakebyte - Crack or Cosmetic
New LTD Snakebyte - Crack or Cosmetic
Hey all,
First post and long time fan and player of ESP and LTD guitars. I picked up a new LTD Snakebyte with black satin finish. The guitar is awesome and plays like butter. See the pics on this post. Hopefully the pic shows well enough, but is this a crack (in the neck/fretboard/etc) or is this a cosmetic blemish or something else? Could it get bigger?
Since it's satin there isn't a clear coat or nitro finish to crack (so I don't think it's finish checking, but could be wrong). Any thoughts or experience from Snakebyte owners, or people with similar marks on their guitar, would be helpful. It's a new guitar, so I want it to be right. Thanks
Thanks for the comment, Pushead. I took a couple more bigger pictures one with more light and one that shows it better in normal light. The paint is clean and is covering the crack/lines. It doesn't seem like a paint finish issue because it is underneath.
I started reading more about Snakebyte neck crack issues from a while back. Any reason to think this is that, or something else?
It's hard to say definitively, but it looks more like a scratch than the common neck joint crack around set necks.