Nothing to worry about. This is the thermoplastic version of lacquer checking. It is a very hard material and not as elastic as the wood can be, so sometimes it cracks, especially around edges, such as the neck pocket.

It may or may not be from over tightening the neck. It may or may not be from the neck being overly snug in the neck pocket. These things can cause it, but aren't red-handed culprits either.

The plate can be nice and tight, but you want to tighten them gradually. If you drive one corner in while the others are loose, then you dig that corner of the plate into the body. By tightening them incrementally going around in a circle (or square), you avoid this.

Well said.
This is nothing serious at all. Trust me, there's plenty more where that came from!

RRR, how does someone accidentally back a car over their guitar?


LOL!!

I've seen it happen unfortunately, not one of mine, but back in like 77, 78, watched a bandmates Rickenbacker 360 6 string get backed right over by a Chevy Vega hatch back..

Case was demolished, we all held our breath while the guitar was pulled out of what was left of the case.

We could not believe there was no visible damage.

That guitar probably far outlived that car!!!!!

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1963 Princeton
1965 Twin Reverb
1968 Bandmaster
1970 Champ
1983 (?) Musicmaster
2012 Mustang III
West Grande (x2)
Acoustic G60-T
Marshall JTM 60

Not to offtrack, but the Pontiac Astre ( twin to the Vega ) was my first car, I took it back to the dealership within two weeks.....

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"C'est parti mon Kiki "

"That guitar probably far outlived that car!!!!!"

Indeed it did, the Rick is still alive and kickin..