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j.Brown
 Post subject: Shipping Preparation
PostPosted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:52 pm 
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Anyone have any shipping do's and/or don't pointers? I've shipped three guitars so far. All three with different carriers and haven't had any problems yet, but any particular precautions that ya'll take?
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 Post subject: Re: Shipping Preparation
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You Might want to check out George Gruhn's page on shipping instruments.
Here's a link http://www.gruhn.com/features/packing/
about a year or so ago I had a guitar broken by the postal service. I did not pack it as shown in the Gruhn article and if I had, I'm pretty sure it would have survived.
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I pretty much do as Gruhn explains .. with one major exception .. I would NEVER have plastic bubble wrap touching a nitro finish, even if only for a few days in shipping .. I ALWAYS wrap the bubble wrap in felt where it will touch the guitar.

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I also won't use plastic bubble wrap against the guitar. I have wrapped it in soft cloth however and used it.

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Here are Frank Ford's thoughts: Pack Up My Old Guitar

Special emphasis on securing the headstock against whiplash.

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Important also is to avoid shipping during periods of extreme temperature (hot or cold) especially if it's a guitar with new finish.
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personaly I would avoid UPS.... Jody
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I go to home depot and get 4x8 sheets of the 1 1/2" thick styrofoam insulation material. I cut and stack it to completely fill my shipping box usually 20"x50"x8" and then lay the guitar case on top and trace around it. I then cut out the guitar shaped piece on the bandsaw and insert the case. Often the stack is about 7 inches tall so I put in a thin sheet of the same material top & bottom to fill the box. Normally I try to use the USPS but they have been raising thier prices. I really don't trust UPS or Fedex but have taken a chance occasionally on Fedex. No problem yet.

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