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There haven't been any repairs that I know of. That's what I wanted to find out about. Does it need a repair? What would be involved? There are some issues with the truss rod as I have noted. Would new truss rods restore equal amounts of relief to both sides of the neck?

Here are some more photos, the first photo looks like an old crack repair?, the second photo, I can't tell if it's just a hairline finish crack or something more serious. There's no movement of the wood here. The third photo is at the second fret. Maybe a fret ding? Theres no movement of the wood ...

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This is a late 60's Ric. There's a tad more neck relief on the bass side (about .007”) than the treble side which is almost straight. When the treble side truss rod is completely loosened, the relief on that side doesn't change. Tightening the bass side rod takes some of the ...