I had loaned out a cheap 3/4 Applause to a colleague of mine, and unfortunately it spent several winter months in a room with major heating malfunctions -- temperatures over 110 degrees F during some periods.
I don't see any cracks, and there are no frets sticking out. However, the top is so concave I could almost eat cereal out of it. Also, the saddle is sticking out for some reason. I can see the metal edge of the pickup, which I could never see before.
I went through Freeman's sticky but I don't think there was anything about fixing a sunken top. Is it permanently concave? It