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I never hear others talk about this, but perhaps 15-20% of the vintage and RI Teles I inspect have cracked bodies. In most cases it's one of the narrow blocks between the neck pocket and pickup. If someone goes to remove a tight fitting neck and simply lifts the neck up, often the body will crack there.
A substantial neck blow, from the back, will also sometimes crack that spot, and a neck blow from either the front or back can send a crack through the body visible from corners of the neck pocket and into the back. I've seen lots of cracked Tele bodies. Most still play on though. I have several examples.
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