Hi kids... I just had a mandolin come to the shop and it brought up an important reminder: don't leave your axe in a hot car. Period. Not for a day, not for an hour!
This particular mandolin is a well-built and pricey Red Diamond out of Ohio (..v-e-r-y nice, indeed). The owner stuck it in the trunk of his Buick on a 100-degree day. He may as well have put a few potatoes around it and stuck it in the oven at 350 for an hour!
Anyway, it was in a great case, yada-yada... but it didn't matter: the heat warmed the glue to the point of the making the top separate from the sides at the shoulders. In addition, it looks as though the neck may have shifted slightly. If it did, the owner is in for a neck reset, as well as reglueing the top to the sides. This won't be a cheap fix.
The moral here: if it's too hot for YOU, it's too hot for your guitar!
good pickin'.... Mike Kolb
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