[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1400626059' post='2455687']
Yes, that's what I was driving at. Unless the bass has had some really bizarre mod, I wouldn't expect that to happen unless it was swung like an axe at a tree!
I don't think the manufacturer would be particularly impressed, but I guess it depends whether you bought it from new as to whether they would be prepared to do anything about it. I just wondered if they were after market strap locks and the screws were substantially longer than originally fitted. If they weren't drilled out longer to fit, that may have been the start of the problem (if indeed it fractured at the strap lock hole).
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Strap locks were installed fine and it cracked higher up in the body. It's also a used bass. Overall I'm happy, it plays like it used to and now has a little more character