G'day All,

I'm after some advice. My custom bariton kit arrived with a crack in it, with some stains around it that looked like there might of been a gluing attempt at some point. I wasn't too worried about it (thinking a repaired crack could give it some character).

That was until I started prepping the body for staining, I heard some cracking/popping sound and the crack has gotten visibly worse since.

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As you can see in the pics, the crack is now almost enirely through the body on the edge (Unfortunately I didn't think to take before photos)

Any advice on how I should proceed would be greatly appreciated!