Is the finish cracked on my strats neck, or is it more serious?

Hello All,

I have a mid 2000's American made ash strat and have used mostly .09s on it and a few months ago I switched to .11s without having it properly set up. I love the .11s and would rather not have to switch back. Anyways, this is my concern. On the back of my strats neck where the thin light brown wood meets the maple a crack formed about a year ago and has recently gotten worse over the past few months (Correlates with my switching to .11s). The intonation is not good either. It is really driving me crazy because I can not stand being out of tune even if it is unnoticeable to the audience. I use the tremolo arm fairly often. I am just curious if any of you all have seen this issue before or if this is just my ignorance to needing a set up before switching to .11s. Responses would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all. If you all need pictures let me know and I shall post them.

-Ben

 

Yeah that is what I am referring to. Here is a picture ...

 

Well I can't drag and drop a photo. I am working on it. give me sec. Sorry

 

Well at the bottom of my browser under "Posting Rules" it states that I cannot post attachments so I guess I can't get you all a picture. Sorry for the time waster

 

Is there any other way to attach photos?