Topic: Shipping a guitar
I'm getting a guitar box to ship it in. I need to loosen the strings, anything else before I ship it out?
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Re: Shipping a guitar
Find out if your shipper has insurance and what the cost is to insure the guitar during shipment. Never hurtz to have some coverage.
Nela
Re: Shipping a guitar
Got that covered, thanks. Any other preps regarding the instrument itself?
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Re: Shipping a guitar
Bubble wrap the entire instrument and consider boxing the box, with bubble wrap inbetween the boxes. You'll have a customer for life and word will get out about your great care for 'sacred 'musical instruments. It costs a little bit more but it's worth it. That's how I do it.....
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Re: Shipping a guitar
SouthPaw41L wrote:
Bubble wrap the entire instrument and consider boxing the box, with bubble wrap inbetween the boxes. You'll have a customer for life and word will get out about your great care for 'sacred 'musical instruments. It costs a little bit more but it's worth it. That's how I do it.....
I'm shipping the guitar inside it's gigbag though....but I will make sure to pad the box.
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Re: Shipping a guitar
If the guitar goes by air, loosen the strings a bunch.
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Re: Shipping a guitar
I would have thought it a bit risky using a gigbag. However well padded against normal knocks and bangs I do not think it is sturdy enough to give much protection whist being shipped.
If a hard case is out if the question I would go to my local guitar store and see if I could have two of the cardboard boxes that guitars are shipped in. One a snug fit for the guitar and one larger and then follow Southpaw's advice.
Roger
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That's what I'm going to do, only the guitar will be inside the gigbag inside the box.
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Re: Shipping a guitar
If you can get your hands on a couple of silica gel bags and pack them in with the guitar. They will soak up any condensation or excess moisture in the air.
Hope it helps,
Pat
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Re: Shipping a guitar
Might not hurt to take a pic of it before you ship it that way youll have proof of the condition it was in when you shipped it...
Re: Shipping a guitar
Thanks guys
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