Guitar Nerds Anonymous

Plenty of recommendations for good repairers upthread. Just scroll back a page or two. Must be honest I don't know of any out east though.

Also, how on earth do you crack a Tele?

http://www.strat-talk.com/forum/attachments/stratocaster-discussion-forum/28282d1318251686-anyone-know-why-they-made-big-headstock-standing-fender-neck.jpg

Cheers, I'll have a look.

I'm also curious about how this tele became cracked?!

I'm not 100% sure it's cracked but the lacquer is cracked around the neck pocket and on the back in a line from the neck plate to the string ferrules. The reason I don't know about the wood itself, is that there is a veneer front and back (giving the impression of a one-piece body) and it doesn't seem inconceivable that this is flexible enough to not reflect the underlying wood.

I caused this 'crack' by dropping/throwing it on the floor whilst furiously drunk at the end of a set... Not so smart.