How should I pack a Tele for Shipping?

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FenderBoy

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I am selling my Fender Mexican Telecaster. I'm hoping to sell it locally on Craigslist but if I don't I will need to ship it. It doesn't have a case. What I have is a cardboard box from Guitar Center that another guitar came in. I was thinking that I would wrap the guitar in Bubble Wrap. I time with the small bubbles and then around that with the big bubbles. I would then put the guitar in the box and put packing peanuts all around it. Then I will tape the box up really well.


Can anyone let me know if this is the right was to do it , Or should I do this another way?


Also I was thinking that I would slacken the strings by about 4 turns. Should I do that or just ship the whole guitar with no strings on at all?

Thanks,
John
 
Re: How should I pack a Tele for Shipping?

I've shipped basses in homemade cardboard boxes filled solid with newspaper and some extra cardboard supporting the neck. I left strings on, but slackened them a lot. Both basses, an amp, and a guitar shipped this way made it intact.
 
Re: How should I pack a Tele for Shipping?

Teles are pretty solid instruments. I'd loosen the strings, but the way you described should be fine.
 
Re: How should I pack a Tele for Shipping?

that is how an epi les paul was sent to me and it made it just fine.

I sold a semi hollow dearmond starfire and what i did was wrap the guitar in bubble wrap then stuff the box with newspaper real well and then i put that inside another box with come cardboard added to separate the boxes. best packing job i ever did.
 
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